1. [单选题]The following statements have been made about life cycle costing:
A. (i) It focuses on the short-term by identifying costs at the beginning of a product’s life cycle
B. (ii) It identifies all costs which arise in relation to the product each year and then calculates the product’s profitability on an annual basis
C. (iii) It accumulates a product’s costs over its whole life time and works out the overall profitability of a product
D. (iv) It allocates costs to each stage of a product’s life cycle and writes them off at the end of each stage
E. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
F. (i) and (iii)
G. (iii) only
H. (i) and (iv)
I. (ii) only
2. [单选题]The following information is available for a manufacturing company which produces multiple products:
A. (i) The product mix ratio
B. (ii) Contribution to sales ratio for each product
C. (iii) General fixed costs
D. (iv) Method of apportioning general fixed costs
E. Which of the above are required in order to calculate the break-even sales revenue for the company?
F. All of the above
G. (i), (ii) and (iii) only
H. (i), (iii) and (iv) only
I. (ii) and (iii) only
3. [单选题]In 2014 Mr Yuan inherited an estate of RMB2 million from his uncle who had died two months earlier.
A. What is the correct treatment of the estate income for individual income tax purposes?
B. The estate income is not taxable
C. The estate income will be taxed as occasional (ad hoc) income
D. The estate income will be taxed as other income
E. The estate income will be taxed as service income
4. [单选题]C Co uses material B, which has a current market price of $0·80 per kg. In a linear program, where the objective is to maximise profit, the shadow price of material B is $2 per kg. The following statements have been made:
A. (i) Contribution will be increased by $2 for each additional kg of material B purchased at the current market price
B. (ii) The maximum price which should be paid for an additional kg of material B is $2
C. (iii) Contribution will be increased by $1·20 for each additional kg of material B purchased at the current market price
D. (iv) The maximum price which should be paid for an additional kg of material B is $2·80
E. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
F. (ii) only
G. (ii) and (iii)
H. (i) only
I. (i) and (iv)
5. [单选题]Hindberg is a car retailer. On 1 April 2014, Hindberg sold a car to Latterly on the following terms:
A. Latterly paid $12,650 (half of the cost) on 1 April 2014 and would pay the remaining $12,650 on 31 March 2016 (two years after the sale). Hindberg’s cost of capital is 10% per annum.
B. What is the total amount which Hindberg should credit to profit or loss in respect of this transaction in the year ended 31 March 2015?
C. $23,105
D. $23,000
E. $20,909
F. $24,150
