Question 1 ZABZUGU TATALE produces a specialized product KANZO. The product passes through three (3) cost centers namely: machining, assembly and painting shop. Data relating to the cost centers is as below: Machinin g Assembly Painting shop Engineering shop Stores Number of employees 81 51 39 30 24 Engineering shop-- service 18,000 12,000 10,000 - - Stores (orders) 180 135 90 45 - At a management meeting dated 24th September 20X0, the following overheads were budgeted for the production and service cost centers exclusively for the ensuing period: Cost centers GHS 000 Machining 180,000 Assembly 160,000 Painting shop 130,000 Engineering shop 84,000 Stores 52,000 Canteen 75,000 Equally, the following budgeted data relates to the production cost centers: Machining Assembly Painting shop Machine hours 9,200 8,100 6,600 Labor hours 8,300 11,250 9,000 Labor cost (GHS) 40,000 88,000 45,000 Actual results for the production cost centers were: Machining Assembly Painting shop Machine hours 10,000 8,200 6,600 Labor hours 4,500 7,800 6,900 Labor cost (GHS) 25,000 42,000 35,000 Actual overheads (GHS) 290,000 167,000 155,000 Required: a. Apportion the production overhead costs of the service cost centers to the production cost centers and determine predetermined overhead absorption rates for the three (3) production cost centers on the following basis: Machining - Machine hours. Assembly - Labor hours. For calculation based questions, your answer should be rounded off to the nearest cedi. Show workings in all cases. Paint shop - Labor costs. (15 marks) b. Prepare a statement showing the under/over absorption per cost center for the period under review.

Question 2 a. Differentiate between contract costing and service costing. Provide your answer in tabular form with three differences. (3 marks) b. List five (5) industries which are most likely to apply contract costing in their operations. (5 marks) c. In a tabular form, provide two (2) similarities and two (2) differences each between Activity Based Costing (ABC) method and the Traditional method of charging overheads. (4 marks) d. How different in management accounting from cost accounting? Provide a brief commentary in two paragraphs. (2 marks) TOTAL MARKS (14 MARKS) Question 3 a. Consider the following information for a given business. Sales revenue GHS 40,000 VC per unit = GHS 20 Activity level = 1,000 to break even Required: i. Determine the TFC. (1 mark) ii. Express the contribution as a percentage of sales. (1 mark) iii. The company plans to sell 1,500 units in the next period. What will be the percentage Margin of Safety (MoS)? (1 mark) iv. What margin should the business employ for planning purposes? (1 mark) v. What total profit should the business expect in order to achieve its planned sales? (1 mark) b. SHATTA MOVEMENT Ltd produces a single product. The companys directors want to explore new markets, and they require an accurate analysis of the firms cost structure for both forecasting and pricing purposes. An attempt to provide this analysis from the aggregation of individual costs has produced a poor correspondence between actual and predicted costs. You are an accountant employed by SHATTA MOVEMENT Ltd, and you have been asked to provide a statistical approach to the problem. The financial director has given you the following data Period Output (units) Average unit cost (GHS) July 9,000 12.8 August 14,000 13 September 11,000 11.4 October 8,000 12 1November 6,000 13 December 12,000 11.7 You obtain the following further information: The costs from which the averages have been computed consist of the firms entire costs for the relevant month. Fixed costs can be assumed to be unaffected by seasonal factors except for harmattan heating. In July and August a supplementary heating system was employed; this cost GHS 10,000 per month to operate. Required: Estimate SHATTA MOVEMENT Ltd.s normal fixed and variable cost of production using linear regression. (16 marks) TOTAL MARKS (21 M ARKS