P1 Exam Dumps : Management Accounting

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:

A company is basing its budget on predicted sales of one of its products. They have tasked you with forecasting the sales in year 2. The company has found that a fairly accurate prediction can be found when the trend

is calculated like so:

a = 10,000

b = 2,000

The sales of year 1 were affected by seasonal variation and were as follows:

Q1:12,500

Q2:14,200

Q3:15,400

Q4:19,650

You use a multiplicative model and round percentages to the nearest whole percent.

Select ALL the correct quarterly forecasts of year 2 from the list.

A snowboard manufacturer is considering investing in technology that will give a good indication of how heavy snowfall will be in the future. The predictions tend to be reasonably accurate.

The current budgeted profit for the year is £2,560,000 but if they invest in this technology and it works, the expected profit will be £2,640,000. The manufacturer is willing to invest a maximum of £40,000 into the venture.

What is the expected profit if the investment is NOT made?