UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON BUSINESS SCHOOL ACCOUNTANCY SEMESTER 1 EXAMINATION 2015/2016 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING AND DECISION MAKING MODULE NO: ACC5002

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1 BBS009 UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON BUSINESS SCHOOL ACCOUNTANCY SEMESTER 1 EXAMINATION 2015/2016 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING AND DECISION MAKING MODULE NO: ACC5002 Date: Tuesday 12 th January 2016 Time: 2:00pm to 5:00pm INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: There are 6 questions in this examination 4 questions to be answered as follows: Answer 2 questions in section A Answer 2 questions in section B This is a closed book examination. You must hand in this exam paper with your answer booklet. (Discount tables and Formulae are attached at the back of this question paper)

2 Page 2 of 9 SECTION A ANSWER 2 QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION Question 1 Worthington Ltd. makes and sells a single product. The company uses a Standard marginal costing system. It plans to produce and sell 1200 units in May A budget statement is produced as follow: Budgeted income statement for the month ended 31 May 2015 Sales ( 80*1200) 96,000 Less: Variable cost of goods sold Direct materials ( 4 *6000 kg) (24,000) Direct labor ( 6*3,600 hrs) (21,600) Variable overheads ( 2*3600 hrs) (7,200) (52,800) Budget contribution 43,200 Less Fixed overhead (10,000) Budget profit 33,200 The actual sales and production in May 2015 is 1000 units. The actual income statement is shown as follows: Actual Income statement for the month ended 31 May 2015 Sales ( 75*1000) 75,000 Less: Variable cost of goods sold Direct materials ( 3.60*4,800) (17,280) Direct labour ( 6.50*3000) (19,500) Actual Variable overheads (6,200) 42,980 Actual Contribution 32,020 Less Fixed overhead (9,400) Actual net profit 22,620 Question 1 continues overleaf PLEASE TURN THE PAGE...

3 Page 3 of 9 Question 1 Continued Required: (a) Worthington Ltd would like you to prepare the following variances for the period May 2015, giving a coherent explanation. Labour Cost Variance - Labour rate variance - Labour efficiency variance Materials Cost Variance - Materials Price Variance - Materials Usage Variance Variable Overheads Variance - Variable Overhead Expenditure Variance - Variable Overhead Volume Variance Fixed Overhead Variance - Fixed Overhead Expenditure Variance - Fixed Overhead Volume Variance Sales Variance - Sales Margin Price Variance - Sales Margin Volume Variance (20 Marks) (b) Prepare a Profit Reconciliation Statement highlighting any concerns you have with regard to financial performance. (5 Marks) End of Question 1 (Total 25 Marks)

4 Page 4 of 9 PLEASE TURN THE PAGE... Question 2 The Management of Shilton plc are concerned that they may not be manufacturing the correct mix of products in one of their divisions. Output in this division is limited at the moment because of machine capacity and other bottleneck operations. At present the company is manufacturing three products (Taz, Dok and Zax) in this division, using the same machines. The following estimates have been made in respect of the next financial year: Product Taz Dok Zax /unit /unit /unit Selling price Variable material cost Variable labour cost Variable overheads Hours Hours Hours Time per unit required on machines Fixed overhead costs for the next financial year are expected to be 308,500. The maximum machine capacity in the next financial year is 80,000 hours. The forecast demand for each of the products for the next year is: Product Taz 6,600 units, Product Dok 4,000 units, Product Zax 6,200 units Required: (a) Calculate the optimal product mix given the constraint of the limiting factor, machine hours. (9 marks) (b) Show the forecast profit for the division using your chosen product mix. (6 marks) (c) Critically evaluate the application of the theory of constraints in the modern management accounting practices. (10 marks) (Total Marks 25) PLEASE TURN THE PAGE...

5 Page 5 of 9 Question 3 Greaves plc Greaves plc are faced with the problem of replacing a Drilling machine. Three Possible alternatives have been identified:- Drilling Machine 1 manufactured in the UK Drilling Machine 2, produced by a German Company Drilling Machine, made in Japan Each alternative would cost 350,000 to purchase, but the incremental net cash inflows are estimated as follows:- ( 000 s) Machine 1 Machine 2 Machine 3 Year 1 40, , ,000 Year 2 80,000 60,000 80,000 Year 3 90,000 80,000 70,000 Year 4 90, ,000 60,000 Year 5 80,000 40,000 80,000 Year 6 120,000 80,000 20,000 Required: (a) Assuming Greaves plc has a cost of capital of 10% and there is no anticipated residual value after 6 years, calculate the following for each project alternative:- Payback period Net Present Value Accounting Rate of return Internal Rate of Return (12 Marks) (b) Advise Greaves plc which alternative to adopt, with reasons. (c) Explain and evaluate the distinguishing features of each of the above evaluation techniques. (5 Marks) (8 Marks) (Total 25 Marks)

6 Page 6 of 9 PLEASE TURN THE PAGE... SECTION B ANSWER 2 QUESTIONS ONLY FROM THIS SECTION Question 4 Evaluate the use and purpose of the balanced scorecard to the modern day business looking at how each perspective can be used in practice to evaluate company performance. Question 5 (Total 25 Marks) Evaluate the reasons why businesses have moved from traditional absorption methods of allocating overheads, into ones that have an activity based approach. (Total 25 Marks) Question 6 Evaluate why business would deem the classification and allocation of costs Including their behaviour, fundamentally important for decision making and management control. (Total Marks 25) END OF QUESTIONS Tables and formulae are overleaf

7 Page 7 of 9 Present Value Table Present value of 1 i.e. (1 + r) -n Where r = discount rate and n = number of periods until payment Discount rate (r) Periods (n) 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% (n) 11% 12% 13% 14% 15% 16% 17% 18% 19% 20%

8 Page 8 of 9 PLEASE TURN THE PAGE FORMULAE Capital Asset Pricing Model = (Ke)= Krf + Beta (Km-Krf) Gordon s Growth Model = Dividend plus Growth X Growth Market Value Of Share Preference Shares = Dividend Payable x 100 Market Value (Ex Div.) Bank Loan = Interest Payable less Tax Irredeemable Debt Interest Payable less tax x 100 Market Value of Debt Redeemable Debt = Internal Rate of Return = Positive Discount Rate + Pos NPV + Diff in Disc Rates Pos NPV + Neg NPV ignore negative sign) Note: the above is not an exhaustive list of formulae.

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