MBA III SEM II MID IMPORTANT QUESTIONS:
Cost and Management
Accounting
1. Write
the differences between Absorption costing and Marginal costing.
2. The
cost of manufacturing and bought-out
prices of four articles are as follows.
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Article
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A (Amount in Rupees)
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B (Amount in Rupees)
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C (Amount in Rupees)
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D (Amount in Rupees)
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Production cost per
article:
Marginal cost
Fixed cost
Total cost
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10.00
2.00
12.00
|
12.00
4.00
16.00
|
15.00
5.00
20.00
|
15.00
15.00
30.00
|
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Production per-man
hour
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0.25
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0.20
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0.20
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0.33
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Production per machine
hour
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1.00
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0.50
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0.25
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0.20
|
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Bought-out price
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9.00
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17.00
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22.00
|
26.00
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Rank
the products in the order of your preference for buying them from outside.
a)
When there is no limiting factor;
b)
In man-hour is the limiting factor;
c)
If machine capacity is the limiting
factor.
3. M/s. Rahul sugars Ltd. Has day-wise
avoidable expenses of Rs. 2000/-. Other particulars are:
Selling
price per ton of sugar Rs. 2,000
Variable
cost per ton Rs. 1,150
Excise
duty @ 20% of selling price
Packing
and delivery cost per ton Rs. 50
Sugar
cane is bought from local Farmers @ Rs. 115 per ton which control NS 10%
sucrose.
From
the above details compute the point of closure of the mill for the off season.
4. The
following information is related to Kakatiya Ltd.
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(Amount in Rs.)
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(Amount in Rs.)
|
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Sales(10,000 tones)
|
|
5,00,000
|
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Cost: Material
Labour
Direct expenses
|
1,00,000
50,000
10,000
|
1,60,000
|
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Fixed cost
|
|
3,00,000
|
|
Profit
|
|
40,000
|
Your
are required to find out a) Break –
even point b) P/V Ratio c) Margin of safety d) Sales required to
earn a profit of Rs. 50,000 e) Profit
at a sales level of Rs. 9,00,000.
5. What
is Budget and types of budget? Write the differences between budget and
forecast.
6. What
is standard costing? Write the advantages and limitations of standard costing.
Entrepreneurship &
Good Governance
1.
Define business ethics and explain the
basics principles in ethics.
2.
Explain G.E.MOORE’S Philosophy.
3.
Explain the historical prospective of
corporate governance.
4.
Explain the role of CSR.
5.
Define corporate social accountability
and professional ethics.
6.
Explain ethical investing process.
Management of
Technology
1.
Write about R&D. Discuss about
R&D program planning & control and its process.
2.
Discuss about project termination? What
are the types of project termination?
3.
Definition of technological forecasting
& its framework of technological forecasting methods.
4.
What are the classifications of
forecasting techniques & what are its uses & its forecasting system inputs
& outputs.
5.
What is transfer of technology? Discuss about modes of technology transfer.
6.
Explain about negotiation for price of
MOT & its process and pricing of technology.
Strategic Management
1.
Explain the strategic implementation
process.
2.
Elaborate resource allocation as a vital
path of strategies.
3.
Differentiate between mergers and
acquisitions.
4.
Explain terminal round and
diversification strategies.
5.
Explain the role of strategies.
6.
Define strategies survivallance,
strategies audit, and strategies evaluation.
Elective-1
Consumer Behavior
1.
Define communication? Explain the
components of communication process?
2.
Describe EKB model in consumer behavior?
3.
Explain consumer decision process?
4.
Define brand loyalty and repeat purchase
behavior.
5.
Explain the roots of consumerism and
legal responses to consumerism?
6.
Explain consumer protection act 1986.
Security Analysis
&Portfolio Management
1.
What is the meaning of Bond and reasons for issuing of bonds?
2.
Explain various risk related to bonds.
3. A)
Determine nominal yield and current yield of Rs. 100 bond with a market value of
Rs. 80 and coupon rate of 8%.
B) A four year bond with a 7% coupon
rate and maturity of Rs. 1000 is currently
selling at Rs. 905. What is its yield
to maturity?
4.
Find the approximate yield to maturity of the following data.
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Face value
|
Market value
|
Period
|
Capitalization rate
|
|
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Bond I
|
100
|
80
|
10
|
14
|
|
Bond II
|
150
|
100
|
8
|
12
|
5.
Explain the following terms
a) Equity Valuation (EV) b)
Earnings per share (EPS) c) Return of Asset (ROA)
d) ROIC e) Growth rate
6.
What is Economic forecasting for securities? Explain the Forecasting
Techniques.
Recruitment &
Selection
1.
Explain the following a) Test validation b) Reference check
2.
What is pre-employment testing? Explain
in detail various types of testing.
3.
Define personality test? Explain various
personality tests and its importance.
4.
Explain about employee selection test.
5.
What do you understand by performance
test, mechanical ability test?
6.
What are the criteria for recruitment
and selection process and its practices in abroad?
Logistics & Supply
Chain Management
1.
Explain sourcing decision in supply
chain and procurement strategies.
2.
How should we design and plan the
transportation networks.
3.
Explain the concept of managing
economies of scale in supply chain.
4.
Explain the role of IT in SCM?
5.
Identify the logistic performance
indicators.
6.
Explain the concept of global supply
chains.
Business Intelligence
1.
Explain how Knowledge most important
asset of a company? Explain Market Research Function with organization.
2.
Explain Nature & scope of
Qualitative Data? What is meant by designing research and managing design?
3.
Explain the concept of Data Mining and
Data Warehousing
4.
Explain the tools for Data Mining
5.
Define the concept of Text Analysis and
Advanced Visualization
6.
Explain the features of Business
Intelligence.
Elective
– 2
Marketing
communications:
1.
Explain product concept in branding and
the role of unique selling proposition.
2.
Define brand planning and global
advertising.
3.
Explain brand life cycle and brand
extension.
4.
Define brand alignments and brand
repositioning.
5.
Explain brand extension strategies in
Indian context.
6.
Elaborate brand equity and pricing
decisions.
Financial Institutions,
Markets and Services
1.
What are
Mutual funds and its structure? Explain the role of AMFI?
2.
Describe about
the Treasury bill market? Explain various types of treasury bills.
3.
What are
certificate of deposits? Features of CD’s.
4.
Explain the
Structure of the securities market? What are the participants involved in
securities market?
5.
What is lease?
Classification of lease.
6.
Credit Rating
in India. Explain the credit rating agencies in India.
Project Management
1.
Explain the characteristics of a
effective project team.
2.
How to conduct project evaluation.
3.
Explain managing risk – 4 stage process.
4.
Define cross functional cooperation and
virtual project teams.
5.
Define project termination and explain
the types of project terminations.
6.
Explain the role of human factors in
project evaluation and control.
ELECTIVE-3
Retailing Management
1.
What are the criteria for store layout
and space planning?
2.
Explain the objective of a good storage
design
3.
Describe the location and retail
strategies.
4.
Explain the factors effecting the
attractiveness of a sight.
5.
Explain the present Indian retails
scenario.
6.
Explain retailing opportunities in India
and explain role of CRM in retail management?
Training
and Development
1.
Explain the following a) Training climate b) Trainers role c) Trainers style
2.
Explain different methods for training
and learning on the job - 9 training requirements methods.
3.
Explain about evaluation of training and
its process.
4.
What is training and training system
development? Discuss.
5.
Distinguish between coaching, mentoring
and counseling?
6.
What are the steps involved in creative
problem solving?
Derivatives
1.
Explain the black-scholes Merton model.
2.
Distinguish between futures and options.
3.
Define trading with options and hedging
with options.
4.
Explain advanced option strategies
5.
Define swaps and explain types and
features of swaps.
6. Define
interest rate swaps, equity index swap, currency swap and commodity swap.
