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CIMAPRO19-P01-1 Exam - Topic 8 Question 43 Discussion

A company has budgeted to produce 5,000 units of Product B per month. The opening and closing inventories of Product B for next month are budgeted to be 400 units and 900 units respectively. The budgeted selling price and variable production costs per unit for Product B are as follows:Total budgeted fixed production overheads are $29,500 per month. The company absorbs fixed production overheads on the basis of the budgeted number of units produced. The budgeted profit for Product B for next month, using absorption costing, is $20,700.Prepare a marginal costing statement which shows the budgeted profit for Product B for next month.What was the difference between the profit calculation using marginal costing and the profit calculation using absorption costing?
C) $2950
A) $2870
B) $3010
D) $3610
E) $2750

CIMAPRO19-P01-1 Exam - Topic 8 Question 43 Discussion

Actual exam question for CIMA's CIMAPRO19-P01-1 exam
Question #: 43
Topic #: 8
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A company has budgeted to produce 5,000 units of Product B per month. The opening and closing inventories of Product B for next month are budgeted to be 400 units and 900 units respectively. The budgeted selling price and variable production costs per unit for Product B are as follows:

Total budgeted fixed production overheads are $29,500 per month. The company absorbs fixed production overheads on the basis of the budgeted number of units produced. The budgeted profit for Product B for next month, using absorption costing, is $20,700.

Prepare a marginal costing statement which shows the budgeted profit for Product B for next month.

What was the difference between the profit calculation using marginal costing and the profit calculation using absorption costing?

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Sherita
9 months ago
Isn’t it interesting how fixed costs impact profit calculations?
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Oliva
9 months ago
Wait, how can the difference be that high? Sounds off.
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Brice
9 months ago
Totally agree, marginal costing usually shows lower profits!
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Rosenda
9 months ago
I think the difference will be around $2,950.
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Alba
9 months ago
The budgeted profit using absorption costing is $20,700.
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Erick
10 months ago
This looks like a tricky one. I'll need to think through the different techniques Bob used to hide his activities.
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Royce
10 months ago
Okay, let's see. I think the key is understanding the difference between Polygon and Territory Assignment Policies. I'll need to review those concepts.
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Melita
10 months ago
Okay, let me think this through. Entity classes are used to define the relationships between different objects or tables in ServiceNow, right? I'm leaning towards option A, but I want to double-check the other choices.
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Dominic
10 months ago
I'm pretty confident I know the answer to this one. Tracing analysis is definitely used to diagnose performance issues in distributed applications.
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