Question 1

A company is preparing its annual budget and is estimating the number of units of Product A that it will sell in each quarter of year 2. Past experience has shown that the trend for sales of the product is represented by the following relationship:

y = a + bx where

y = number of sales units in the quarter a = 10,000 units b = 3,000 units x = the quarter number where 1 = quarter 1 of year 1

Actual sales of Product A in Year 1 were affected by seasonal variations and were as follows:

Quarter 1:14,000 units Quarter2: 18,000 units Quarter 3: 18,000 units Quarter 4: 20,000 units

Calculate the expected sales of Product A (in units) for each quarter of year 2, after adjusting for seasonal variations using the additive model.

Options :

A : The expected sales for year 2 Quarter 4 was 32700 units

B : The expected sales for year 2 Quarter 4 was 32000 units

C : The expected sales for year 2 Quarter 4 was 33000 units

D : The expected sales for year 2 Quarter 4 was 40000 units

Answer: B

Question 2

The labour requirement for a special contract is 250 skilled labour hours paid at $10 per hour and 750 semi-skilled labour hours paid at $8 per hour.
At present, skilled labour is fully utilised on other contracts which generate a $12 contribution per hour, after charging labour costs. Additional skilled labour is unavailable in the short term.
There is a surplus of 1,200 semi-skilled hours over the period of the contract but the firm has a policy of no redundancies.
The relevant cost of labour for the special contract is:

Options :

A : $ 5,500

B : $ 3,000

C : $ 8,500

D : $ 11,500

Answer: A

Question 3

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.

Options :

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

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

C : No, the programme should not be advertised as there will be a loss $82000

D : No, the programme should not be advertised as there will be a loss $92000

Answer: A

Question 4

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

What is the fixed production overhead capacity variance?

Options :

A : $9,000F

B : $6,000F

C : $3,000F

D : $6,000A

Answer: B

Question 5

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?

Options :

A : Service P

B : Service Q

C : Service R

D : Service S

Answer: D

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