CIMA Related Exams
P1 Exam
The manager of a recently opened cafe is deciding how many sandwiches to make each day.
The sandwiches are made in the morning before the cafe opens.
If demand exceeds the number of sandwiches made in the morning no extra sandwiches can be made during the day. Any unsold sandwiches are thrown away at the end of each day.
Daily demand is uncertain but is predicted to be 10, 20, 30 or 40 sandwiches.
The following regret matrix has been prepared:

If the minimax regret criterion is used to make the decision, the manager will choose to make:
A company uses a standard costing system.
The company’s sales budget for the latest period includes 1,500 units of a product with a selling price of $400 per unit.
The product has a budgeted contribution to sales ratio of 30%.
Actual sales for the period were 1,630 units at a selling price of $390 per unit.
The actual contribution to sales ratio was 28%.
The sales volume contribution variance for the product for the latest period is: