1. [单选题]20 IAS 2 Inventories defines the extent to which overheads are included in the cost of inventories of finished goods.
Which of the following statements about the IAS 2 requirements in this area are correct? 1 Finished goods inventories may be valued on the basis of labour and materials cost only, without including overheads. 2 Carriage inwards, but not carriage outwards, should be included in overheads when valuing inventories of finished goods. 3 Factory management costs should be included in fixed overheads allocated to inventories of finished goods.
A. All three statements are correct
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 2 and 3 only
2. [单选题]The following statements have been made about life cycle costing:
A. (i) It focuses on the short-term by identifying costs at the beginning of a product’s life cycle
B. (ii) It identifies all costs which arise in relation to the product each year and then calculates the product’s profitability on an annual basis
C. (iii) It accumulates a product’s costs over its whole life time and works out the overall profitability of a product
D. (iv) It allocates costs to each stage of a product’s life cycle and writes them off at the end of each stage
E. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
F. (i) and (iii)
G. (iii) only
H. (i) and (iv)
I. (ii) only
