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This set of Management Accounting Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Management Accounting Set 21

Q1 | The form of balance sheet is
  • Vertical
  • Horizontal
  • Horizontal and vertical
  • Horizontal or vertical
Q2 | The term current asset doesn’t cover
  • Car
  • Debtors
  • Stock
  • Prepaid expenses
Q3 | A budgeting process which demands each manager to justify his entire budget in detail from beginning is
  • Functional budget
  • Master budget
  • Zero base budgeting
  • None of the above
Q4 | Match the columns(i) Activity Ratio -------------------- i) (Actual hours worked / Budgeted hours) * 100(ii) Capacity Ratio ------------------ ii) (Standard hours of actual production / Actual hours worked) * 100(iii) Efficiency Ratio ----------------- iii) (Standard hours for actual output / Budgeted hours) * 100
  • A-ii, B-iii, C-i
  • A-i, B-ii, C-iii
  • A-iii, B-i, C-ii
  • None of the above
Q5 | While preparing sales budget, which of the following factors are considered?
  • Non-operational factors
  • Environmental factors
  • Both a and b
  • None of the above
Q6 | _______ provides an estimate of the capital amount that may be required for buying fixed assets needed for meeting production requirements.
  • Production budget
  • Cash budget
  • Capital expenditure budget
  • None of the above
Q7 | Plant utilization budget and Manufacturing overhead budgets are types of
  • Production budget
  • Sales budget
  • Cost budget
  • None of the above
Q8 | _______ is designed after assessment of the volume of output to be produced during budgetperiod.
  • Cost budget
  • Sales budget
  • Production budget
  • None of the above
Q9 | ________ is the first step of budgetary system and all other budgets depends on it.
  • Cost budget
  • Sales budget
  • Production budget
  • None of the above
Q10 | _______also known as subsidiary budgets.
  • Master budget
  • Functional budget
  • Cost budget
  • None of the above
Q11 | _________ is stated as a budget which is made to change as per the levels of activity attained.
  • Fixed budget
  • Flexible budget
  • Both a and b
  • None of the above
Q12 | _______ is prepared for single level of activity and single set of business conditions.
  • Fixed budget
  • Flexible budget
  • Both a and b
  • None of the above
Q13 | The process of budgeting helps in the control of
  • Cost of production
  • Liquidity
  • Capital Expenditure
  • All of the above
Q14 | Which of the following statements are not true about budget, budgeting & budgetary control?
  • Budgetary control works on the basis of best option
  • Budget is one of the important mediums of communication
  • Budgeting develops the quality of objectivity in planning
  • None of the above
Q15 | Which of the following statements are true about responsibility accounting?
  • Responsibility accounting results in inter-departmental conflicts
  • In responsibility center more focus is paid on products, processes or jobs
  • No focus is paid on controlling costs
  • None of the above
Q16 | In profit center revenue represents a monetary measure of output emanating from a profitcenter in a given period irrespective whether
  • The revenue is realized or not
  • The output is sold or not
  • Both a and b
  • None of the above
Q17 | Contribution margin center is also known as
  • Expense center
  • Profit center
  • Investment center
  • (All of the above
Q18 | Which of the following is responsibility center?
  • Expense center
  • Profit center
  • Investment center
  • All of the above
Q19 | The responsibility centers, for control purposes, may be classified into _____ types.
  • Five
  • Three
  • Four
  • None of the above
Q20 | The area of focus on responsibility center is
  • Quantum of sales
  • Quantum of production
  • Optimum utilization of resources
  • All of the above
Q21 | In responsibility cost accounting the costs in focus are
  • Controllable costs
  • Uncontrollable costs
  • Both a and b
  • None of the above
Q22 | The term standard cost refers to the:
  • average unit cost of product produced in the previous period
  • budgeted unit cost of product produced in a particular period
  • average unit cost of product produced by other companies
  • average unit cost of product produced in the current period
Q23 | The sub-variance of material usage variance, known as Material mix variance is measured as
  • Total standard cost - Total actual cost
  • Standard cost of revised standard mix - Standard cost of actual mix
  • Standard unit price - Actual unit price) * Actual quantity used
  • Standard quantity - Actual quantity) * Unit standard price
Q24 | Volume variance arises when
  • There is rise in overhead rate per hour
  • There is decline in overhead rate per hour
  • There is decrease or increase in actual output compared to the budgeted output
  • None of the above
Q25 | The corrective actions after the analysis of variances has to be taken by
  • Cost accountant
  • Management
  • Both a and b
  • None of the above