A. T plc has developed a new product, the TF8. The time taken to produce the first unit
was 18 minutes. Assuming that an 80% lerning curve applies, the time allowed for the
fifth unit (to two decimal places) should be
(A) 5.79 minutes
(B) 7.53 minutes
(C) 10.72 minutes
(D) 11.52 minutes.
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B. Z plc operates an activity based costing (ABC) system to attribute its overhead costs
to cost objects.
In its budget for the year ending 31 December 2001, the company expected to
place a total of 2,785 purchase orders at a total cost of £94,690. This activity and its
related costs were budgeted to occur at a constant rate throughout the budget year,
which is divided into thirteen 4-week periods.
During the 4-week period ended 27 October 2001, a total of 202 purchase orders
was placed at a cost of £7,318.
The under-recovery of these costs for the 4-week period (to the nearest £1) was
(A) £34
(B) £416
(C) £443
(D) £450.
