The following production and total cost information relates to a single product organisation for the last three months:
Month Production Total cost
units $
1 1,200 66,600
2 900 58,200
3 1,400 68,200
The variable cost per unit is constant up to a production level of 2,000 units per month but a step up of $6,000 in the monthly total fixed cost occurs when production reaches 1,100 units per month.What is the total cost for a month when 1,000 units are produced?
Fixed costs are conventionally deemed to be which of the following?
The following data relate to the overhead expenditure of a contract cleaners at two activity levels.
Square metres cleaned 13,500 15,950
Overheads $84,865 $97,850
What is the estimate of the overheads if 18,300 square metres are to be cleaned?
A company has recorded the following data in the two most recent periods.
Total costs Volume of
of production production
$ Units
13,500 700
18,300 1,100
What is the best estimate of the company's fixed costs per period?
A production worker is paid a salary of $650 per month, plus an extra 5 cents for each unit produced during the month. How is this type of labour cost best described?
What type of cost is supervisor salary costs, where one supervisor is needed for every ten employees added to the staff?
The following information for advertising and sales has been established over the past six months:
Month Sales revenue Advertising expenditure
$'000 $'000
1 155 3
2 125 2.5
3 200 6
4 175 5.5
5 150 .5
6 225 6.5
Using the high-low method which of the following is the correct equation for linking advertising and sales from the above data?
A total cost is described as staying the same over a certain activity range and then increasing but remaining stable over a revised activity range in the short term. What type of cost is this?
A company incurs the following costs at various activity levels:
Total cost $ Activity level Units
250.000 5,000
312,500 7,500
400.000 10,000
Using the high-low method what is the variable cost per unit?
The following diagram represents the behaviour of one element of cost:Which ONE of the following statements is consistent with the above diagram?