ACCA Applied Skills Practice Questions — All Questions

4 questions

Management Accounting

Under marginal costing, which cost is treated as a period cost?

  • a.Direct labor
  • b.Variable overhead
  • c.Fixed production overhead✓
  • d.Direct materials

Marginal costing writes off fixed production overhead as a period cost.

Management Accounting

Contribution is calculated as sales less:

  • a.Fixed costs
  • b.Tax
  • c.All costs
  • d.Variable costs✓

Contribution = sales - variable costs.

Management Accounting

A cost that has already been incurred and is irrelevant to a decision is a:

  • a.Opportunity cost
  • b.Marginal cost
  • c.Variable cost
  • d.Sunk cost✓

Sunk costs are past and irrelevant to future decisions.

Management Accounting

The value of the next-best alternative forgone is the:

  • a.Fixed cost
  • b.Standard cost
  • c.Sunk cost
  • d.Opportunity cost✓

Opportunity cost is the benefit given up by choosing one option over another.

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