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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Costing & FM IMPORTANT THEORY QUESTIONS - May '12 Exam

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COSTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT


IMPORTANT THEORY QUESTIONS


FOR CA IPCC/PCC – May 2012 EXAM


 


1)      Enumerate the  objectives of cost accounting


2)      For business survival cost reduction is considered important. Discuss its scope and the assumptions enumerated there under.


3)      Differentiate between cost reduction and cost control


4)      For optimizing the utility of cost accounting an organization should possess a suitable cost accounting system. Discuss essential features of a good cost accounting system


5)      Differentiate cost centre vs. cost unit


6)      Define :


     - Responsibility centre


                - Differential cost


                - Opportunity cost


                - Out-of-pocket cost


                - sunk costs


                - Discretionary costs


                - Conversion cost


                      - Uncontrollable costs


                   - Retention money


                      - Escalation clause


                   - split off point


                   - Debt securitization


                     -  Zero Coupon Bonds


                     - External Commercial Borrowings (ECB)


7)      Methods of segregating Semi-variable costs into fixed and variable costs


8)      Differentiate:


-  Product costs & period costs


      -  Implicit costs& explicit costs


      -  Bin Cards & Stores Ledger


      -  Perpetual inventory & continuous stock taking


      -  re-order level and re-order quantity


      -  Time Keeping and Time Booking


      -  Job Evaluation & Merit Rating


      -  Casual Worker and Outworker


      -  Allocation and apportionment


      -  Blanket overhead rates & departmental rates


      -  Blanket overhead rates & departmental rates


      -  Job & contract costing


      -  Operation cost & operating cost


         -  Job costing & process costing


      -  Joint-product and by-product


         - Marginal costing and absorption costing


      - Fixed and flexible budget


      - Profit maximization vs. wealth maximization


      - Implicit vs.  Explicit cost of capital


      - Business risk & financial risk


      - Bridge finance and seed capital assistance


      - ADR Vs. GDR


    


 9) How ABC ANALYSIS does helps us in optimizing cost structure of an organization.


10) Differentiate between WASTE and SPOILAGE and its cost accounting treatment


11) Discuss the concept of overtime premium & its accounting treatment


12) Identify the causes of labour turnover & costs which are associated with labour turnover


13) Treatment of under-absorbed overheads in cost accounting


14) Discuss General ledger adjustment account


15) Enumerate the concept integrated accounting system and pre-requisites for integrated accounts


16)    Identify the causes for differences between Income under cost and financial  accounts


17)  List down the advantages of cost plus contract


18)  Discuss the accounting treatment of by-product     


19)  Discuss cost-volume-profit analysis


20)  Discuss basic aspects of financial management


21)  List down characteristics of source of funds


22) Discuss the role of Chief Financial officer.


23) Briefly discuss the working capital cycle


24) List down the functions of the treasury department:


25) Discuss the types of floats in the context of cash management


26) Discuss the lock box system


27) Discuss miller – Orr cash management model


28) Discuss the procedure for factoring


29) List down the features of commercial papers


30) Methods of computation of time value of money


31) Discuss Modified internal rate of return method


32) Define optimum capital structure and its benefits.


33) List down the assumptions in capital structure theories


34) List down the assumptions under Modigliani and miller approach (mm)


35) Brief on concept of trading on Equity


36) List down methods of Venture Capital Financing


37) Briefly discuss lease financing


38) Discuss on ploughing back of profit


39) Need for debt service coverage ratio


40) Discuss Du Pont chart for calculating return on equity


41) Difference between funds flow statement & cash flow statement


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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Sir,
When will the suggested answers for the model exam release?

Regards

mrk_durga said...

thnx for the questions sir ..

CA Student said...

thankyou sir. Saikumar pcc

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