Management Accounting MCQs | ASK BY PEOPLE

Management Accounting MCQs | ASK BY PEOPLE
1. Statement of cash flows includes
A) Financing Activities
B) Operating Activities
C) Investing Activities
D) All of the Above

2. In cash flows, when a firm invests in fixed assets and short-term financial investments  
results in
A) Increased Equity
B) Increased Liabilities
C) Decreased Cash
D) Increased Cash

3. A firm that issues stocks and bonds to raise funds results in
A) Decreases Cash
B) Increases Cash
C) Increases Equity
D) Increases Liabilities

4. The purchase value of assets over its serviceable life is categorised as
A) Appreciated Liabilities
B) Appreciated Assets
C) Depreciation
D) Appreciation

5. The basic financial statements include
A) Statement of Cash Flows
B) Statement of Retained Earnings
C) Balance Sheet and Income Statement
D) None of the Above

6. The statement of cash flow clarifies cash flows according to
A) Operating and Non-operating Flows
B) Inflow and Outflow
C) Investing and Non-operating Flows
D) Operating, Investing, and Financing Activities

7. Cash flow example from a financial activity is
A) Payment of Dividend
B) Receipt of Dividend on Investment
C) Cash Received from Customers
D) Purchase of Fixed Asset

8. Cash flow example from an investing activity is
A) Issue of Debenture
B) Repayment of Long-term Loan
C) Purchase of Raw Materials for Cash
D) Sale of Investment by Non-Financial Enterprise

9. Cash flow example from an operating activity is
A) Purchase of Own Debenture
B) Sale of Fixed Assets
C) Interest Paid on Term-deposits by a Bank
D) Issue of Equity Share Capital

10. Which item comes under financial activities in cash flow?
A) Redemption of Preference Share
B) Issue of Preference Share
C) Interest Paid
D) All of the above

11. As per AS-3, Cash Flow Statement is mandatory for
A) All enterprises
B) Companies listed on a stock exchange
C) Companies with a turnover of more than Rs 50 crores
a) Both A and B
b) Both A and C
c) Both C and B

12. Listed Enterprises need to prepare Cash Flow Statement only under indirect method.
a) True
b) False

13. In the case of financial enterprises, the cash flow resulting from interest and dividend
received and interest paid should be classified as cash flow from
a) Operating activities
b) Financing activities
c) Investing activities
d) None of the above

14. In case of other enterprises cash flow arising from interest paid should be classified as cash
flow from ________ while dividends and interest received should be stated as cash flow
from ____.
a) Operating activities, financing activities
b) Financing activities, investing activities
c) Investing activities, operating activities
d) None of the above

15. Issue of bonus shares and conversion of debentures into equity are shown as a footnote to
the Cash Flow Statement.
a) True
b) False

16. When a fixed asset is bought as hire purchase, interest element is classified under ______
and loan element is classified under________.
a) Operating activities, financing activities
b) Financing activities, investing activities
c) Investing activities, operating activities
d) None of the above

17. Which of the following statements are false?
A) Old Furniture written off doesn’t affect cash flow.
B) Cash flow statement is a substitute for cash account.
C) Appropriation of retained earnings is not shown in Cash flow statement.
D) Net cash flow during a period can never be negative.
a) A, B, C
b) B, C, D
c) C, D, A
d) None of the above

18. Which of the following is not a cash inflow?
a) Decrease in debtors
b) Issue of shares
c) Decrease in creditors
d) Sale of fixed assets

19. Which of the following is not a cash outflow?
a) Increase in Prepaid expenses
b) Increase in debtors
c) Increase in stock
d) Increase in creditors

20. Which of the following is a conventional method of ascertaining cost?
a) Absorption costing
b) Full Costing
c) Both a & b
d) None of the above

21. Under absorption costing, profit is ascertained
a) On the basis of difference between sales and total cost.
b) By computation as per desired rate of profit on sales or cost
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above.

22. While ascertaining gross profit under absorption costing, only that portion of
manufacturing overheads is deducted from sales revenue which is associated with the
goods sold.
a) True
b) False

23. Under absorption costing among fixed expenses
a) Fixed manufacturing expenses are included in unit cost
b) Fixed non-manufacturing expenses are included in unit cost
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above

24. Absorption costing is used for
a) Price determination on basis of full cost
b) Solution of separation of costs
c) Calculation of gross and net profit
d) All of the above

Answers
1. D) All of the Above
2. C) Decreased Cash
3. B) Increases Cash
4. C) Depreciation
5. D) None of the Above
6. D) Operating, Investing and
Financing Activities
7. D) Purchase of Fixed Asset
8. D) Sale of Investment by Non-
Financial Enterprise
9. C) Interest Paid on Term-deposits by
a Bank
10. D) All of the above
11. c) Both C and B
12. a) True
13. a) Operating activities
14. b) Financing activities, investing
activities
15. a) True
16. b) Financing activities, investing
activities
17. b) B, C, D
18. c) Decrease in creditors
19. d) Increase in creditors
20. c) Both a & b
21. c) Both a and b
22. a) True
23. a) Fixed manufacturing expenses are
included in unit cost
24. a) Price determination on basis of full
cost