Free CIMA CIMAPRO19-P01-1-ENG Exam Questions

Question 1

A university is trying to decide whether or not to advertise a new post-graduate degree programme. The number of students starting the programme is dependent on economic conditions. If conditions are poor, it is expected that the programme will attract 40 students without advertising. There is a 60% chance that economic conditions will be poor. If economic conditions are good it is expected that the programme will attract only 20 students without advertising. There is a 40% chance that economic conditions will be good.

If the programme is advertised and economic conditions are poor, there is a 65% chance that the advertising will stimulate further demand and student numbers will increase to 50. If economic conditions are good, there is a 25% chance the advertising will stimulate further demand and numbers will increase to 25 students.

The profit expected, before deducting the cost of advertising, at different levels of student numbers are as follows:

The cost of advertising the programme will be $15,000.

Required:

Demonstrate, using a decision tree, whether the programme should be advertised.

A : , the programme should be advertised as the profit will be $82000

B : , the programme should be advertised as the profit will be $92000

C : , the programme should not be advertised as there will be a loss $82000

D : , the programme should not be advertised as there will be a loss $92000

Answer: A

Question 2

A medium-sized manufacturing company, which operates in the electronics industry, has employed a firm of consultants to carry out a review of the company's planning and control systems. The company presently uses a traditional incremental budgeting system and the inventory management system is based on economic order quantities (EOQ) and reorder levels. The company's normal production patterns have changed significantly over the previous few years as a result of increasing demand for customized products. This has resulted in shorter production runs and difficulties with production and resource planning. The consultants have recommended the implementation of activity based budgeting and a manufacturing resource planning system to improve planning and resource management.

What are the benefits for the company that could occur following the introduction of an activity based budgeting system?

Select ALL the correct answers.

A : der an activity based budgeting system, resource allocation is linked to the strategic plan and is prepared after considering alternative strategies. This approach ensures that new activities that are required to meet the company's strategic objectives are included in the budget.

B : der a traditional incremental budgeting system the focus is on existing resources and operations. Adjustments are then made for changes in activity and price which results in past inefficiencies being perpetuated. Under an activity based budgeting system, only resources that are needed to perform activities required to meet the budgeted production and sales volumes are included.

C : tivity based techniques including activity based budgeting focus on the outputs of a process rather than the input to the process. This approach provides a clear framework for understanding the link between costs and the level of activity. It allows the ranking of activities and the determination of how limited resources should be allocated across competing activities.

D : tivity Based Budgeting Systems present costs under functional headings i.e. the emphasis is on the nature of the cost. The weakness if this approach is that it gives little indication of the link between the level of activity and the cost incurred.

E : approach under an Activity based Budgeting System is to make arbitrary cuts in order to meet overall financial targets.

Answer: A,B,C

Question 3

The standard production cost of making a product is as follows:

What is the fixed production overhead capacity variance?

A : $9,000F

B : $6,000F

C : $3,000F

D : $6,000A

Answer: B

Question 4

A manager is deciding which one of four services to provide next period.

The contribution earned by each service will depend on the weather conditions as follows.

Using the maximin criterion, which service will the manager provide?

A : rvice P

B : rvice Q

C : rvice R

D : rvice S

Answer: D

Question 5

A company's budget for the next period shows that it would breakeven at sales revenue of $800,000 and fixed costs of $320,000.

The sales revenue needed to achieve a profit of $200,000 in the next period would be:

A : $1,950,000

B : $1,780,000

C : $1,400,000

D : $1,300,000

E : $1,390,000

Answer: D