EXAM PACK
, UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
May/June 2022
MAC2601
Principles of Management Accounting
100 Marks
Duration 2 Hours
This paper consists of ten (10) pages (including this page).
Instructions:
1. This paper consists of FOUR (4) questions and all four questions must be answered.
2. Each question attempted, must commence on a new (separate) page.
3. You may answer the questions in any order, but each answer must be numbered the
same as the corresponding question.
4. For questions 2 – 4, all calculations must be shown.
5. Ignore taxation and the time value of money.
6. Please ensure that you have carefully read and follow all the exam instructions and the
MAC2601 guide provided as a link to your examination timetable on myUnisa.
7. Your complete answer script must be submitted as a single pdf file.
8. Do not password-protect your answer script.
9. After the two (2) hour duration, there are 60 minutes of upload time available. However,
please do not wait until the last minute to submit, instead submit your file as soon as the
two (2) hours duration of the examination have passed. If you do not successfully submit
before the cut-off time you will be marked as absent from the examination.
10. Make sure you submit the correct file.
11. All answer files may only be submitted via the official route (on the myUnisa platform as
per the instructions) within the allocated time. According to the university rules and
regulations, strictly, NO OTHER SUBMISSION METHOD IS ALLOWED.
12. Keep the Invigilator app open on your cell phone during the assessment. You are not
allowed to leave or minimise the application.
13. This is a closed-book examination; hence, you may not refer to any of your study material,
notes, the internet, etc. during the examination.
PROPOSED TIMETABLE:
Time in
Question Topics Marks
minutes
1 Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ) (various topics) 20 24
2 Direct and Absorption Costing 24 29
3 Relevant costing, Cost-Profit-Analysis and Ethics 30 36
4 Joint and by-product, Standard and Process Costing 26 31
100 120