Institute of Company Secretaries of India Cost & Management Accounting Question Paper : icsi.edu

Organisation : The Institute of Company Secretaries of India
Subject : Cost and Management Accounting
Year: 2016
Document Type : Sample Question Paper

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Cost & Management Accounting Question Paper :

Time Allowed : 3 hours
Maximum marks : 100
Total number of questions : 100

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Question :
1. Which of the following statements are true —
(i) Conversion costs and overheads are interchangeable terms
(ii) Notional cost and imputed cost means the same thing
(iii) Cost accounting is not needed by a non-profit organisation
(iv) Rent on owned building is included in cost accounts.

Select the correct answer from the options given below —
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (iii) and (iv)
(C) (ii) and (iv)
(D) All of the above.

2. XYZ Ltd. had 4,000 units of inventory in hand on 1st March, 2016, costing 4 per unit. Purchases and issues of material during the month were as follows
Date Purchase Issue
March 8 500 units @ 5 per unit — March 15 — 2,000 units March 20 6,000 units @ 6 per unit — March 28 — 4,000 units The cost of inventory as on 31st March, 2016 under FIFO and weighted average cost ethod will be —
(A) RS 27,000 and RS 24,498
(B) RS 27,000 and RS 23,625
(C) RS 22,000 and RS 23,625
(D) RS 22,000 and RS 24,498

3. What journal entry is to be passed in nonintegrated accounting system when finished goods are sold at cost —
(A) Debit General ledger adjustment account and Credit Costing profit and loss account
(B) Debit General ledger adjustment account and Credit Finished goods stock ledger account
(C) Debit Cost of sales account and Credit Costing profit and loss account
(D) Debit Cost of sales account and Credit Finished goods stock ledger control account.

4. Match the following industry/product with appropriate cost unit
Industry/ Cost unit Product
(i) Toy Industry (a) Per batch
(ii) Steel Industry (b) Tonne-kilometre
(iii) Chemical (c) Tonne
(iv) Transport (d) Gallon
Select the correct answer using the codes given below —
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(A) (a) (c) (d) (b)
(B) (a) (b) (d) (c)
(C) (a) (d) (c) (b)
(D) (b) (a) (c) (d)

5. Which one of the following statements is false —
(A) Management accountant uses cost accounting tools and techniques for planning and decision making
(B) Management accounting is mostly historical in its approach and it projects the past
(C) Cost accounting system can be installed without management accounting
(D) Management accounting focuses on wealth maximisation.

6. 4,000 Kgs. of material is purchased @ Rs 2 per Kg. Normal wastage is estimated at the rate of 10%. The wastage has recovery value of Rs 1.10 per Kg. Calculate cost of material of work order of 600 units, if each unit requires 1.5 Kg. of material —
(A) Rs 1,260
(B) Rs 1,800
(C) Rs 1,620
(D) Rs 1,890

7. What is the treatment of unrealised profit in process costing —
(A) Transferred to profit and loss account
(B) Closing stock valued at transfer price
(C) Eliminated by creating stock reserve
(D) Treated as abnormal gain.

8. Cost-Volume-Profit analysis is based on several assumptions. Which one of the following is not one of these assumptions —
(A) Sales mix of the products is constant
(B) The behaviour of both sales and variable cost is linear throughout the relevant range
(C) Variable cost per unit will remain constant
(D) Productivity and operational efficiency will change according to output.