DATE:29-8-24 CODE:SKL-2009 MARKS:100

BATCH:ACCA SKILL PM (DEC.24)

ACCA
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
SYLLABUS:PM - FULL MOCK TEST PAPER
Time allowed
3 hours and 15 minutes
This paper is divided into three sections:
Section A - All 15 questions are compulsory and MUST be attempted
Section B - All 15 questions are compulsory and MUST be attempted
Section C - BOTH questions are compulsory and MUST be attempted
Formulae sheet, present value and annuity tables are on pages 3, 4 and 5
DIVISION A (MCQ)
1. The following information has been extracted from the budget of Alpha Co:
Per unit
Selling price $750
Direct material $220
Direct labour $105
Variable production overheads $29
Variable selling overheads $76.
The fixed production cost of the business is $20,000 per month and the fixed selling cost is $10,000 per quarter.
How many units should Alpha Co produce and sell in order to generate annual profit of $400,000? (To the nearest
whole number)
A 1,217 Units B 2,222 Units C 130 Units D 2,125 Units
2. Dalton Co produces and sells a product for $90. The production for the upcoming year is budgeted to be 30,000 units
and Dalton Co expects all the produced units to be sold.
The cost accountant has determined the break-even point (in revenue) to be $600,000, whereas contribution to
sales ratio is 40%.
What is the expected profit for the year?
A $840,000 B $960,000 C $720,000 D $980,000
3. ABC Co has received four different job orders from the customers. However, given the limited capacity, it can only
undertake one order at a time. All the customers have agreed to pay a price of $325,000.
The costs incurred on the order will vary depending upon three different scenarios. The details of costs and probability
of different scenarios are as under:
Costs Probability $000 $000 $000 $000
Job Order W X Y Z
Scenario 1 (0.6) 220 105 285 230
Scenario 2 (0.3) 300 135 290 310
Scenario 3 (0.1) 360 400 295 390
Assuming that the objective of ABC Co is to maximise profits and the decision-maker is risk neutral, which of these
job orders should be accepted?
A Job Order ‘W’ B Job Order ‘X’ C Job Order ‘Y’ D Job Order ‘Z’
4. Which of the following statements regarding Fitzgerald and Moon’s Building Blocks model are correct?
(1) Standards, i.e. performance targets, should always be achievable, clear and
(2) controllable.
(2) Rewards should always be fair, sufficient and motivating.
(3) The framework is highly suitable for service organisations.
(4) The model ignores the external measures.
(5) The model includes both financial and non-financial measures.
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 A (1), (3) and (5) B (3) and (5) C (2), (4) and (5) D (1) and (2)
5. Paris Inc produces and sells expensive perfumes. It uses full-cost pricing system and keeps a mark up of 25%. The
business has received an order of 8,000 perfume bottles from one of its major customers. Each perfume bottle will
require 300 ml of liquid and will take around 45 seconds of labour time. The business will contract a courier company
for the delivery of these perfumes. The business estimates the weight of entire consignment, including packaging,
to be around 3,200 kg.
The information about various costs associated with each perfume is as follows:
Cost of bottle = $10 per unit
Cost of liquid = $1,500 per litre
Labour rate = $20 per hour
Charges of courier company = $0.008 per gram
Calculate the price Paris Inc should quote to the customer.
A $4,536,500 B $4,634,500 C $4,632,500 D $4,532,500
6. Which of the following statements about pricing decisions are incorrect?
(1) Penetration pricing is useful when the demand for a product is highly inelastic.
(2) Price skimming is useful when a business wishes to achieve economies of scale.
(3) Cost based pricing strategies tend to ignore the external factors.
(4) Full cost pricing requires the budgeted level of output to be determined at the outset.
A (1) and (2) B (1) and (3) C (2) and (4) D (3) and (4)
7. A business has formulated a linear programming function for two products, A and B. The objective was to maximise
the contribution and this was reflected by C = 3A + 2B. Both units are produced with the help of Chemical X, which is
available in the market at a price of $5 per kg. The shadow price of Chemical X is determined to be $9 per kg.
In the context of this scenario, which of the following statements is correct?
A The maximum price to be paid for an additional unit of Chemical X is $4 per kg.
B The maximum price to be paid for an additional unit of Chemical X is $5 per kg.
C The maximum price to be paid for an additional unit of Chemical X is $9 per kg.
D The maximum price to be paid for an additional unit of Chemical X is $14 per kg.
8. The following ratios have been calculated for Cola Co:
Gross profit margin 29%
Operating profit margin 16%
Gearing (debt/equity) 37%
Asset turnover 72%
Current ratio 1.5:1
Quick ratio 0.8:1
What is the return on capital employed?
A 11.52% B 20.88% C 15.33% D 22.22%
9. Which of the following statements about life cycle costing are correct?
(1) It focuses on short-term by trying to identify all costs at the beginning of product’s life cycle.
(2) It can be applied to customers along with the products.
(3) It ignores the cost incurred in the development phase and only considers the costs incurred during actual life
cycle of the product.
(4) It includes the dismantling and environment related cost associated with a product.
A (1) and (2) B (1) and (3) C (2) and (4) D (3) and (4)
10. Technology Co produces and sells mobile phones. The current price for one of its mobile phones is $600, the variable
cost is $420 and the expected demand is 90,000 units. The business wishes to increase the price of this model by $50.
However, the marketing department has warned about the fall in demand by 2,500 units for every $50 increase in
the price.
Assuming that profits are maximised when marginal revenue equals marginal cost, calculate the profit- maximising
selling price.
A $1,700 B $1,410 C $1,230 D $1,100
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11. The key steps in limiting factor analysis include:
(1) Ranking the products.
(2) Estimating the total demand of all products.
(3) Calculating contribution per unit.
(4) Calculating contribution per unit of limiting factor.
(5) Identifying the limiting factor.
What is the correct order of these steps?
A (1), (4), (3), (5), (2) B (2), (1), (4), (5), (3)
C (2), (5), (3), (4), (1) D (3), (4), (2), (5), (1)
12. The selling price of Product X is $300 per unit. Sales for the coming month are expected to be 1,200 units. The
company has a policy of keeping 25% profit margin.
The cost accountant has prepared the following cost estimates for Product X:
Cost $
Direct Material 90.10
Direct Labour 75.30
Ordering Costs 60.80
Quality Control 18.90
Despatch Costs 25.20
Marketing Costs 11.20
Calculate the cost gap for Product X.
A $12.40 B $20.10 C $45.30 D $56.50
13. Beta Co produces and sells two different products. The details about budgeted sales and profits of these products
are as follows;
Products Budgeted sales Profit per unit ($)
Product A 1,200 16.40
Product B 1,800 30.20
Beta Co actually sold 1,500 units of Product A and 1,000 units of Product B.
What is the sales mix variance?
A $6,900 (F) B $8,200 (F) C $8,200 (A) D $6,900 (A)
14. Which of the following statements about standard costing and variance analysis are correct?
A An adverse sales volume variance can arise due to unexpected increase in product demand.
B Idle time variance can be favourable if the actual labour rate turns out to be less than the standard labour rate.
C A favourable material price variance can arise if a business avails unforeseen discounts.
D Labour efficiency variance compares the actual cost of labour with what it should have cost.
15. The following information has been extracted from the labour budget of Alpha Co:
Budgeted hours Rate Total cost 40,000 hours $15 $600,000
The labour actually worked for 35,000 hours and the labour rate variance for the period was found to be $300,000
adverse.
Calculate the actual hourly rate paid to the labour.
A $22.57 B $26.33 C $20.12 D $23.57
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* FOR 16 TO 20
Schedule Co is a calendar printing company. Given the intensive competition, the business has a policy of pricing all
job orders at relevant cost plus 15%. The business has received a printing order from a larger retailer. The following
information is relevant for this order:
Paper:
The order requires three different types of paper. Paper A, purchased three years ago for $125,000, is currently
available. It is now being sold in the market for $89,000. If not utilized on this order, it will be scrapped at a price of
$8,000. Paper B will be purchased from market at a cost of $250,000. Paper C was purchased last month for $200,000.
This paper is regularly used by Schedule Co. and is now available in the market for $220,000.
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 Labour:
The order requires 300 hours of skilled labour and 600 hours of semi-skilled labour. Skilled workers are employed
under permanent contracts at $28 per hour and must be paid even when the time is idle. There is currently a spare
capacity of 100 skilled labour hours. Semi-skilled workers are paid $16 per hour and time and a half for overtime.
Schedule Co does not have any spare capacity for semi-skilled workers. A local agency has agreed to provide
additional semi-skilled workers for $21 per hour.
Printing:
A customised printer, having useful life of three years, will be utilised on this job. It was purchase last year for
$30,000 and can no longer be sold. The current book value of the printer is $20,000. After completion of this order,
the net book value of the printer will be $10,000. Printer cartridges for this job will be refilled at a cost of $15,000.
Overheads:
The entire job order is estimated to consume 1,200 units of electricity. Schedule Co pays a fixed monthly electricity
charge of $400 and a variable charge of $2.50 per unit of electricity consumed. To account for the interest on
outstanding loan of $10,000, Schedule Co charges an interest rate at 2% to each job order.
16. What is the total relevant cost of paper?
A $575,000 B $595,000 C $478,000 D $458,000
17. What is relevant cost of labour?
Skilled Semi-skilled
A $2,800 $12,600
B $2,800 $14,400
C Nil $12,600
D Nil $14,400
18. What is the total relevant cost of printing?
A $15,000 B $25,000 C $35,000 D $45,000
19. What is the relevant cost of overheads?
A $3,400 B $3,000 C $3,200 D $3,600
20. Which of the following statements about relevant costing is correct?
A The overheads are considered relevant as the business needs to recover all costs.
B An opportunity cost is always relevant even if it is a sunk cost.
C Notional costs are always relevant.
D An opportunity cost represents the cost of the best alternative forgone.
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Delicious Food is a newly established fast food restaurant situated in busy part of the city. The lunch menu is
prepared each morning and the business has to decide the number of meals to make each day. If the demand turns
out higher than the number of meals prepared, the business has to refuse the customers, thereby resulting in loss
of goodwill and lesser profitability. Conversely, if the demand turns out lower than the number of meals prepared,
unsold meals reduce the overall profitability.
Based on the sales made during its first month of operation, Delicious Food has established four possible demand
levels and the associated probabilities. The daily profits at different combinations of demand and supply are presented
in the payoff table below:
Supply level
Demand level Probability 300 400 500 600
$ $ $ $
300 0.2 1,200 1,050 900 750
400 0.3 1,200 1,450 1,350 1,250
500 0.4 1,200 1,450 1,700 1,600
600 0.1 1,200 1,450 1,700 1,950
21. Assuming that Delicious Food follows maximax approach, how many meals should it prepare?
A 300 meals B 400 meals C 500 meals D 600 meals

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22. Assuming that Delicious Food follows maximin approach, how many meals should it prepare?
A 300 meals B 400 meals C 500 meals D 600 meals
23. Assuming that Delicious Food follows minimax regret approach, how many meals should it prepare?
A 300 meals B 400 meals C 500 meals D 600 meals
24. An experienced restaurant has offered to provide advice to Delicious Food. Based on the extensive experience, this
restaurant can inform Delicious Food about the exact level of demand in a particular day.
What is the maximum price which Delicious Food should pay for this information?
A $115 B $235 C $460 D $1,550
25. Which of the following statements about decision making are incorrect?
(1) A risk-averse decision-maker uses expected values to choose the right option.
(2) A risk taking decision-maker uses maximin approach to choose the right option.
(3) Expected values take account of the likelihood of different outcomes.
(4) Maximax is an aggressive and risk taking approach to decision making.
A (1) and (2) B (1) and (3) C (2) and (3) D (2) and (4)
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Security Inc. manufactures different type of steel lockers. Two of the most common lockers include waterproof
lockers which are supplied to health clubs and high-security lockers which are supplied to various banks.
The extracts from standard cost card are as follows:
Material cost of Waterproof lockers 2 kg of steel @ $5 per kg = $10 per unit
Material cost of High- security lockers 5 kg of steel @ $5 per kg = $25 per unit
The production levels for the previous month are as follows:
Budgeted production Actual production
Waterproof lockers 20,000 units 20,000 units
High-security lockers 60,000 units 50,000 units
The steel was actually procured at $6 per kg. A total of 55,000 kilograms were actually used to manufacture waterproof
lockers and 260,000 kilograms were used to manufacture high-security lockers.
The world commodity prices for steel increased by 30% during the previous month. A complaint made by local
health club forced Security Inc. to revise the design of waterproof lockers. The revised design required 10% more
steel than the standard.
26. What is the material price planning variance?
Waterproof lockers High-security lockers
A $82,500 (A) $390,000 (A)
B $82,500 (F) $390,000 (F)
C $27,500 (F) $130,000 (F)
D $27,500 (A) $130,000 (A)
27. What is the material price operational variance?
Waterproof lockers High-security lockers
A $82,500 (A) $390,000 (A)
B $82,500 (F) $390,000 (F)
C $27,500 (F) $130,000 (F)
D $27,500 (A) $130,000 (A)
28. What is the material usage planning variance?
Waterproof lockers High-security lockers
A $0 $20,000 (A)
B $0 $20,000 (F)
C $20,000 (F) $0
D $20,000 (A) $0
29. Which of the following statements about planning and operational variances is / are correct?
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 (1) Planning variances are always inevitable and there is no way to control or reduce them.
(2) Operational variances compare the original standard with revised standard based on the availability of new
information.
A 1 Only B 2 Only C Both 1 and 2 D Neither 1 nor 2
30. Which of the following statements about variances is correct?
A If sales price planning variance is adverse, the sales price operational variance is always favourable.
B If sales price planning variance is adverse, the sales price operational variance is always adverse too.
C Materials price planning variance and materials price operational variance are the two components of materials
price variance.
D Materials planning variance is a useful variance to assess the performance of a production supervisor.
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DIVISION B (DESCRIPTIVE)
Q-1. Silicon Co produces and sells electronic components. The business has two divisions, A and B. Division A produces
three types of transistors, X, Y and Z. These transistors can be either sold to the external market or can be transferred
to Division B, which uses them to produce three different types of amplifiers, XX, YY and ZZ. Division B can only
procure these transistors from Division A, as there is no other supplier of such transistors in the area. Importing
result in substantial costs, which Division B cannot afford.
In the previous month, output of Division A was as follows:
Transistor Units
X 1,400
Y 1,700
Z 2,000
The information about selling price and variable cost per unit incurred in each respective division is as follows:
Product Selling price Variable cost per unit
Transistor X $17.20 $15.20
Transistor Y $19.60 $16.50
Transistor Z $22.50 $17.10
Amplifier XX $30.20 $14.50
Amplifier YY $46.50 $11.30
Amplifier ZZ $36.40 $10.80
If the products from Division A are transferred to Division B, the variable cost per unit in Division A is $2.50 lower due
to cost savings on packaging. At the end of the process in Division B, there is a normal loss of 2% of the total quantity
processed.
Division A incurs a fixed cost of $120,000 per annum and Division B incurs a fixed cost of $300,000 per annum.
Required
(a) Assuming that all units from Division A are transferred to Division B for further processing, calculate the monthly
profit for the company in a given month.
(4 marks)
(b) Calculate and conclude, for each product, whether they should be further processed in Division B in order to
maximise the profitability of Silicon Co.
(10 marks)
Division A and Division B are separate investment centres. The board has identified a potentially growing market for
Amplifiers, whereas Transistors are already in the declining stage of their respective life cycles. Consequently,
board has ordered Division A to transfer all Transistors at marginal cost to Division B.
(c) Discuss the implications of this decision for the future prospects and performance measurement of Division A.
(6 marks)
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Q-2. Clean Co produces and sells three different types of detergents, X, Y and Z. Each detergent is made from a combination
of two different materials, A and B. The company uses traditional absorption costing to allocate overheads on the
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 basis of direct labour hours. The selling prices currently charged by the business cannot be increased due to intensive
competition. Information from the annual budget about the three products is as follows:
X Y Z
Production and sales (units) 14,000 16,000 18,000
Selling price per unit $36 $28 $53
Direct material cost (A) $4 $6 $2
Direct material cost (B) $4 $2 $18
Direct labour cost ($15 per hour) $1.5 $3 $7.5
Number of purchase orders per annum 30 40 10
Number of production runs per annum 6 12 2
Number of deliveries to retailers per annum 20 30 10
Megawatts of electricity consumed 3 6 1
The annual overheads of the business are as follows:
Procurement costs $240,000
Machine set up costs $100,000
Delivery costs $200,000
Electricity costs $140,000
The finance director has expressed concerns over the usage of absorption costing. She has suggested using activity
based costing (ABC) to calculate the full cost of producing each detergent.
Required:
(a) Calculate the budgeted production cost per unit of each detergent using absorption costing.
(3 marks)
(b) Using the cost per unit calculated in part (a), Calculate the total profit / loss of each detergent.
(3 marks)
(c) Calculate the budgeted production cost per unit of each detergent using activity based costing.
(9 marks)
(d) Using the cost per unit calculated in part (c), Calculate the total profit / loss of each detergent.
(3 marks)
(e) Based on your calculations from (a) to (d), discuss whether Clean Co should continue to produce all three detergents.
(2 marks)
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