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480+ Cost Accounting Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) , Bachelor of Accounting and Finance (BAF) , Bachelor of Commerce (B Com) .

201.

When the completion stage of a contract is less than ¼, the total expenditure on the contract is transferred to ………………..account.

A. Work-in-Progress
B. Profit and loss account
C. miscellaneous account
D. none of these
Answer» A. Work-in-Progress
202.

If the amount of work certified is less than………of the contract price, then no profit should be taken to Profit & Loss Account.

A. 20%
B. 25%
C. 33 1/3%
D. 40%
Answer» B. 25%
203.

Contract costing is not used in one of the following industries.

A. Ship building
B. Civil Construction
C. Automobiles
D. Construction of Bridges
Answer» C. Automobiles
204.

The sum of value of work certified and uncertified appearing in the Contract Account is called ……………..

A. Work in Progress
B. Work in Process
C. Work Completed
D. Work done.
Answer» A. Work in Progress
205.

……………………is the most suitable method in a transport industry.

A. Operation costing
B. Service costing
C. Process costing
D. Job costing
Answer» B. Service costing
206.

Room/day is the cost unit used in…………………

A. Hotels
B. hospital
C. schools
D. none of these
Answer» A. Hotels
207.

Maintenance charges are in the nature of …………………expenses.

A. Fixed
B. Variable
C. semi-variable
D. none of these
Answer» C. semi-variable
208.

In transport costing………………charges vary more or less in direct proportion to kilometers run.

A. Running
B. petrol
C. drivers salary
D. tax
Answer» A. Running
209.

Service costing is called as ……………….

A. Operation costing
B. Operating costing
C. multiple costing
D. none of these
Answer» B. Operating costing
210.

In electricity supply company uses …………….as cost unit.

A. Kilo watt hour
B. per household
C. voltage
D. none of these
Answer» A. Kilo watt hour
211.

In transportation costing a composite unit such as …………….is used.

A. passenger mile/km or Ten kilometer
B. per km
C. per passenger
D. per stop
Answer» A. passenger mile/km or Ten kilometer
212.

Boiler house costing is an example of …………….costing

A. Operation
B. process
C. service
D. none of these
Answer» C. service
213.

In service costing, fixed charges are also called as…………………..

A. Standing charges
B. variable charges
C. fixed charges
D. none of these
Answer» A. Standing charges
214.

Service costing is not used in one of the following:

A. Electricity
B. Hospitals
C. transport
D. Electronics
Answer» D. Electronics
215.

If the present cost of the car is Rs.1,00,000 residual value at the end of the 5th year is Rs.20,000, the monthly depreciation is…………

A. Rs.20,000
B. Rs.16,000
C. Rs.1,333
D. Rs.17,333
Answer» C. Rs.1,333
216.

A bus carries 25 passengers daily for 25 days and its mileage per month is 1000 kms. Its passenger miles are………………

A. 30,000
B. 12,500
C. 20,000
D. 25,000
Answer» D. 25,000
217.

In ……………………costing where standardized goods or services result from a sequence of repetitive and more or less continuous operations to which costs are collected and averaged over the units produced during the year:

A. Multiple
B. Process
C. Operation
D. single.
Answer» C. Operation
218.

The method of costing applied in biscuit industries is ………….costing and in steel industry………….costing.

A. Job, process
B. job, contract
C. batch, multiple
D. process, operation
Answer» A. Job, process
219.

Average unit cost for each process is calculated by dividing the ………………..by…………………

A. Total cost, number of units
B. total process cost, number of units in process
C. Total process cost, number of finished goods
D. total cost, number of units produced
Answer» B. total process cost, number of units in process
220.

Where raw material is to pass certain stages, before it is converted into finished goods, the method of costing used is…………………

A. Job costing
B. Operating costing
C. Process Costing
D. both b and c
Answer» C. Process Costing
221.

When the actual loss is more than the estimated loss, the difference between the two is considered to be………..

A. Abnormal loss
B. normal loss
C. loss
D. none of these
Answer» A. Abnormal loss
222.

When actual loss is less than the estimated loss, the difference between the two is considered to be……………

A. Abnormal gain
B. abnormal loss
C. normal loss
D. income
Answer» A. Abnormal gain
223.

When actual loss is ………..than the estimated loss, the difference between the two is considered to be abnormal gain

A. More
B. less
C. higher
D. none of these
Answer» B. less
224.

When actual loss is ………………than the estimated loss, the difference between the two is considered to be abnormal loss.

A. More
B. less
C. both a & b)
D. none of these
Answer» A. More
225.

When 1000 units are 60% complete in a process, it is equivalent to …………….completed units.

A. 60
B. 600
C. 6000
D. 1000
Answer» B. 600
226.

Equivalent units represent the production of a process in terms of ………..units.

A. Completed
B. total production
C. semi-finished
D. both a& c
Answer» A. Completed
227.

…………..process loss should be transferred to costing profit & loss account.

A. Abnormal
B. normal
C. both a& b
D. none of these
Answer» A. Abnormal
228.

The cost of …………..process loss is absorbed in the cost of production of good units.

A. Abnormal
B. normal
C. both a & b
D. none of these
Answer» B. normal
229.

In inter process profits, the output of one process is transferred from one process to another not at …………….but at ……………….

A. Market price, actual cost
B. Actual cost, market price
C. both a& b
D. none of these
Answer» B. Actual cost, market price
230.

Where actual loss in a process is less than the anticipated loss, the difference between the two is considered to be ………………..

A. Abnormal loss
B. normal loss
C. abnormal gain
D. normal gain
Answer» C. abnormal gain
231.

In process costing, the abnormal loss is treated as ……….cost and written off to profit & loss account.

A. Unit
B. period
C. future
D. process
Answer» B. period
232.

The process costing is not used in one of the following.

A. Chemical
B. textiles
C. cement
D. oil refining
Answer» C. cement
233.

………….arises where the actual process loss is less than the normal predetermined process loss.

A. Normal loss
B. abnormal loss
C. abnormal gain
D. none of these
Answer» C. abnormal gain
234.

An input of 5000kg of material introduced into the process and the expected loss is 8% and if the actual output from the process is 4300, the abnormal loss is …………kg

A. 400
B. 300
C. 500
D. 600
Answer» B. 300
235.

Budgeting system……………key managerial functions.

A. Dismisses
B. integrates
C. discharges
D. none of these
Answer» B. integrates
236.

…………………is a budget which is updated continuously by adding a further period (a month/quarter) and deducting a corresponding earlier period.

A. Rolling budget
B. continuous budget
C. annual budget
D. both a & b
Answer» D. both a & b
237.

The budget relating to ………….must be prepared first and the other budgets should be prepared in the light of that factor.

A. Limiting factor
B. materials
C. labour
D. production
Answer» A. Limiting factor
238.

…………………budget is the most important budget and it forms the basis on which all the other budgets are built up.

A. Production
B. material
C. cash budget
D. sales
Answer» D. sales
239.

………………….budget may be classified into material cost budget, labour cost budget and overhead budget.

A. Cost of Production
B. purchase
C. sales
D. Cash
Answer» A. Cost of Production
240.

……………….budget gives an estimate of the anticipated receipts and payment of cash during the budget period.

A. Sales
B. Production
C. Cash
D. Master
Answer» C. Cash
241.

……………….is the consolidated summary of the various functional budgets.

A. Master Budget
B. Sales budget
C. Performance budget
D. Cash Budget
Answer» A. Master Budget
242.

…………………budget is designed to remain unchanged irrespective of the volume of output or turnover attained.

A. Master
B. Fixed
C. Flexible
D. all of these
Answer» B. Fixed
243.

…………………budget gives differentbudgeted costs for different levels of activity.

A. Master
B. Fixed
C. Flexible
D. all of these
Answer» C. Flexible
244.

…………………budget is the preparation of budget starting from a clean state.

A. Performance
B. Zero Base
C. Cash
D. none of these
Answer» B. Zero Base
245.

Calendar Ratio =

A. Number of actual working days in a period x 100 Number of working days in the budget period
B. Actual hours worked x 100 Budgeted hours
C. Standard hours for actual production x 100 Actual hours worked
D. Standard hours for actual productionx 100 Budgeted standard hours
Answer» A. Number of actual working days in a period x 100 Number of working days in the budget period
246.

Capacity Ratio =

A. Number of actual working days in a period x 100 Number of working days in the budget period
B. Actual hours worked x 100 Budgeted hours
C. Standard hours for actual production x 100 Actual hours worked
D. Standard hours for actual productionx 100 Budgeted standard hours
Answer» B. Actual hours worked x 100 Budgeted hours
247.

Efficiency Ratio=

A. Number of actual working days in a period x 100 Number of working days in the budget period
B. Actual hours worked x 100 Budgeted hours
C. Standard hours for actual production x 100 Actual hours worked
D. Standard hours for actual productionx 100 Budgeted standard hours
Answer» C. Standard hours for actual production x 100 Actual hours worked
248.

Activity Ratio =

A. Number of actual working days in a period x 100 Number of working days in the budget period
B. Actual hours worked x 100 Budgeted hours
C. Standard hours for actual production x 100 Actual hours worked
D. Standard hours for actual productionx 100
Answer» D. Standard hours for actual productionx 100
249.

……………….is a summary of all function budgets in a Capsule form.

A. Master Budget
B. Sales budget
C. Performance budget
D. Cash Budget
Answer» A. Master Budget
250.

……………..determines the priorities of functional budget.

A. Principal Budget Factor
B. Limiting Factor
C. both a & b
D. none of the above.
Answer» C. both a & b

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