CIMA Related Exams
BA2 Exam
Refer to the exhibit.

Which is the correct journal entry required to record a favorable variable overhead expenditure variance in an integrated accounting system?
The correct journal entry required to record a favorable variable overhead expenditure variance in an integrated accounting system is:
During the first financial period of this year a company posted profit of £340,000. However, their overheads were over absorbed by £20,000 in this period. As a result they tried to update their absorption rate for the current
period and as such they ended up under absorbing their overheads by £12,000.
They have also reported a sales volume increase of 550 when comparing this period to last.
You have been given the following information on unit cost/prices:
Selling price = £95 per unit
Variable production cost per unit = £15
Variable selling cost per unit = £18
Fixed overhead per unit = £8
They have asked you to reconcile their profit between periods.
Based on the information you have been given, what is their profit for the current period?
Refer to the exhibit.

Data for October's budget for product Quest for the month of October are given below:
Each unit of Quest requires 6kg of raw materials. Strict quality control procedures are applied to the manufacturing process and normal rejection levels are 5% of finished units.
The raw materials purchases budget for the month of October is: