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2. Leighlow Company has observed that at an activity level of 4,000 units the cost for
maintenance is €30,000, and at 6,000 units the cost for maintenance is €40,000.
Using the high-low method, the cost formula for maintenance is:
3. Which method of cost estimation does not use the company records as its primary
source of cost-activity data?
(a) Engineering estimates
(b) Regression analysis
(c) Account analysis
(d) High-low method
5. The fixed cost per unit increases as the activity level increases within the relevant
range.
True False
6. Which of the following statements best describes the account analysis approach to
cost estimation?
(a) Cost estimates are based on optimal or ideal operating conditions
(b) Discernible patterns of the past are used to predict the future behaviour
(c) Historical operating costs are plotted against some past operating activity
(d) Accounting personal must have adequate experience and good judgment
7. A cellular telephone plan that charges R45 per month for up to 1000 minutes per
month of airtime and then charges R0.50 per minute for each minute used over 1000
is an example of a step cost.
True False
8. The cost for a salesperson that is paid a flat salary of £2,000 per month plus a 3%
commission on all sales is an example of what type of cost?
(a) Fixed cost
(b) Variable cost
(c) Step cost
(d) Mixed cost
9. Which of the following would not be a reason that a company would use cost
estimation?
(a) Determining opportunities for reducing costs without reducing value to
customers
(b) Determining how much to pay an employee
(c ) Determining a pricing policy to discourage particular customers and attract
others
(d) All of the above
10. If the learning curve for a production process is 80 percent, the time required to
produce each unit is 80 percent of the time to produce the first unit.
True False