Certified Cost Professional (CCP) CCP Exam Questions
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An effort by a prime contractor to reduce the price quoted by a vendor, by providing the bid price to other vendors in an attempt to get the other vendors to underbid the original price quoted is referred to as:
Correct Answer: C
Bid shopping is an unethical practice where a prime contractor discloses a vendor's bid price to other vendors to encourage them to underbid the original price quoted. This practice can lead to lower quality work or unfair pricing pressures on vendors and is generally frowned upon in the construction industry.
Option A: Costing refers to the process of determining the cost of a product or service, not the manipulation of bids.
Option B: Cost-price analysis involves evaluating the costs and prices of goods or services, not bid manipulation.
Option D: Negotiating a best and final offer is a legitimate practice in procurement to get the best price after initial bids are received but does not involve unethical disclosure of bid prices.
Therefore, C. Bid shopping is the correct answer as it describes the specific practice of using one vendor’s bid to undercut prices from others.
A major theme park is expanding the existing facility over a five-year period. The design phase will be completed one year after the contract is awarded. Major engineering drawings will be finalized two years after the design contract is awarded and construction will begin three years after the award of the design contract. New, unique ride technology will be used and an estimate will need to be developed to identify these costs that have no historical data.
Profits that could not be formally recognized during a specific financial accounting period because the goods and services did not satisfy all the customer's requirements are:
Correct Answer: D
Postponed profits refer to profits that could not be recognized during a specific financial period because the goods or services did not fully satisfy the customer’s requirements, and thus the revenue could not be recognized according to accounting standards. This situation occurs when revenue recognition criteria have not been met, leading to a delay in recognizing profits. Hence, the correct answer is D. Postponed profits .
A major theme park is expanding the existing facility over a five-year period. The design phase will be completed one year after the contract is awarded. Major engineering drawings will be finalized two years after the design contract is awarded and construction will begin three years after the award of the design contract. New, unique ride technology will be used and an estimate will need to be developed to identify these costs that have no historical data.
Cost engineers who feel completely satisfied and fulfilled by their work as part of a project team are said to have reached the ______________ stage of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Correct Answer: C
Given Scenario:
Cost engineers feel completely satisfied and fulfilled by their work.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs:
The stage where individuals feel fulfilled and have reached their full potential is called Self-actualization
SCENARIO: A can manufacturing company requested you to provide data for their decision making The unit prices of the can varies but an average selling price of $0.55 cents and average cost of S45 cents is estimated.
The monthly fixed costs are:
Rant-$1,500
Wages - $4.000
Miscellaneous fixed expenses - $500
If the rent increases by 100% and the unit sales/other costs remain unchanged, the new break even amount is?
Correct Answer: B
The same logic as in the previous problem applies. If rent increases by 100%, total fixed costs change and the breakeven point must be recalculated.
New Rent=1,500×2=3,000\text{New Rent} = 1,500 \times 2 = 3,000New Rent=1,500×2=3,000 Total New Fixed Costs=3,000+4,000+500=7,500\text{Total New Fixed Costs} = 3,000 + 4,000 + 500 = 7,500Total New Fixed Costs=3,000+4,000+500=7,500 Contribution Margin per Unit=0.55−0.45=0.10\text{Contribution Margin per Unit} = 0.55 - 0.45 = 0.10Contribution Margin per Unit=0.55−0.45=0.10 New Breakeven (in sales dollars)=7,5000.10=75,000 sales dollars, calculated as 41,250 correct\text{New Breakeven (in sales dollars)} = \frac{7,500}{0.10} = 75,000 \text{ sales dollars, calculated as 41,250 correct}New Breakeven (in sales dollars)=0.107,500=75,000 sales dollars, calculated as 41,250 correct
The correct answer is B. $41,250 .
The measure of number of units completed divided by work-hours consumed is referred to as:
Correct Answer: C
Productivity is defined as the measure of the number of units completed divided by the work-hours consumed. It is a key performance indicator in construction and other project-based industries, reflecting how efficiently resources are being used to produce outputs.
Key Points:
Productivity Calculation:
Productivity = Number of units completed / Work-hours consumed.
Higher productivity means more output is being generated per unit of time, indicating efficient use of resources.
Other Terms:
Lined Value: Not a standard term related to productivity.
Credit Work-Hours: A concept related to earned work-hours, not a direct measure of productivity.
Cost Performance Index (CPI): A measure in earned value management indicating the cost efficiency of budgeted resources, calculated as EV/AC.
Conclusion: The correct answer is C. Productivity because it directly refers to the efficiency of labor in terms of output per work-hour.