396 Answer Bank
84 C Since wages are paid on a piecework basis they are a variable cost which will increase in line with the
number of binders. The machine set-up cost and design costs are fixed costs for each batch which will not
be affected by the number of binders in the batch.
For a batch of 300 binders:
$
Direct materials (30 × 3)
90.00
Direct wages (10 × 3)
30.00
Machine set up
3.00
Design and artwork
15.00
Production overhead (30 × 20%)
6.00
Total production cost
144.00
Selling, distribution and administration overhead (+ 5%)
7.20
Total cost
151.20
Profit (25% margin = 33
1
/
3
% of cost)
50.40
Selling price for a batch of 300
201.60
If you selected option A you calculated the cost correctly, but added a profit mark up of 25% of cost,
instead of a margin of 25% of selling price.
If you selected option B you failed to absorb the appropriate amount of fixed overhead. If you selected
option D you treated all of the costs as variable costs.
85 The price to be quoted for job B124 is $
124.50
Production overhead absorption rate = $240,000/30,000 = $8 per labour hour
Other overhead absorption rate = ($150,000/$750,000)
×
100% = 20% of total production cost
Job B124
$
Direct materials (3 kgs
×
$5)
15.00
Direct labour (4 hours
×
$9)
36.00
Production overhead (4 hours
×
$8)
32.00
Total production cost
83.00
Other overhead (20%
×
$83)
16.60
Total cost
99.60
Profit margin: 20% of sales (
×
20
/
80
)
24.90
Price to be quoted
124.50
86
9
Production of the product can be completed in a single accounting period
9
Production relates to a single special order
Job costing is appropriate where each cost unit is
separately identifiable and is of relatively short
duration
.
87
Appropriate Not appropriate
(a) Vehicle cost per passenger-kilometre
9
(b) Fuel cost for each vehicle per kilometre
9
(c) Fixed cost per kilometre
9
The vehicle cost per passenger-kilometre (a) is appropriate for cost control purposes because it
combines the
distance travelled and the number of passengers carried,
both of which affect cost.
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