This objective test question contains a question type which will only appear in a computer-based exam, but this question provides valuable practice for all students whichever version of the exam they are taking.
While a drag and drop style question is impossible to fully replicate within a paper based medium, some questions of this style have been included for completeness.
A business is expanding rapidly and buying its material in a variety of countries in a variety of currencies. It has an exclusive supply delivery contract whereby the same logistics expert makes all deliveries in to its warehouses on a cost plus basis. It pays all delivery charges on a per unit basis.
Which of the following are valid explanations of an adverse material price variance measured to include delivery costs as part of the cost per kg delivered?
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Exchange rate movements
Extra discounts agreed
Increased world-wide demand for the material
Extra supply of the material becoming available from new suppliers
World oil price rises
Increases in the dividends paid by the delivery business