ACCA - F2 Management Accounting - Revision Kit 2016-2017

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Checklists to test your knowledge of Management Accounting topics • A bank of exam-standard MCQs with answers, covering the syllabus • Two mock exams including the FMA/F2 Specimen exam Management Accounting Foundations in Accountancy FMA / ACCA Paper F2 Management Accounting This Kit provides material specifically for the practice and revision stage of your studies for Foundations in Accountancy FMA Management Accounting and ACCA Paper F2 Management Accounting that has been comprehensively reviewed by the ACCA examining team This unique review ensures that the questions, solutions and guidance provide the best and most effective resource for practising and revising for the exam Foundations in Accountancy FMA /ACCA F2 ACCA approved content provider ACCA APPROVED CONTENT PROVIDER ACCA Approved Practice & Revision Kit Contact us February 2016 £15.00 FI33RK16 (POL).indd 1-3 For exams from September 2016 to 31 August 2017 BPP House 142-144 Uxbridge Road London W12 8AA United Kingdom T 0845 075 1100 (UK) T +44 (0)20 8740 2211 (Overseas) E Learningmedia@bpp.com bpp.com/learningmedia Foundations in Accountancy FMA / ACCA Paper F2 Management Accounting Free access to our Exam Success site Look inside For exams from September 2016 to 31 August 2017 18/02/2016 13:20 ACCA APPROVED CONTENT PROVIDER As the first accredited publisher of ACCA materials, BPP Learning Media has set the benchmark for producing exceptional study materials for students and tutors alike Our Study Texts, Practice & Revision Kits and i-Passes (for exams on demand) are reviewed by the ACCA examining team and are written by our in-house authors with industry and teaching experience who understand what is required for exam success EXAM SUCCESS SITE To help maximise your chances of succeeding in your exams, we’ve put together a suite of exclusive ACCA resources Our Exam Success site provides you with access to a free digital version of this publication, as well as extra resources designed to focus your efforts on exams and study methods To access the Exam Success site, please email learningmedia@bpp.com with the subject line “Access to Exam Success site - eBook”, including your order reference number and the name of the book you’ve bought (ie ACCA F5 Study Text) for your access code Once you have received your code, please follow the instructions below: To access the BPP ACCA Exam Success site for this material please go to: www.bpp.com/ExamSuccessSite n Create a user account if you don’t already have one Make sure you reply to the confirmation email n Log in using your registered username and password Select the paper you wish to access n Enter the code you received when prompted You will only have to this once for each paper you are studying Foundations in Accountancy PAPER F2 FMA MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Welcome to BPP Learning Media's Practice & Revision Kit for FMA In this FMA/F2 Practice & Revision Kit, which has been reviewed by the ACCA examination team, we:  Include Do you know? Checklists to test your knowledge and understanding of topics  Provide you with two mock exams including the Specimen Exam June 2014  Provide the ACCA exam answers to the Specimen Exam June 2014 as an additional revision aid Note FIA FMA and ACCA Paper F2 are examined under the same syllabus and study guide FOR EXAMS FROM SEPTEMBER 2016 TO 31 AUGUST 2017 P R A C T I C E & R E V I S I O N K I T FMA/F2 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING First edition May 2011 Fifth edition March 2016 ISBN 9781 4727 4594 (Previous ISBN 9781 4727 3535 5) e-ISBN 9781 4727 4639 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Published by BPP Learning Media Ltd BPP House, Aldine Place London W12 8AA www.bpp.com/learningmedia Printed in the UK by RICOH UK Limited Unit Wells Place Merstham RH1 3LG Your learning materials, published by BPP Learning Media Ltd, are printed on paper obtained from traceable sustainable sources All our rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of BPP Learning Media We are grateful to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants for permission to reproduce past examination questions The suggested solutions in the practice answer bank have been prepared by BPP Learning Media Ltd, except where otherwise stated © BPP Learning Media Ltd 2016 ii A note about copyright Dear Customer What does the little © mean and why does it matter? 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CONTENTS Contents Page Finding questions Question index v Helping you with your revision vii Using your BPP Practice and Revision Kit viii Passing the FMA/F2 exam ix Approach to examining the syllabus ix The Computer Based Examination x Tackling Multiple Choice Questions xi Using your BPP products xii Questions and answers Questions Answers 149 Formula sheet and tables 229 Exam practice Mock exam – Specimen Exam June 2014  Questions 237  Answers 253  ACCA's exam answers 261 Mock exam  Questions 267  Answers 281 Review form iii FMA/F2 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING iv QUESTION INDEX Question index Time allocation Marks Page Mins Question Answer Part A: The nature, source and purpose of management information Accounting for management 20 24 149 Sources of data 10 12 149 Cost classification 26 31 13 150 Cost behaviour 36 43 15 151 10 19 153 Accounting for materials 44 53 23 153 Accounting for labour 24 29 28 157 Accounting for overheads 48 58 35 159 Absorption and marginal costing 36 43 41 163 10 Job, batch and service costing 32 38 47 166 11 Process costing 30 36 50 168 12 Process costing, joint products and by-products 14 17 53 171 13 Alternative costing principles 16 19 55 172 14 Forecasting 64 77 59 173 15 Budgeting 20 24 65 177 16 The budgetary process 52 62 67 179 17 Making budgets work 12 14 72 182 18 Capital expenditure budgeting 10 77 183 19 Methods of project appraisal 48 58 77 183 Presenting information Part B: Cost accounting methods and systems Part C: Budgeting v FMA/F2 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Time allocation Marks Page Mins Question Answer Part D: Standard costing 20 Standard costing 14 17 85 187 21 Basic variance analysis 38 46 86 188 22 Further variance analysis 44 53 91 191 23 Performance measurement 52 62 99 195 24 Applications of performance measurement 44 53 104 196 25 Mixed Bank 40 48 109 197 26 Mixed Bank 40 48 115 201 27 Mixed Bank 40 48 119 203 28 Mixed Bank 30 36 124 205 29 Mixed Bank 20 24 128 208 30 Budgeting 80 96 131 211 31 Standard costing 80 96 138 217 32 Performance measurement 80 96 142 222 Mock Exam (Specimen Exam June 2014) 100 120 237 251 Mock Exam 100 120 267 279 Part E: Performance measurement Mixed banks Multi-task questions Mock exams vi USING YOUR PRACTICE AND REVISION KIT Helping you with your revision BPP Learning Media – ACCA Approved Content Provider As an ACCA Approved Content Provider, BPP Learning Media gives you the opportunity to use revision materials reviewed by the ACCA examination team By incorporating the ACCA examination team’s comments and suggestions regarding the depth and breadth of syllabus coverage, the BPP Learning Media Practice & Revision Kit provides excellent, ACCA-approved support for your revision Selecting questions We provide signposts to help you plan your revision  A full question index listing questions that cover each part of the syllabus, so that you can locate the questions that provide practice on key topics, and see the different ways in which they might be tested Attempting mock exams There are two mock exams that provide practice at coping with the pressures of the exam day We strongly recommend that you attempt them under exam conditions Mock Exam is the Specimen Exam June 2014 Mock Exam reflects the question styles and syllabus coverage of the exam vii FMA/F2 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Using your BPP Practice & Revision Kit Aim of this Practice & Revision Kit To provide the practice to help you succeed in both the paper based and computer based examinations for Paper FMA/F2 Management Accounting To pass the examination you need a thorough understanding in all areas covered by the syllabus and teaching guide Recommended approach viii  Make sure you are able to answer questions on everything specified by the syllabus and teaching guide You cannot make any assumptions about what questions may come up on your paper The examination team aim to discourage 'question spotting'  Learning is an active process Use the DO YOU KNOW? Checklists to test your knowledge and understanding of the topics covered in FMA/F2 Management Accounting by filling in the blank spaces Then check your answers against the DID YOU KNOW? Checklists Do not attempt any questions if you are unable to fill in any of the blanks – go back to your BPP Interactive Text and revise first  When you are revising a topic, think about the mistakes that you know that you should avoid by writing down POSSIBLE PITFALLS at the end of each DO YOU KNOW? Checklist  Once you have completed the checklists successfully, you should attempt the questions on that topic Each section has a selection of MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS  Each mark carries with it a time allocation of 1.2 minutes (including time for selecting and reading questions) A 10 mark multi task question should therefore be completed in 12 minutes  You should attempt each bank of MCQs to ensure you are familiar with their styles and to practise your technique Ensure you read Tackling Multiple Choice Questions on page xi to get advice on how best to approach them  Once you have completed all of the questions in the body of this Practice & Revision Kit, you should attempt the MOCK EXAMS under examination conditions Check your answers against our answers to find out how well you did ... Accountancy PAPER F2 FMA MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Welcome to BPP Learning Media's Practice & Revision Kit for FMA In this FMA /F2 Practice & Revision Kit, which has been reviewed by the ACCA examination... styles and syllabus coverage of the exam vii FMA /F2 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Using your BPP Practice & Revision Kit Aim of this Practice & Revision Kit To provide the practice to help you succeed... Mixed banks Multi-task questions Mock exams vi USING YOUR PRACTICE AND REVISION KIT Helping you with your revision BPP Learning Media – ACCA Approved Content Provider As an ACCA Approved Content