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April 2025

1 Questions
Question 4a
​ ​ ​​Yusuf Enterprises uses the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) to establish the optimal reorder quantity for purchasing the main raw material used in the production process. 

The firm has been approached by an alternative supplier who would be willing to offer the following discounts:

Order.level............
Discount (%)
0 – 199
1
200 – 499
3
500 – 699
5
700 units or more
7

Information regarding the current inventory costs is as follows: 

Holding cost per unit per year is approximated to be 10% of the purchase price

Order cost
Sh.2 per order
Annual.demand 
15,000 units
Purchase price
Sh.15...............
Current EOQ
200 units

Required: 
Determine the order quantity that would yield the lowest total cost. 


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December 2024

2 Questions
Question 1b
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​Maroon Paints Ltd. makes and sells high quality paints. The company has two departments namely; Mixing and Blending and uses a single production overhead absorption rate based on direct labour hours. The budget and actual data for the month of October 2024 are given below:

Budget
Mixing
Blending
Total
Budgeted direct wages (Sh.)
2,400,000
7,000,000
9,400,000
Budgeted direct labour hours
40,000
100,000
140,000
Budgeted machine hours
120,000
10,000
130,000
Budgeted production overheads (Sh.)
18,000,000
10,000,000
28,000,000

During the month of October 2024, a batch of product “Cyan Paint” was made and had the following costs: 

Direct material cost per batch is Sh.630,000

Direct wages (Sh.)
Labour hours
Machine hours
Mixing
   726,000
1,200
4,600
Blending
2,490,000
4,150
   380
3,216,000
5,350
4,980

The Management Accountant has proposed that appropriate departmental overhead absorption rates per department be applied, that is, machine hours in mixing department and labour hours in blending department. 

Required:
(i)
The cost of the batch of Cyan Paint using a single company-wide overhead absorption rate.
(ii)
Departmental overhead absorption rates.
(iii)
The cost of the batch of Cyan Paint using management accountant proposal.
(iv)
During the month of October 2024, the actual overheads and other relevant data was as follows:
(iv)
Actual
Mixing
Blending
Total

Actual direct wages (Sh.)
3,000,000
5,950,000
8,950,000
Actual direct labour hours
50,000
85,000
135,000
Actual machine hours
140,000
8,000
148,000
Actual production overheads (Sh.)
20,000,000
9,500,000
29,500,000
(iv)
Using the management accounting proposal, calculate the over/under absorption of overhead per department.


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Question 3b
​ ​ ​ ​​Savanna Supermarket currently orders 1,000 units of stock item “Zedo” at a time. The management of Savanna Supermarket has decided that it may be better to use the Economic Order Quantity method to establish an optimal reorder quantity. 

Information regarding stocks is given below:
o
Annual demand
12,000 units
o
Purchase price 
Sh.15 per unit
o
Fixed cost per order 
Sh.200
o
The cost of holding an item “Zedo” in stock for a year is made up of the following percentages:
o
Obsolescence
3%
Perpetual audit
1.5%
Opportunity cost 
2%
Insurance
1%
Storage
0.5%
The current annual total inventory costs are Sh.183,000, being the total of the purchasing costs, ordering costs and holding costs of stock item “Zedo”. 

Required: 

(i) Using appropriate calculations, show how annual demand of stock item “Zedo” amounts to Sh.12,000 units. 

(ii) Calculate the Economic Order Quantity. 

(iii) Using your answer in (b) (ii) above, calculate the revised annual total inventory costs of stock item “Zedo” and establish any cost gap/cost saving from pursuing the optimal policy.


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August 2024

1 Questions
Question 2c
​ ​​Konya Ltd. had a weekly minimum and maximum consumption of material Q at 250 and 750 units respectively. The re-order quantity as fixed by the company is 3,000 units. The material is received within a period of 4 to 6 weeks from the date of issue of supply order. 

Required: 
Calculate the: 

(i) Minimum stock level. 

(ii) Maximum stock level.


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April 2024

3 Questions
Question 2b
​ ​ ​ ​ ​​Dynamok Ltd., manufactures bicycles. The company uses job costing to allocate costs to individual products provided to its customers. 

The company has three production departments T, Q and M. The company has commenced the preparation of its fixed production overhead cost budget for the next financial year and has identified the following costs:

Overhead cost
Sh.“million”
Basis of apportionment
Depreciation
660
Net book value of equipment
Indirect labour
900
Direct labour hours
Repairs and maintenance
110
30% to T, 50% to Q and 20% to M
Heating and lightning
90
Floor area
Consumable supplies
30
Direct labour hours
General overheads
20% of direct wages cost of each department

The costs are apportioned to the individual production departments; T, Q and M as follows:

Production department
T
Q
M
Direct labour hours
5,000
3,000
2,000
Direct wages cost (Sh. Million)
150
210
100
Number of employees
25
15
10
Floor area in square metres (​\(M^2\)​)
5,000
4,000
1,000
Net book value of equipment (Sh. Million)
80
50
90

Required:

(i)
The primary allocation of production overhead costs to the three departments.
(ii)
Calculate the overhead absorption rate (OAR) for each department based on direct labour hours. 
(iii)
A quotation for a job made as batch BQ23 has the following estimated information:
(iii)
Direct material cost
Sh.140,000,000
Direct labour hours
550 hours in department T
890 hours in department Q
160 hours in department M

(iii)
Required:
Using the OAR computed in (b) (ii) above, compute the total cost of job batch BQ23.


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Question 3c
​ ​ ​​Ufanisi Enterprises outsource one of its raw materials branded “Oxla” externally. The annual sales demand for material “Oxla” is 30,000 units. The company is planning to switch its purchasing system to a just-in-time (JIT) purchasing system to improve efficiency. 

The following information is provided:
Current system
Proposed system
Purchase cost per unit (Sh.)
400
400
Ordering cost per order (Sh.)
80,000
20,000
Inventory holding cost
12%
-

Additional information: 
1. Inventory holding cost per annum is given as a percentage of purchases cost per unit. 

2. Under the proposed JIT system, the company does not hold any inventory whatsoever. 

3. The re-order quantity under the proposed JIT system is 4,000 units per order. 

Required: 
Advise the management of Ufanisi Enterprises on whether or not to switch to the proposed system.


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Question 4b
​ ​ ​​Vuna Ltd. are the manufacturers of chemicals for use in agricultural farms. One of their products passes through two processes; P and Q before it is completed and taken to a warehouse. 

The following data relates to process Q for the month of march 2024:

1
Opening work-in-progress 4,000 units
Degree of completion and cost: 
Sh.“000”
1
Materials 
100%
240,000
Labour
60%
144,000
Overheads
60%
72,000
2
Units received from process P were 40,000 at a cost of Sh.1,700,550,000
3
Additional cost during the period in process Q:
                    Sh.“000”
Materials      759,000
Labour       1,355,760
Overheads   640,220 
4
Closing work-in-progress was 3,000 units with the following degree of completion:
Materials                    100%
Labour.and.overheads.50%.
5
Units scrapped were 4,000 having the following degree of completion:
Materials                     100%
Labour.and.overheads.80%..
6
Normal process loss was 5% of the expected production.
7
Spoiled units realised Sh.15,000 for each unit.
8
The company uses FIFO method of valuation for the opening work-in-progress.

Required: 
(i) Determine units abnormally lost in process Q. 

(ii) Prepare a statement of equivalent units of production.

(iii) Prepare a statement of cost. 

(iv) Prepare process Q account. 

(v) Prepare abnormal loss account.

 


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December 2023

3 Questions
Question 1b
​ ​ ​ ​​Godoro Ltd. supplies high quality mattresses. The company outsources these mattresses from a supplier in town. Godoro Ltd. estimates that the total inventory holding cost of one mattress per annum is as follows:

Cost
Percentage of purchase price per unit per annum (%)
Opportunity cost
5
Obsolescence cost
4
Storage charges
3
Handling cost
2
Insurance cost
..1..
15

Additional information: 
  1. The annual sales demand of the mattresses is 480 mattresses. 
  2. Each mattress costs Sh.4,000 to purchase from the supplier. 
  3. The ordering cost is Sh.6,250 per order. 
  4. The supplier offers a 3% discount for orders of 120 mattresses and a discount of 5% for orders of 180 mattresses. 

Required: 
(i) The economic order quantity (EOQ) of the mattresses. 

(ii) The cost minimising order size from the supplier.


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Question 3a
​​Differentiate between “overhead allocation” and “overhead absorption”.


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Question 3b
​ ​ ​​Maono Ltd. has a budgetary activity level of 50,000 direct hours and budgeted production overheads of Sh.10,000,000. The following information was obtained from its three departments namely; A, B and C. 

  1. Department A: 50,000 direct hours are worked and the actual overheads were Sh.9,400,000. 
  2. Department B: 43,000 direct hours are worked and the actual overheads were Sh.10,000,000. 
  3. Department C: 45,000 direct hours are worked and the actual overheads were Sh.9,600,000. 

Required: 
Determine over or under absorption of overheads of each department.


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August 2023

1 Questions
Question 4a
​​Explain THREE factors that might be considered before choosing a suitable method for labour remuneration.


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April 2023

4 Questions
Question 3a
​ ​​Outline FOUR factors influencing stock levels in inventory management.


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Question 2b
​ ​ ​ ​​Ezekiel Mutinda, a sole trader, prepares three types of cakes branded HBL1, HBL2 and HBL3 in two production cost centres and two service centres. The production centres are mixing cost centre and baking cost centre while the service centres are distribution department and canteen department. 

The following is the budgeted production data and production cost for the year ending 31 December 2023:

                                                            Product
HBL1
HBL2
HBL3
Production
3,300 unit
7,100 units
1,650 units
Sh. per unit 
Sh. per unit 
Sh. per unit 
Direct material cost
130
150
160
Direct labour:
    Mixing cost centre
75
60
50
    Baking cost centre 
90
50
180  
Mixing machine hours per unit 
  6
  3
  4

The budgeted overheads for the year are as follows:

Department
Mixing
Baking
Distribution
Canteen
Total
Sh.
Allocated overheads (Sh.)
376,975
243,925
166,000
266,500
1,053,400
Rent and rates
170,000
Depreciation of machine
300,000

Additional information:
1
The budgeted overheads for the year are to be allocated on the following basis:
1
Department
Mixing
Baking
Distribution
Canteen

Net book value of machine (Sh.)
1,500,000
750,000
300,000
450,000
Floor space occupied (square metre)
3,600
1,400
1,000
800
2
Secondary reapportionment is allocated using step-wise method on the following basis:
2
Service department
Mixing
Baking
Distribution
Canteen
Distribution
70%
30%
-
-
Canteen
55%
45%
-
-

Required: 
(i) An overhead analysis sheet (OAS) showing both primary and secondary apportionment.

(ii) Total machine hours for mixing cost centre. 

(iii) A machine hour overhead absorption rate (OAR) for mixing cost centre. 

(iv) A rate expressed as a percentage of direct labour cost for the baking cost centre. 

(v) Calculate the budgeted total cost per unit of product HBL1 


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Question 1c
​ ​​Digital Television Ltd. manufactures digital televisions. The main component used in making digital televisions is the fluorescent bulbs. For each digital television manufactured, 12 bulbs are required. The company manufactures 15,000 digital televisions per year. It costs Sh.200 each time the bulbs are ordered and the carrying cost are Sh.8 per bulb per year. 

Required: 
(i) Determine the economic order quantity of bulbs. 

(ii) Calculate the number of times per year the bulbs will be ordered assuming 360 days in a year


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Question 2a
​​In the context of labour remuneration, highlight FOUR causes of labour turnover.


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December 2022

4 Questions
Question 2a
​​Explain the meaning of the following types of inventory costs: 

(i) Out of pocket costs. 

(ii) Set-up costs. 

(iii) Opportunity costs.


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Question 3b
​ ​ ​​Bingwa Ltd. operates a premium bonus system where workers receive a guaranteed basic hourly minimum rate of pay plus a bonus of 50% of the time saved. 

The following data is provided for the last week of November 2022:

Particulars
Bella
Chali
Dan
Time rate (Sh. per hour)
300
280
320
Units produced
2,500 units
2,200 units
2,600 units
Time allowed for 100 units
2 hours 36 minutes
2 hours 30 minutes
2 hours 30 minutes
Time taken
55 hours
58 hours
54 hours
Rejected units
100 units
40 units
200 units

Additional information: 
  1. No payment is made beyond the time allowed. 
  2. The bonus which is paid at the basic hourly rate is applicable to the accepted output only. 
  3. No penalty is imposed on rejected output. 

Required: 
From the above information, calculate for each employee: 

(i) Bonus hours and amount of bonus earned.

(ii) Labour cost for each good unit produced.


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Question 1c
​ ​ ​ ​​Babu Ltd. places orders for one of the components used in its manufacturing process. The price of the component has been fluctuating thus affecting the production of the final product and hence eroding market confidence of the company’s clients. The company’s accountant has presented the following quantity ranges and respective price of the component which he believes would result in a cost saving to the company:

Range number
Quantity range 
Units
Prices per unit of the component
I
1 – 6,000
420
II
6,001 – 10,000
380
III
10,001 – 14,000
340
IV
14,001 – 18,000
310
V
18,001 and above
260

Additional information: 
  1. The company’s annual demand is 60,000 units. 
  2. The ordering cost per order is Sh.50,000. 
  3. The holding cost is 20% of the purchase price 
  4. The company practices continuous stock taking throughout the year. 
Required: 
Advise the company on the quantity range that would yield the highest cost savings.


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Question 1b
​​Highlight FOUR benefits of continuous stock taking to a company.


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August 2022

4 Questions
Question 1a
​​Explain the following terms as used in inventory management system: 

(i) Perpetual inventory system. 

(ii) Periodic inventory system.


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Question 1b
​ ​​The following information relates to store receipts and issue of material R in a small manufacturing enterprise for the month of April 2022:

April
1
Opening inventory 4,000 units at Sh100 per unit.
4
Issued 3,000 units
5
Purchased 9,000 units at Sh.120 per unit.
9
Issued 3,200 units.
12
Returned to stores 2,000 units (from the issue of 4 April 2022).
15
Purchased 4,800 units at Sh.130 per unit.
18
Returned to supplier 400 units out of the quantity received on 5 April 2022.
25
Purchased 2,000 units at Sh.140 each.
28
Issued 4,200 units
29
Purchased 2,400 units at Sh.150 per unit
30
Issued 5,600 units.

It is the company’s policy to use the weighted average method when valuing the materials issued. 

Required: 
Store ledger account for the month of April 2022


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Question 1c
​ ​​Turkwes Ltd. manufactures men suits for local market. Jobs are allocated to two operators; Njogu and Mabili with bonus paid for hours saved. 

In the month of July 2022, Njogu made 100 units while Mabili made 105 units for which the time allowed of 60 standard minutes and 50 standard minutes per unit respectively was credited.

Additional information: 
  1. The basic wage rate was Sh.360 per hour for both employees. 
  2. For every hour saved, a bonus was paid at the rate of 25% of the basic wage rate. 
  3. Hours worked in excess were paid at the basic wage rate plus two thirds. 
  4. Njogu completed his job in 88 hours while Mabili completed his job in 78 hours. 
  5. A basic working week has 80 hours. 
Required: 
For each operator, determine: 

(i) Amount of bonus payable. 

(ii) Total gross wage payable. 

(iii) Wage cost per unit.


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Question 4b
​ ​ ​​Zigzag Line Coaches Ltd. operates a fleet of executive coaches across the country. 

The following information is provided:
30 seater coaches 
50 seater coaches
Number of coaches
5
10
Number of drivers
5
10
Weekly wage cost per driver
Sh.12,000
Sh.12,500
Cost of each coach
Sh.6,000,000
Sh.9,200,000
Fuel consumption-kilometres per litre
12.5
8.0
Annual licence per coach
Sh.35,000
Sh.50,000
Annual insurance per coach
Sh.34,000
Sh.40,000

Additional information:
  1. Annual repairs and maintenance were budgeted at Sh.6,500,000 and are to be apportioned between the coaches in the ratio of their total mileage in kilometres covered. 
  2. Administrative expenses are budgeted at Sh.9,620,000 annually and are to be apportioned to each coach in the ratio of driver’s wage costs. 
  3. Each 30 seater coach is kept for 6 years at which it will have a resale value of Sh.2,400,000 while every 50 seater coach will be replaced after 7 years and have a resale value of Sh.2,900,000. 
  4. It is the policy of the company to depreciate the coaches on a straight line basis. Depreciation expense is charged annually. 
  5. It is envisaged that each 30 seater coach will travel 1,000 kilometres per week and each 50 seater coach will travel 800 kilometres per week. 
  6. The cost of the fuel is budgeted at Sh.120 per litre. 
  7. It is budgeted that each coach will be in operation for 50 weeks per year and the drivers will be paid for 52 weeks. 

Required: 
Cost per kilometer per passenger for: 

(i) 30 seater coach. 

(ii) 50 seater coach.


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April 2022

3 Questions
Question 2b
​ ​ ​ ​​The following data relate to a particular stock item of Magala Ltd. The company's management is in the process of setting its stock levels as a way to address the escalating stock handling costs.

The following information is provided:
Normal usage per day
1,100 units
Minimum usage per day
500 units
Maximum usage per day
1,400 units
Lead time
25-30 days
Economic order quantity (previously calculated)
50,000 units

Required: 

Compute the following: 

(i) Re-order level. 

(ii) Maximum stock level. 

(iii) Minimum stock level. 

(iv) Average stock level.


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Question 3b
​ ​ ​​The following information is provided in relation to Baridi Kuu Ltd. The annual demand of its product branded 'D' is 30,000 units. The ordering cost per order is Sh.2,500. The holding cost is expressed as a percentage of purchase price at 20%. 

The following price ranges are given with their respective quantities:

Range
Quantities
(Units) 
Price (Sh.)
1
1-3,000
21
2
3,001-5,000
19
3
5,001-7,000
17
4
7,001-9,000
15.50
5
9,001-10,000
13

Required: 
Advise the company on the quantity to purchase.


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Question 2a
​​Discuss four circumstances under which time-based labour remuneration system is deemed to be more appropriate than the output based system.



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Question 1b
​​Explain the salient features of Economic Order Quantity approach.


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Question 1c
​ ​​Sanitize Company Ltd. manufactures a product from raw materials which are purchased at Sh.54 per kg. The company incurs a handling cost of Sh.350 and transport cost of Sh.400 per order. 

The carrying cost is Sh.0.50 per kg per month. The investment cost in the raw material is Sh.8. per kg. The annual production of the product is 94,500 units and each kilogramme of raw materials produces two (2) units of the final product. 

Required: 

(i) Calculate the economic order quantity. 

(ii) Advise how frequently orders should be placed for procurement. 

(iii) If the procurement manager proposes to order on quarterly basis, what discount should be negotiated if the company is not willing to incur extra costs.


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Question 3c
​ ​​Explain the various risks associated with stock and inventory management in manufacturing during the COVID19 pandemic.


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Question 5a
​ ​ ​​Short Ltd. maintains separate cost and financial ledgers. The accountant has provided the following information from the trial balance. 

Cost ledger opening trial balance:
Sh.
Sh.
Financial ledger control account
-
250,000
Work in progress control account
120,000
Finished goods control account
110,000
Stores ledger control account 
20,000
250,000
250,000

Additional information: 
  1. Total sales during the period amounted to Sh.430,000. 
  2. Total purchases and other handling costs amounted to Sh.280,000. 
  3. The work in progress and stores ledger had the same values at the closing of the period. 
  4. The closing financial ledger balance was Sh.245,000. 

Required: 
(i) Profit for the period. 

(ii) Closing trial balance for the period.


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December 2021

2 Questions
Question 1b
​ ​ ​ ​​Usenge Products L.td. manufactures and retails products A. B and C. 

The company has 120 workers who work under a group bonus scheme. The workers are categorised into three grades and are paid a bonus of the excess of time allowed over time taken. 

The bonus paid is 80% of the workers' base rate and is shared by the workers in the proportion of time spent on the job. The foltowing production data has been extracted from the company's records for the month of November 2021.

Product
Units produced
Time allowed per unit (Minutes)
A
   640
  63
B
1,280
120
C
2,400
100

Grade of worker
Number of direct workers
Basic rate per hour
Hours worked per worker
1
40
300
30
2
16
270
64
3
64
240
50

Required: 
(i) Percentage of hours saved to hours taken. 

(ii) Bonus due to the group.

(iii) Gross earnings due to the group.


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Question 1a
​ ​ ​ ​ ​​Blade Ltd. manufacturers a range of electronic products. The supplier of component X has informed Blade Ltd. that it will offer a quantity discount of 1% if Blade Ltd. places an order of 10,000 components or more at any time. Details of component X are as follows:

Cost per component before discount
Sh.20
Annual purchases
150,000 components
Ordering costs
Sh.360 per order
Holding costs
Sh.3 per component per annum

Required: 
(i) Economic order quantity (EOQ). 

(ii) Annual ordering cost and holding costs of inventory of component X using the economic order quantity (EOQ) computed in (a) (i) above. 

(iii) Advise the management of Blade Ltd. whether the discount should be accepted.


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September 2021

1 Questions
Question 3b
​​Fanaka Enterprises uses economic order quantity (EOQ) model to establish the re-order quantity of raw material "Y". The company hold no buffer stock. 

The following information relates to raw material "Y":
Annual usage
48,000 units
Purchase price
Sh.80 per unit
Ordering costs
Sh.120 per order
Annual holding costs
10% of the purchase price

The company's supplier of raw material "Y" has offered a discount of 1% of the purchase price if each order placed is for 2,000 units.

Required: 
(i) Economic order quantity (EOQ) of raw material "Y" 

(ii) Advise the management of the company on whether to accept or decline the offer.


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May 2021

3 Questions
Question 5c
​​Explain three advantages and three disadvantages of implementing a Just-in-Time (JIT) system in an organisation.


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Question 3b
​​Bix Ltd. re-apportions the costs incurred in two service cost centres namely; materials handling and inspection to the three production cost centres of machining, finishing and assembly.

The following are the overhead costs which have been allocated and apportioned to the five cost centres:

Sh. "Million".
Machining
400
Finishing
200
Assembly
100
Materials handling
100
Inspection
50

Estimates of the benefits received by each cost centre are as follows:

Machining
(%)
Finishing
(%)
Assembly
(%)
Materials Handling
(%)
Inspection
(%)

Materials Handling
30
25
35
-
10
Inspection
20
30
45
5
-

Required: 
Calculate the charge for overhead to each of the three production cost centres, including the amounts reapportioned from the two service centres using: 
(i) The continuous allotment (repeated distribution) method. 

(ii) The algebraic method.
 


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Question 2a
​​Mzalendo Ltd. operates a differential piece rate remuneration scheme for its casual labourers. 

The following schedule is applied to determine employees' remuneration:

Number of units
Wage rate per unit
   
1 - 250
251 - 500
501 - 1,000
Over 1.000
Sh.
500
550
600
650

Rhoda Bidii completed 1,650 units during the month of January 2021. 

Required: 
Determine the wages payable to Rhoda Bidii for the month of January 2021.


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November 2020

3 Questions
Question 5b
​​Suggest four reasons that would lead a cost accountant to prefer Just-in-Time (JIT) purchasing over conventional purchasing models:


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Question 2b
​​A company uses two methods to remunerate its casual workers as follows:

Piece rate with guaranteed time rate.
The company pays its casual workers Sh.25 for every good output produced by them. Any spoilt output is paid at the rate of Sh. 10 and a penalty of 8% is charged based on the rate of the good production. The employees are guaranteed a minimum monthly pay of Sh.8,000.

Differential piece rate
An employee is compensated on piece rate basis and the following schedule is applied to determine his or her remuneration.

Number of units.
Rate of wages per unit
Sh.

1     -    250
251 -    500
501 - 1,000
  over1,000
15
20
25
30

Spoilt units are deducted from the first production, paid at the rate of Sh. 10 per unit and a penalty of 8% applied at the differential rate of the first production.

Three employees of the company produced the following number of units during the month of March 2020:

Employee
Number of units produced
Spoilt Unit
Amboga
Banyala
Charlie
2,000
1,800
1,650
200
100
50

Required:
(i).  Determine the wages payable to each employee under the two labour remuneration methods.

(ii).  Advise each employee on the best labour remuneration method to accept based on your computations in b (1)
above


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Question 1a
​​Mejwa Ltd. is a manufacturing firm operating in the textile industry The company recorded the following transactions in relation to product BT during the month of January 2020:

Date
PurchasesSales
Quantity
(Units)
Unit price
Sh.
Quantity
(Units)
Unit price
Sh.

January: 1
12,000
  150
               3
 8,000
  160
7
12,000
200
8
10,000
  155
13
5,000
210
17
8,000
205
20
12,000
  140
23
  7,000
152.5
25
11,000
200
27
10,000
202.5
31
     200
212

Additional information:
1. The opening inventory of product BT on 1 January 2020 comprised of 9,500 units purchased at a cost of Sh. 135 per unit

2. On 9 January 2020, the company reported a shortage of 300 units.

3. On 19 January 2020, 600 units of the units sold on 17 January 2020 were returned by the customer

Required.
(i) A store ledger account for the month of January 2020 using first in first out (FIFO) method of inventory valuation.

(ii) The value of the closing stock


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November 2019

4 Questions
Question 2b
​ ​​The following information has been provided to you by the cost accountant of Lela Ltd. for the month of September 2019:

Balances at the beginning of the month:
      Sh.
Stores ledger control account
241,750
Work-in-progress control account
192,100
Finished goods control account
341,640
Prepayments of production overheads brought forward
  21,000
Transactions during the month:
Materials purchased
761,500
Materials issued:
To Production
263,500
For Factory maintenance
  32,800
Total wages paid:
Direct
220,100
Indirect
  42,320
Direct wages charged to production
141,100
Recorded non-productive time of direct wages
  52,300
Direct wages incurred in production of capital equipment
  26,700
Selling and distribution overheads incurred 
  52,400
Other production overheads incurred
122,000
Sales
754,000
Cost of finished goods sold
598,300
Cost of goods completed transferred to finished goods account
621,300
Value of work-in-progress at the end of the month
243,600

Additional information: 
Production overheads absorption rate is 150% of direct wages and it is the policy of the company to include a share of production overheads in the cost of capital equipment constructed in the factory. 

Required: 
Prepare the following accounts for the month of September 2019: 
(i) Stores ledger control account. 
(ii) Wages control account. 
(iii) Work-in-progress control account. 
(iv) Finished goods control account. 
(v) Production overhead control account.


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Question 3b
​ ​​Supreme Ltd. is a company that specialises in making high quality furniture to customers orders. The company has three production departments and two service departments. 

Budgeted overhead costs for the year ending 30 April 2020 are as follows:

Sh. "000"
Rent and rates
12,800
Machine insurance
6,000
Telephone charges
32,000
Depreciation
18,000
Production supervisor's salary
24,000
Heating and lighting
6,400
70,400

The three production departments A, B and C and the two service departments X and Y are housed in new premises, the details of which, together with other statistics and information are provided below: 

                     Department                         
A
B
C
X
Y
Floor area occupied (square metres)
3,000
1,800
600
600
400
Machine value (Sh. "000")
240
100
80
40
20
Direct labour hours ("000")
3,200
1,800
1,000
-
-
Labour rate per hour (Sh.)
380
350
340
300
200
Allocated overheads specific to each department (Sh. "000")
2,800
1,700
1,200
800
600
Service department X costs apportioned
50%
25%
25%
Service department Y costs apportioned
20%
30%
50%

Required: 
(i) Overheads analysis sheet showing the overhead costs budgeted for each department and the basis of apportionment used.

(ii) Two pieces of furniture are to be manufactured for customers. The following information relates to the two pieces of furniture:


Job 123
Job 124
Direct materials (Sh.)
15,400
10,800
Hours
Hours
Direct labour - Department: 
A
20
16
B
12
10
C
10
14
Required: 
The total production cost for each job.




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Question 4b
​ ​​Granite City Works (GCW) Ltd. is a manufacturer of cemetery headstones and architectural granite slabs. The company excavates blocks of granite from its joint processes of Quarry and Cutting. Two joint products; Cemetery monuments and Architectural granite are produced along with a by-product called "grit". 

Cemetery monuments are cut, polished and engraved in a variety of standard shapes, sizes and patterns and sold to funeral homes. Architectural granite slabs are special-ordered by contractors for office buildings. These slabs are cut and polished to the exact customer's specifications. The small pieces of granite resulting from the cutting process are crushed and sold to farm-supply outlets as poultry grit.

Additional information:
1
GCW Ltd. has provided the following output and cost information:
Process
Output (Tons)
Cost (Sh. "000")
Quarry
100,000
350,000
Cutting
90,000
250,000
Monuments
25,000
300,000
Granite slabs
60,000
400,000
Grit
  5,000
  10,000
2
A local distributor purchases all of the grit that is produced at a price of Sh.40,000 per ton.
3
Assume that the company uses the physical units method to allocate joint costs.

Required: 
The cost per ton of monuments and granite slabs, assuming that the grit is accounted for as: 
(i) Other income.

(ii) By-product revenue deducted from the main product cost.


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Question 5a
​​Summarise four disadvantages associated with Just-In-Time (JIT) inventory management system.


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May 2019

2 Questions
Question 3a
​​The choice of an overhead absorption base is a matter of personal judgement.

Explain the extent to which you agree or disagree with the above statement.


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Question 2a
​​Baraka Distributors Ltd. purchases and sells a single product branded "M". 

The following information is provided for product M: 

1. Annual demand for the product is 30,000 units. 

2. The ordering cost per order is Sh.2,500. 

3. The holding cost is expressed as 20% of the purchase price.

4. A new supplier in the market has presented Baraka Distributors Ltd. with a proposal for the following range of quantities and respective price per unit:

Range of quantities
Price (Sh.)
1 - 3,000
3,001 - 5,000
5,001 - 7,000
7,001 - 9,000
9,001 - 10,000
21
19
17
15.50
13

Required:
Advise the management of Baraka Distributors Ltd. on the range of quantities to purchase. 


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November 2018

3 Questions
Question 1b
​​Nduro Ltd. has two production departments; MM and NN and two service departments; PP and QQ. For the month of August 2018, the budgeted hours and costs were as follows:

Department
Hours
Cost (Sh.)
MM
1,800
45,000
NN
5,400
54,000

Additional information:
1
The service department costs are apportioned to the production departments as follows:
             Department

PP
QQ

MM
50%
40%
NN
20%
40%
PP
-
20%
QQ
30%
-
2
The overheads of the production departments are absorbed into product cost using a rate per hour.
3
During the month of August 2018, the actual activity levels and costs were as follows:
Department
MM
NN
PP
QQ
Hours
1,980
6,120
-
-
Costs (Sh.)
43,200
52,200
10,800
  7,200

Required:
(i).  The overheads to be charged to the production departments. 
(ii). The amount of under or over absorption in each production department. 


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Question 3
​ ​ ​​ Kiz Ltd. manufactures a single product branded "zuri" whose standard cost card is given below:

Sh.
Selling price per unit
100
Direct materials
7 kilogrammes at Sh.2 per kilogramme
14
Direct labour
2 hours at Sh.8 per hour
16
Fixed overheads
2 hours at Sh.16 per hour
32
Total cost
62

Additional information:
1
 As at I October 2018, the opening balances for the cost ledgers were as follows:
Sh.
Direct materials
15,000
Work-in-progress
120,000
Finished goods
72,000
2
The following transactions took place during the month of October 2018:
Sh.
Direct material purchases
89,000
Materials issued to production
90,000
Direct labour paid
102,000
Indirect labour paid
56,000
Production overhead cost incurred
159,000
Sales (6,500 units)
650,000
Goods transferred to finished goods stock
385,000
3
As at 31 October 2018, closing stock balances were as follows:
Sh.
Direct materials
14,000
Work-in-progress
135.000
Finished goods
54,000

Required: 
(a) Direct materials control account. 

(b) Work-in-progress control account. 

(c) Finished goods control account. 

(d) Production overheads control account. 

(e) A statement showing profit or loss. 


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Question 5d
​​Production overhead is also known as factory overhead or manufacturing overhead. 

With reference to the above statement, outline six examples of production overheads.


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May 2018

3 Questions
Question 5a
​​Distinguish between "interlocking accounting systems" and "integrated accounting systems" as used in cost bookkeeping.


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Question 3a
​​Savanah Company is highly automated and uses computers to control manufacturing operations. The company uses job order costing system and applies manufacturing overhead costs to products on the basis of computer hours. 

The following estimates were used in preparing predetermined overhead rates at the beginning of the financial year ended 31 March 2018.

Computer hours
85,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead costs
Sh. 1,275.000
Variable manufacturing overhead per computer-hour
Sh.3.0

During the year, a severe economic recession resulted in cutting back production and a buildup of inventory in the company's warehouse. The company's cost records disclosed the following actual costs and operating data for the year ended 31 March 2018:

Computer hours
60,000
sh.
Manufacturing overhead costs
1,350,000
Cost of goods sold
2,800,000
Inventories at the year-end:
Raw materials
400,000
Work-in-progress
160,000
Finished goods
1.040.000

Required:
(i)
Compute the company's predetermined overhead absorption rate for the year.
(ii)
Compute under-applied or over-applied overhead cost for the year.
(iii)
It is the policy of the company to allocate any under or over-applied overheads to cost of goods sold.

Determine the cost of goods sold to be charged to the income statement.
 


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Question 1b
​​XYZ Ltd, manufactures a component branded "zed" at the rate of 4,000 units per week. Demand for the component is 2,000 units per week while the production set up cost is Sh.50 per batch. The accountant has provided the holding cost per unit per annum as Sh.0.001

Assume a 50-week year.

Required:
(i) Economic Batch Quantity (EBQ) for the company

(ii) Determine the relevant costs for the EBQ in (b) (i) above


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November 2017

4 Questions
Question 3c
​​
​Jundi Ltd. maintains separate cost and financial ledgers. The Accountant has provided the following opening trial balance in the cost ledger:

                             Cost ledger opening trial balance
Sh.
Sh.
Financial ledger control account
249,520
Work-In-Progress (WIP) control account
125,210
Finished goods control account85,150
Stores ledger control account
39,160
249,520
   249,520

Additional information: 
1. During the period, total sales amounted to Sh.375,290. 

2. Total purchases, wages and overheads amounted to Sh.292,860. 

3. At the end of the period, the stores ledger and Work-In-Progress (WIP) control accounts had the same values as in the opening trial balance above. 

4. The closing balance on the financial ledger control account was Sh.212,420.

Required: 
(i) The profit for the period. 
(ii) Closing trial balance for the period.


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Question 3a
​​Mitambani Manufacturers Ltd. are in the initial process of adopting a Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory control system: 

Required: 
(i) Highlight four objectives of a JIT inventory control system. 

(ii) Describe four benefits that would accrue to the company from using JIT inventory control system.


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Question 2b
​ ​​BRK Ltd. orders a raw material graded "Exe" for its manufacturing purpose. The following information is available from the production manager:

Annual consumption of Exe (units)
200,000
Ordering cost per order (Sh.) 
18,750
Carrying cost per unit (Sh.) 
3

Required:
(i) The Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) for material "Exe". 

(ii) The number of orders to be placed per year. 

(iii) The production manager has proposed to increase the current Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) to 100,000 units. Justify how this would increase the total cost of inventory thus not profitable.


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Question 1b
​​Mazuri Ltd., a manufacturing company, has three production departments and two service departments. Overheads for the departments fora specific period were as follows:

Sh. "000"
Production departments
X
2,500
Y
2,000
Z
1,500
Service departments
A
1,000
B
780
Total
7,780

Additional information:
1
A technical assessment for the apportionment of the service department costs were as follows:
Department
X
Y
Z
A
B
A
30%
30%
20%
-
20%
B
40%
30%
20%
10%
2
 Output for the production departments during the period are provided below:
Department
Units of outputs
X
200,000
Y
100,000
Z
50,000

Required: 
The total overheads chargeable to the production departments using: 
(i) Continuous allotment method. 
(ii) Simultaneous equation method. 
(iii) Overhead cost per unit for each department.
 


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November 2016

1 Questions
Question 3a
​​Outline four causes of labour turnover in an organisation.


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May 2016

1 Questions
Question 5c
​​Discuss four requirements for the proper operation of Just-in-time (JIT) system in an organisation.


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November 2015

2 Questions
Question 4a
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​Respor Ltd. manufactures three products namely; A, B and C. The company has four departments namely: W, X, Y and Z. The following information relates to Respor Ltd. for the year ended 30 June 2014:


Rates
Depreciation: Buildings
Depreciation: Machinery 
Maintenance of buildings
Insurance. Buildings
Insurance. Machinery
Insurance. Inventory
Insurance..Workman's.compensation
Electricity: Lighting
Electricity: Power
Supervision
Personnel, time keeping and payroll
Canteen expenses
Sh."000"
25,000
45,000
20,000
15,000
5,000
4,000
12,000
4,000
20,000
24,000
60,000
40,000
12,000
286,000

Departmental information:
........................................................
Area (square metres)
Value of machines (Sh."000")
Running of machines
Average.inventory.value.(Sh."000")
Wages paid (Sh."000")
Number of employees
W
4,000
80,000
15,000
20,000
120,000
15
X
2,000
60,000
7,000
15,000
170,000
20
Y
3,000
60,000
8,000
15,000
80,000
10
Z
1,000
-
-
10,000
30,000
5

Required: 
Overhead analysis sheet.


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Question 3b
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​Kena Stores provided the following information in respect of their operations for the month of July 2015:


Date
3 July
7 July
18.July
Receipts

600 units at Sh.60
1,000 units at Sh.70
2,400.units.at.Sh.80

Date
5 Julv
12 July
20 July
29 July
31.July
Issues

1,600.units
400 units
1,200 units
600 units
200 units

Additional information:
  1. Materials in store as at 30 June 2015 were 2,000 units at Sh.50. 
  2. On 9 July 2015, part of the materials issued on 5 July 2015 amounting to 200 units were returned.
  3. On 15 July 2015, 100 units were returned to Kena Stores. 
  4. On 21 July 2015, there was materials wastage of 500 units.
  5. Returns from a June 2015 issue of 100 units at Sh.45 was received on 25 July 2015.
  6. On 28 July 2015, there was shortage of stock of 20 units. 
  7. Kena Stores uses the first in first out (FIFO) method to value its inventory.
Required: 
A stores ledger card for Kena Stores for the month of July 2015.


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Question 4b
​ ​ ​​The finishing department of a factory has the following payroll data for the month of August 2015:

...................................................
Total attendance time
Normal working hours
Productive time
Non productive time
     -    Due to poor supervision
     -    Normal machine repairs
Basic hourly rate per hour 
Direct.employees
 19800 hours
18000 hours
18850 hours

400 hours
550 hours
Sh.150
Indirect.employees
7050 hours
6400 hours
-
-
-
-
Sh.150
Overtime is paid at a premium of 40% of base rate. 40% of the overtime for both categories was worked to meet specific request of a customer. A general bonus of Sh.625,000 was paid to all the employees.

Required:
Wages control account to show the wages allocation for the period.


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Question 4a
​ ​ ​ ​ ​​Alpha Limited manufactures three products in two production departments; machining and finishing. It also has two service departments, a canteen and machine maintenance departments. The following are the budgeted cost data for the coming year:

Department

Allocated overheads (Sh.)
No. of employees 
Maintenance orders

Products
Production (units)

Direct material cost per unit (Sh.)
Direct labour hours per unit:
Machining (Sh.60 per hour)
Finishing (Sh.50 per hour) 

Machine hour per unit:
Machining
......................................................
Machining

3,502,000
15
52

Benta
3,000

120

3
4


2
Finishing

1,748,000
9
13

Centa
4,500

150

2
2


4
Canteen

800,000
2
-

Denta
2,000

170

1.5
2


3
Maintenance

400,000
6
-
   Overheads are absorbed on machine hours in machining and labour hour in finishing.

Required: 

Calculate the budgeted cost per unit for each product.


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