Saturday, 17 October 2015

first mid paper CMA 10 2015



II MBA– I Sem - I MID Examinations (2014-16 Batch) OCTOBER-2015
Cost and Management Accounting

Max. Marks: 40                                                                                                           Time: 2 Hours
Note: Answer Part: A & B questions in Main Answer Booklet only.
Part-A : Compulsory.
Part-B : Answer any three questions out of five questions.
All questions carry equal Marks.

PART-A
1.       The term cost Accountancy includes costing and
(a) Cost Control (b) Cost Accounting (c) Cost fixing (d) Cost Reduction
2. Factory Cost is Prime Cost Plus
(a) Direct Materials (b) Factory Overheads (c) Fixed Cost (d) Works cost
3. A purchase Requisition is a request made to the
(a) Store keeper (b) Purchase Department (c) Supplier (d) Customer
4. A high labour turnover is indicative of
(a) high productivity (b) good Personal Management (c) Higher cost of production (d) Efficiency training.

II Fill in the blanks
5. Job Card is a document used for ............
6. Over head is the total of costs..............
7. The aggregate of all direct cost is costs..............
8. Cost of material consumed is calculated by using the formula……………………

III State whether the following are "True" or "False"
9. Fixed Cost and Period Cost are the same
10. Bill of material is the invoice of materials purchased.
11. Taylor's Differential Price-rate method encourages less efficient workers.
12. One of the reasons for preparing Reconciliation statement is to identify under absorption of overheads.

IV Match the following.
13. Bin Card                                        (a) Production is hampered
14. Cost Unit                                      (b) When to order
15. Under stocking of materials                 (c) How much to order
16. EOQ                                                (d) Perpassenger Kilometre
(e) Quantity of materials in stock.
(f) Production is normal
 
Section B
V Answer any three questions. 

17. What are the functions of cost Accounting?
18. Give the classification of Overhead?
19. What is a Cost Centre?
20. Explain Two Bin Systems.
21. What is Danger Level?
22. Give the formula for calculating Labour Turnover.
23. Explain the meaning of 'apportinment'.
24. What is work-in-progress?
2.       Problem on material:
Aditya ltd produces a product EXE using a ramw material DEEE using a ramw material DEE. To produce one unit of EXE , 2 kg OF dee required. As per the sales forecast conducted by the company, it will be able to sell ten thousand units of EXE in the coming year. The following is the information regarding the raw material DEE:
The reorder level quantity is 200 kg less than the EOQ
Maximum consumption per day is 20 kg more than the average consumption per day
There is an opening stock of 1000 kg.
Time required to get the raw materials from the suppliers is 4 to 8 days.
The purchase price is 125 per kg.
There is an opening stock of 900 units of the finished product EXE.
The rate of interest charged by the bank on CC facility is 13.76%
To place an order company has to incur 720 on paper and documentation work. From the above information find out the following in relation to the raw material DEE
A.      REORDER QUANTITY
B.      B.MAXIMUM STOCK LEVEL
C.      MINIMUM STOCK LEVEL
D.      CALCULATE THE IMPACT ON THE PROFITABILITY OF THE COMPANY BY NOT ORDERING THE EOQ. [ ASSUME 364 DAYS FOR A YEAR]


3.       Problem on labour:
Corrs consultancy ltd is engaged in BPO industry. One of its trainee executives in the personnel department has calculated labour turnover rate 24.92% for the last year using flux method.
Following is some data provided by the personnel department for the last year :
Employees
At the beginning
Joined
Left
At the end
Data processors
540
1080
60
1560
Payroll processors
?
20
60
40
Supervisors
?
60
----
?
Voice agents
?
20
20
?
Asst managers
?
20
---
30
Senior voice agents
4
---
---
12
Senior data processors
8
---
---
34
Team leaders
?
---
---
?
Employees transferred from subsidiary co




Senior voice agents
---
8
---
---
Senior data processors
---
26
---
---
Employees  transferred to the subsidiary co




Team leaders
---
---
60
--
Asst managers
---
---
10
----















 At the beginning of the year there were total 772 employees on the payroll of the co. the opening strength of the supervisors, voice agents and asst managers were in the ratio of 3:3:2.
The co has decided to abandon the post of team leaders and consequently all the team leaders were transferred to the subsidiary co.
The company and its subsidiary are maintaining separate set of books of account and separate personnel department.
You are required to calculate:
a)      Labour turnover rate using replacement method and separation method
b)      Verify the labor turnover rate calculated under flux method by the traineed executive of the corrs consultancy ltd.


4.problem on overheads:
The union ltd has the following account balances and distribution of direct charges on 31st march 2014.
Allocated Overheads
Total
Production departments
Service departments

Machine shop
Packing
General plant
stores
Indirect labor
29000
8000
6000
4000
11000
Maintenance material
9900
3400
1600
2100
2800
Misc supplies
5900
1500
2900
900
600
Supervisors salary
16000
--
---
16000
--
Cost & payroll salary
80000
---
---
80000
---






Overheads to be apportioned :
Power                   78000
Rent                      72000
Fuel and heat    60000
Insurance            12000
Taxes                    8400
Depreciation      120000
The following data were complied by way of factory survey during the previous year

Floor space
Radiator section
No of employees
Investment
HP hours
Machine shop
2000 sft
45
20
800000
3500
Packing
800 sft
90
12
240000
500
General plant
400 sft
30
4
80000
-
Stores and maintenance
1600 sft
60
8
160000
1000
Expenses charged to the stores departments are to be distributed to the other departments by the following percentages
Machine shop 50%;  packing 20%;  general plant 30%.
General plant overheads is distributed on the basis of no of employees
a.       Prepare an overhead distribution statement with supporting schedules to show computations and basis of distribution.
b.      Determine the service dept distribution by simultaneous equation method.
4.       Non integrated accounting problem:
The financial books of a company reveal the following data for the year ended 31st march 2014

Rs.
Opening stock :

Finished goods 875 units
76525
Work in process
33000
1.4.2013 to 31.3.2014

Raw material consumed
784000
Direct labour
465000
Factory overheads
265000
Good will written off
95000
Administration overheads
315000
Interest paid
72000
Bad debts
21000
Selling and distribution overheads
65000
Interest received
18500
Rent received
72000
Sales 14500 units
2080000
Closing stock: finished goods 375 units
43250
Work in process
48200


The cost records provide as under:
Factory overheads are absorbed at 60% of direct wages.
Administration overheads are recovered at 20% of factory cost.
Selling and distribution overheads are charged at Rs. 5 per unit sold.
Opening stock of finished goods is valued at Rs. 105 per unit.
The company values work in process at factory cost for both financial and cost profit reporting.
Required;
Prepare statements for the year ended 31.3.2014 show – the profit as per financial records and as per costing records.
Present a statement reconciling the profit as per costing records with the profit as per financial records.
5.       Problem on contract costing:
Dream house pvt ltd, is engaged in building two residential housing projects in the city, particulars related to two housing projects  are as below:

HP 1
Rs.
HP 2 Rs.
WORK IN PROGRESS ON 1.4.2013
780000
280000
 Materials purchased
620000
810000
Land purchased near to site to open office
-
1200000
Brokerage and registration fee paid on the above purchase
-
60000
Closing material at site
47000
52000
Material purchased
620000
810000
Wages
85000+12000
62000+8400
Value of work certified
2050000
1610000
Cost of work not certified
190000
140000
Donation to local club
5000
2500
Plant hire charges (72000*1/3)  (57000*1/3)
24000
19000
Depreciation on concrete mixture
(820000*.15*180/365)= 60658
(820000*.15*100/365)= 33699






Prepare contract account and arrive at costing P&L a/c; costing P&L reserve a/c, out of notional profit as balancing figure.
6.       A ltd is engaged in production of sugar. While producing sugar molasses is also produced. Molasses is identified as a by product of sugar. Suggest the treatment of molasses in the cost accounts of A ltd.
7.       A ltd produces product ZEE in batches, management of Z ltd, wants to know the number of batches of product ZEE to be produced where the cost incurred on batch setup and carrying cost of production is at optimum level.
8.       Steel heart pvt ltd manufactures TMT bars from MS INGOTS AND MS BILLETS. After production of TMT bars, sorting is carried out to find any defects or units that do not match with standard specs. The products which do not match with the standard product specs are treated as scrap. You are required to state the treatment of products with the product specs in cost accounts.
9.       What is cost plus contract? State its advantages.



10.   A minibus, having a capacity of 32 passengers, operates between two places A and B. the distance between the place A and B is 30 km. the bus makes 10 round trips in a day for 25 days in a month. On an average, the occupancy ratio is 70% and is expected throughout the year.
The details of other expenses are as under:
Insurance
15600 pa
Garage rent
2400 per quarter
Road tax
5000 pa
Repairs
4800 per qtr
Salary of operating staff
7200 pm
Tyres and tubes
3600 per qtr
Diesel one liter consumed for every 5 km
13 per liter
Iol and sundries
22 per 100 km run
Depreciation
68000 pa
Passenger tax @22% on total taking is to be levied and bus operator requires a profit of 25% on total taking
Prepare operating cost statement on the annual basis and find out the cost per passenger kilometer and one way fare per passenger.