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UGC NET Management Unit - IV Syllabus

The Unit - IV syllabus for UGC NET Management in full: 3 chapters, 9 topics and 14 sub-topics, every one listed below, plus 50 Unit - IV flashcards with answers.

3Chapters
9Topics
14Sub-topics
50Flashcards

Unit - IV syllabus: all 3 chapters

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  1. Accounting Principles and Standards, Preparation of Financial Statements

     4 topics
    • Financial Statement Analysis
      • Ratio Analysis
      • Funds Flow Analysis
      • Cash Flow Analysis
      • DuPont Analysis
    • Preparation of Cost Sheet
    • Marginal Costing
    • Cost Volume Profit Analysis

  2. Standard Costing & Variance Analysis

     2 topics
    • Standard Costing
    • Variance Analysis

  3. Financial Management, Concept & Functions

     3 topics
    • Capital Structure
      • Theories
      • Cost of Capital
      • Sources and Finance
    • Budgeting and Budgetary Control
      • Types and Process
      • Zero base Budgeting
    • Leverages
      • Operating Leverages
      • Financial Leverages
      • Combined Leverages
      • EBIT-EPS Analysis
      • Financial Breakeven Point & Indifference Level

UGC NET Management Unit - IV flashcards — 50 questions with answers

  1. What is Financial Statement Analysis?

    The process of evaluating a firm's financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow) to assess its profitability, liquidity, solvency and operational efficiency for decision-making.

  2. Name the three main techniques/tools of financial statement analysis.

    Comparative statements, Common-size statements, and Ratio analysis (also trend analysis and cash flow/fund flow analysis).

  3. What is the difference between horizontal and vertical analysis of financial statements?

    Horizontal (dynamic) analysis compares figures across multiple periods to study trends; vertical (static) analysis expresses each item as a percentage of a base figure within a single period (common-size).

  4. In a common-size income statement, what figure is taken as the 100% base?

    Net sales (revenue) — every other item is expressed as a percentage of net sales.

  5. In a common-size balance sheet, what is taken as the 100% base?

    Total assets (or total liabilities and equity) — each item is shown as a percentage of the total.

  6. What is the formula for the Current Ratio and its ideal standard?

    Current Ratio = Current Assets / Current Liabilities; the ideal standard is 2:1.

  7. What is the Quick/Acid-Test Ratio and its ideal standard?

    Quick Ratio = (Current Assets - Inventory - Prepaid Expenses) / Current Liabilities; ideal standard is 1:1.

  8. What is a Cost Sheet?

    A statement that shows the detailed total cost and per-unit cost of a product, classified by elements and arranged in stages (prime, works, cost of production, cost of sales).

  9. What is Prime Cost in a cost sheet?

    Prime Cost = Direct Materials + Direct Labour + Direct (chargeable) Expenses.

  10. How is Works (Factory) Cost calculated in a cost sheet?

    Works Cost = Prime Cost + Factory/Works Overheads (adjusted for opening and closing work-in-progress).

  11. How is Cost of Production derived from Works Cost?

    Cost of Production = Works Cost + Administration (Office) Overheads.

  12. How is Cost of Goods Sold computed from Cost of Production?

    COGS = Cost of Production + Opening Finished Goods Stock - Closing Finished Goods Stock.

  13. How is Cost of Sales (Total Cost) and Sales arrived at in a cost sheet?

    Cost of Sales = Cost of Goods Sold + Selling & Distribution Overheads; Sales = Cost of Sales + Profit.

  14. What is Marginal Cost?

    The additional cost of producing one more unit; it equals total variable cost per unit (direct material + direct labour + variable overheads).

  15. What is Marginal Costing?

    A costing technique in which only variable costs are charged to products, while fixed costs are treated as period costs and written off against contribution.

  16. State the formula for Contribution.

    Contribution = Sales - Variable Cost; alternatively Contribution = Fixed Cost + Profit.

  17. How does marginal costing differ from absorption costing in treating fixed overheads?

    Marginal costing treats fixed overheads as period costs (charged fully in the period); absorption costing treats them as product costs (absorbed into unit cost and carried in inventory).

  18. What is the P/V (Profit-Volume) Ratio and its formula?

    P/V Ratio = (Contribution / Sales) x 100; it measures the rate at which profit changes with sales, or the proportion of each sales rupee available to cover fixed cost and profit.

  19. What is Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis?

    A technique that studies the interrelationship between cost, volume of output and profit to aid planning and decision-making, centred on the break-even point.

  20. What is the Break-Even Point (BEP)?

    The level of output/sales at which total revenue equals total cost, so there is neither profit nor loss (contribution exactly equals fixed cost).

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  1. State the formula for Break-Even Point in units.

    BEP (units) = Fixed Costs / Contribution per unit (Selling price per unit - Variable cost per unit).

  2. State the formula for Break-Even Point in sales value.

    BEP (in rupees) = Fixed Costs / P/V Ratio.

  3. What is the Margin of Safety and its formula?

    Margin of Safety = Actual Sales - Break-Even Sales; it shows how much sales can fall before a loss occurs. MoS = Profit / P/V Ratio.

  4. What is the formula for sales required to earn a desired profit?

    Required Sales = (Fixed Cost + Desired Profit) / P/V Ratio; in units = (Fixed Cost + Desired Profit) / Contribution per unit.

  5. What is Standard Costing?

    A technique that sets predetermined (standard) costs for products, compares them with actual costs, and analyses the variances to control costs.

  6. What is a Standard Cost?

    A predetermined, scientifically estimated cost of producing a unit under specified conditions, used as a benchmark against actual cost.

  7. Differentiate between standard costing and budgetary control.

    Standard costing sets per-unit cost standards for products/operations; budgetary control sets overall financial targets for the whole organisation/departments. Standards are intensive; budgets are extensive.

  8. What is Variance Analysis?

    The process of computing and analysing the differences between standard (budgeted) costs and actual costs to identify causes and fix responsibility for control.

  9. What is a favourable versus an adverse (unfavourable) variance?

    A favourable variance arises when actual cost is less than standard (or actual revenue exceeds standard), improving profit; an adverse variance is the opposite, reducing profit.

  10. State the formula for Material Cost Variance.

    Material Cost Variance = (Standard Quantity x Standard Price) - (Actual Quantity x Actual Price).

  11. State the formula for Material Price Variance.

    Material Price Variance = Actual Quantity x (Standard Price - Actual Price).

  12. State the formula for Material Usage (Quantity) Variance.

    Material Usage Variance = Standard Price x (Standard Quantity - Actual Quantity).

  13. State the formula for Labour Cost Variance.

    Labour Cost Variance = (Standard Hours x Standard Rate) - (Actual Hours x Actual Rate).

  14. State the formula for Labour Rate Variance and Labour Efficiency Variance.

    Labour Rate Variance = Actual Hours x (Standard Rate - Actual Rate); Labour Efficiency Variance = Standard Rate x (Standard Hours - Actual Hours).

  15. What is Capital Structure?

    The composition or mix of a firm's long-term sources of finance — equity share capital, preference share capital, retained earnings and long-term debt — used to finance its assets.

  16. What is an optimal capital structure?

    The debt-equity mix that minimises the firm's overall cost of capital (WACC) and maximises the market value of the firm (and shareholder wealth).

  17. Name the major theories of capital structure.

    Net Income (NI) approach, Net Operating Income (NOI) approach, Traditional approach, and Modigliani-Miller (MM) approach.

  18. What does the Net Operating Income (NOI) approach state about capital structure?

    That capital structure is irrelevant — the overall cost of capital and firm value remain constant regardless of the debt-equity mix, because changes in financial risk offset cheaper debt.

  19. What is the core proposition of the Modigliani-Miller (MM) approach (without taxes)?

    In a perfect market without taxes, firm value and WACC are independent of capital structure; value depends only on operating earnings and business risk (capital structure is irrelevant).

  20. What is 'trading on equity'?

    The practice of using fixed-cost debt (and preference capital) in the capital structure to magnify returns to equity shareholders when the return on assets exceeds the cost of debt.

  21. What is a Budget?

    A quantitative and financial statement, prepared and approved before a defined period, expressing the policy to be pursued to attain a given objective.

  22. What is Budgetary Control?

    The system of establishing budgets, comparing actual performance with budgeted figures, analysing variances, and taking corrective action to control operations.

  23. What is a Fixed Budget versus a Flexible Budget?

    A fixed budget is prepared for a single level of activity and does not change; a flexible budget is designed to change with the actual level of activity by distinguishing fixed and variable costs.

  24. What is Zero-Base Budgeting (ZBB)?

    A budgeting method where every expense must be justified from a 'zero base' for each new period, rather than basing it on the previous year's budget.

  25. What is the principal (key/limiting) factor in budgeting?

    The factor that restricts or limits the level of activity (e.g., sales demand, material, labour, capacity); the budget for this factor is prepared first as it governs all other budgets.

  26. What is a Master Budget?

    A consolidated summary budget that integrates all functional budgets into a projected income statement and balance sheet for the organisation as a whole.

  27. What is Leverage in financial management?

    The use of fixed-cost assets or fixed-cost funds to magnify the effect of changes in sales on a firm's earnings (returns).

  28. What is Operating Leverage and its formula?

    Operating leverage measures the effect of fixed operating costs on EBIT. Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) = Contribution / EBIT (or % change in EBIT / % change in sales).

  29. What is Financial Leverage and its formula?

    Financial leverage measures the effect of fixed financial charges (interest) on EPS. Degree of Financial Leverage (DFL) = EBIT / (EBIT - Interest) (or % change in EPS / % change in EBIT).

  30. What is Combined (Total) Leverage and its formula?

    Combined leverage measures the overall effect of fixed operating and financial costs. DCL = DOL x DFL = Contribution / (EBIT - Interest) (or % change in EPS / % change in sales).

UGC NET Management Unit - IV FAQ

What is in the UGC NET Management Unit - IV syllabus?

UGC NET Management Unit - IV is split into 3 chapters: Accounting Principles and Standards, Preparation of Financial Statements, Standard Costing & Variance Analysis and Financial Management, Concept & Functions. Together they contain 9 topics and 14 sub-topics.

How many chapters are in UGC NET Management Unit - IV?

3 chapters, containing 9 topics and 14 sub-topics. The largest chapter is Accounting Principles and Standards, Preparation of Financial Statements, with 4 topics.

Are there flashcards for UGC NET Management Unit - IV?

Yes — a 50-card Unit - IV deck, printed in full in the flashcards section of this page and available in the Examius app with spaced repetition. The free plan covers one exam of your choice, including its flashcards; Examius Pro, a one-time purchase, unlocks every other exam and deck.