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August 2025

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Question 1b
​​Summarise FOUR limitations of management accounting.


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December 2024

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Question 4b
​​Explain TWO ways in which advancements in technology could enhance the effectiveness of management accounting practices.


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August 2024

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Question 2a
​​Identify FIVE challenges faced by a business in implementing a cost accounting system


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April 2024

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Question 3a
​​Management accounting is a discipline that communicates economic information to various parties known as “end-users”. With reference to the above statement, outline TWO user information needs of the following end-users: 

(i) Executives. 

(ii) Production managers. 

(iii) Management accountants.


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August 2023

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Question 1a
​​Explain THREE limitations of financial accounting which are addressed by management accounting.


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December 2022

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Question 5b
​​Highlight SIX benefits that a firm would derive from establishing a good cost accounting system.


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August 2022

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Question 5a
Describe four uses of management accounting information to a business entity.​​


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April 2022

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Question 3a
​​Discuss four challenges that you are likely to encounter when installing a costing management system.


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Question 1a
​​Cost accounting uses information provided by financial accounting together with other details of internal operations of an organisation. 

With reference to the above statement, describe three similarities between cost accounting and financial accounting.


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Pilot December 2021

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Question 3a
​​Countries have development blue prints while other organisations have strategic plans. 

Citing challenges in achieving the objectives, explain why it is important for every organisation to have a longterm plan.


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December 2021

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Question 5a
​​Describe four factors that could influence a company's demand for management accounting information.


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September 2021

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Question 2a
​​Examine four limitations of financial accounting that have made organisations introduce management accounting


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Question 4a
​​Evaluate three benefits that would accrue to an organisation that has a cost accounting department


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May 2021

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Question 5b
​​Highlight four advantages of maintaining integrated accounting systems in cost bookkeeping


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Question 5a
​​Jeremy Awuor established a fast food business one year ago and has achieved good sales but a small profit. In a recent business networking event, he was advised to consider employing a management accountant to enhance and improve his business.

Required:
(i) Explain to Jeremy Awuor six changes in the business environment that could have contributed to the growth and importance of management accounting in the recent past.

(ii) Describe four roles played by a management accountant that would enhance and improve Jeremy Awuor's business.


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November 2020

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Question 3a
​​Describe four limitations of management accounting in an organisation.


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November 2019

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​​Examine three challenges that young medium-sized organisations might face when introducing cost accounting system into their operations.


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May 2019

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​​Financial accounting is the branch of accounting that organises accounting information for presentation to interested parties outside the business. 

Management accounting on the other hand uses information provided by both financial accounting and cost accounting with the purpose of providing information to managers for policy formulation, planning and decision making. 

Required: 
With regard to the above statement, describe four differences between management accounting and financial accounting.


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November 2018

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Question 5a
​ ​​​​​Evaluate four benefits that might accrue to an organisation from using computers in cost and management accounting


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May 2018

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Question 4a
​​Summarise four advantages of value chain analysis in cost management.


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Question 1a
​​ Describe four limitations of management accounting.


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November 2017

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Question 1a
​ ​​ Explain four purposes of cost accounting.


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Question 4b
​​The following information was extracted from the financial statements of ABC Ltd. and XYZ Ltd. in respect of the year ended 31 December 2016: 

Income statement extracts:

Income statement extracts:
ABC Ltd.
Sh. "000"
XYZ Ltd.
Sh. "000"
Sales
497,000
371,000
Cost of sales(357,840)
9296,800)
Gross profit
139,160
74.200
Operating expenses
(70,460)
(45,520)
Interest
(19,000)
-
Net profit
49,700
29,680
Statement of financial position extracts:
ABC Ltd.
Sh. "000"
XYZ Ltd.
Sh. "000"
Non-current assets
142,000
92,000
Current assets:
Inventory
100,000
87,000
Accounts receivable
46,000
42,000
Cash at bank
40,000
44,000
Current liabilities
98,000
108,000
Long-term loans
33,000
-
Shareholder funds
197,000
157,000

Required: 
Assuming a 365 day year, evaluate the performance of the two firms using the following financial performance measures: 

(i) Profitability. 
(ii) Liquidity. 
(iii) Activity. 
(iv) Gearing.


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May 2017

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Question 1a
​​Explain four challenges that could be encountered when instalfing a cost accounting system.


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​​ Evaluate three benefits of the balanced scorecard.


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Question 4a
​​A value chain is a set of activities that a firm operating in a specific industry performs in order to deliver a valuable product or service for the market. 

Required: 

In line with the above statement, summarise the six stages of value chain of a manufacturing firm.


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November 2016

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Question 1a
​​Describe six skills that a management accountant should possess.


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​​Summarise four perspectives which the balanced scorecard focuses on.


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May 2016

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Question 3a
​​Describe six cost accounting tasks that could be routinely undertaken by using computers.


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Question 5a
​ ​​Explain three benefits that could be derived by an organisation from operating an integrated cost accounting system.


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Question 5b
​​Describe three factors to be considered by an organisation when undertaking performance measurements.


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November 2015

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​​Describe three benefits of management accounting.


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​​Highlight four purposes of performance measurements.


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Pilot September 2015

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Question 3d
​​Describe four perspectives of balanced scorecard giving two measures of performance that could be used.


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Question 3c
​​ Explain the term "balanced scorecard".


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