CIMA Related Exams
P1 Exam
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 company sells two products, X and Y, which are always sold in the same ratio.
No inventories are held.
The following budgeted data relate to month 10:

What is the budgeted margin of safety in month 10?
QR uses an activity based budgeting (ABB) system to budget product costs. It manufactures two products, product Q and product R. The budget details for these two products for the forthcoming period are as follows:

The total budgeted cost of setting up the machines is $74,400.
Select TWO potential benefits of using an activity based budgeting system.