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3 marksStandard Costing and Variance Analysis

CAPE Accounting Unit 2 · 2013 · Paper 2 · Question 3(d)(iii)

Fanciful Enterprises constructed 800 units of miniature guard huts. Actual data: 600 direct labour hours worked costing 9 000; 900 ft of material purchased at 7 per foot; 1 000 ft of material used in production. Standard cost card: Direct labour 2.5 hours at 12 per hour; Direct material 1.5 ft at 8 per foot.

Compute the material price variance.

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  1. 3(a)(i)Calculate the contribution margin ratio.[2 marks]
  2. 3(a)(ii)Calculate the number of tickets that must be sold to break even in units and in dollars.[3 marks]
  3. 3(a)(iii)Calculate the number of tickets that must be sold to earn a target profit of $50 000.[2 marks]
  4. 3(b)Identify four non-financial factors that can influence Fanciful Enterprises' ticket pricing decision.[4 marks]
  5. 3(c)(i)Explain the payback period project appraisal technique.[3 marks]
  6. 3(c)(ii)Explain the internal rate of return (IRR) project appraisal technique.[3 marks]
  7. 3(c)(iii)Explain the net present value (NPV) project appraisal technique.[3 marks]
  8. 3(d)(i)Compute the labour rate variance.[4 marks]
  9. 3(d)(ii)Compute the labour efficiency variance.[4 marks]
  10. 3(d)(iv)Compute the material quantity variance.[4 marks]

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