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    PracticeACCAACCA PM — Performance Management Practice Exam 6Question 5
    Medium2 marksMultiple Choice
    Specialist cost and management accounting techniquesEnvironmental Management AccountingEMA

    ACCA · Question 5 · Specialist cost and management accounting techniques

    Section A

    A chemical manufacturing company is implementing Environmental Management Accounting (EMA). They are using a technique that traces the physical movement of materials through the production process, identifying the cost of materials that end up in the final product versus the cost of materials that become waste.

    Which EMA technique is being described?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Input-output analysis

    B.

    Flow cost accounting

    C.

    Material flow cost accounting

    D.

    Life-cycle costing

    How to approach this question

    Identify the technique that focuses on the physical flow of materials and categorizes them into 'good' product and 'non-product' (waste).

    Full Answer

    C.Material flow cost accounting✓ Correct
    Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) is an EMA technique that traces the physical flow of materials through a process. It assigns costs to both the materials that become part of the final product and the materials that end up as waste, highlighting the financial cost of inefficiencies.

    Common mistakes

    Confusing MFCA with Input-output analysis, which is often just a physical mass balance without the detailed cost assignment to waste streams.
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