Question 1 Of 35 Managerial Accounting Uses Which Of The Following Types Of Information?
Question 1 of 35 Managerial accounting uses which of the following types of information?
Forecasts of future earnings
Financial information
Nonfinancial information
All of the above
Question 2 of 35
The primary goal of financial accounting is to provide information for
governmental regulators.
creditors.
potential investors.
all of the above.
Question 3 of 35
Which of following statements is true?
Managerial accounting focuses on historical transactions.
Financial accounting focuses on future data.
Management accounting focuses on relevant data.
Managerial accounting uses the cash basis for recording transactions.
Question 4 of 35
Which statement is true?
Management uses financial information to analyze costs.
Management uses financial information to plan internal operations.
Management uses reports created for internal parties.
All of the above are true.
Question 5 of 35 Which of the following statements is false?
Financial accounting helps investors make decisions.
Financial accounting provides sufficient information for managers to effectively plan and control operations.
Financial accounting reports help creditors make decisions.
Financial accounting provides external reports.
Question 6 of 35 Which of the following statements is correct concerning product costs?
Product costs are expensed in the period the related product is sold.
Product costs are expensed in the period incurred.
Product costs are shown with operating expenses on the income statement.
Product costs are shown with current liabilities on the balance sheet.
Question 7 of 35
Which of the following costs include all costs associated with production of a product?
Inventoriable
Direct
Mixed
Overhead
Question 8 of 35
Manufacturing overhead costs for a product include
direct material.
operating expenses.
indirect manufacturing costs.
prime costs.
Question 9 of 35
Indirect materials and indirect labor are ________ for a manufactured product.
overhead and period costs
operating and period costs
overhead and product costs
operating and product costs
Question 10 of 35
Which of the following is an example of an inventoriable cost when manufacturing products?
Depreciation on office equipment
Depreciation on store building
Sales salaries expenses
Depreciation on factory equipment
Question 11 of 35
A ________ is used to accumulate the costs of a job.
labor time record
materials inventory requisition form
bill of materials
job cost record
Question 12 of 35
Which of these documents informs the storeroom to send specific materials to the factory floor?
Receiving report
Bill of materials
Purchase order
Materials requisition
Question 13 of 35
When direct materials are requisitioned, they flow directly into
cost of goods sold.
finished goods inventory.
work in process inventory.
manufacturing overhead.
Question 14 of 35
In the flow of costs, which of the following comes third?
Finished goods inventory
Cost of goods sold
Raw materials inventory
Work in process inventory
Question 15 of 35
A ________ is a document which is prepared by manufacturing personnel to request materials for the production process.
cost ticket
job cost record
materials requisition
manufacturing ticket
Question 16 of 35
Which of the following is the last step of the five-step process costing procedure?
Summarize total costs to account for
Assign total costs to units completed and to units in ending WIP inventory
Compute the cost per equivalent unit
Summarize the flow of physical units
Question 17 of 35
In Step 1 of the process costing procedure, the "total units accounted for" is the sum of
the units completed and transferred out plus the units in ending WIP.
the units in ending WIP plus the units started in production during the month.
the units in beginning WIP plus the units in ending WIP.
the units in beginning WIP plus the units completed and transferred out.
Question 18 of 35
Which item would appear last on a production cost report?
Cost of goods finished for the month
Total costs accounted for
Beginning WIP inventory, if any
Ending WIP inventory, if any
Question 19 of 35
On a production cost report, which of the following cost(s) appear?
A. Beginning work in process
B. Costs added during the period
C. Total operating costs during the period
D. Both A and B are included on a production cost report.
Question 20 of 35
Which costs comprise WIP inventory on a production cost report?
Direct materials and direct labor
Direct materials and manufacturing overhead
Direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead
Direct labor and manufacturing overhead
Question 21 of 35
When a company has established separate manufacturing overhead rates for each department, it is using
departmental overhead rates.
cost distortion.
a plantwide overhead rate.
none of the above.
Question 22 of 35
Which of the following condition(s) favors using departmental overhead rates in place of a plantwide overhead rate?
A. Different departments incur different amounts and types of manufacturing overhead.
B. Different jobs or products use the departments to a different extent.
C. Both A and B.
D. Neither A or B.
Question 23 of 35
In using an ABC system, all of the following steps are performed before the company's year begins except:
identify the primary activities and estimate a total cost pool for each.
select an allocation base for each activity.
allocate the costs to the cost object using the activity cost allocation rates.
calculate an activity cost allocation rate for each activity.
Question 24 of 35
Research and development would most likely be classified as a ________ cost.
unit-level
batch-level
facility-level
product-level
Question 25 of 35
Using factory utilities would most likely be classified as a ________ cost.
unit-level
batch-level
facility-level
product-level
Question 26 of 35
With respect to variable costs per unit, which of the following statements is true?
They will decrease as production increases within the relevant range.
They will increase as production decreases within the relevant range.
They will decrease as production decreases within the relevant range.
They will remain the same as production levels change within the relevant range.
Question 27 of 35
With respect to total variable costs, which of the following statements is true?
They will remain the same as production levels change within the relevant range.
They will decrease as production decreases within the relevant range.
They will decrease as production increases within the relevant range.
They will increase as production decreases within the relevant range.
Question 28 of 35
Total fixed costs for Taylor Incorporated are $240,000. Total costs, including both fixed and variable, are $500,000 if 125,000 units are produced. The variable cost per unit is
$5.92/unit.
$2.08/unit.
$4.00/unit.
$1.92/unit.
Question 29 of 35
Total fixed costs for Diamond Enterprises are $800,000. Total costs, including both fixed and variable, are $890,000 if 120,000 units are produced. The fixed cost per unit at 200,000 units would be
$4.00/unit
$7.42/unit.
$4.45/unit.
$0.45/unit.
Question 30 of 35
Total fixed costs for Randolph Manufacturing are $752,450. Total costs, including both fixed and variable, are $1,000,000 if 150,000 units are produced. The fixed cost per unit at 186,250 units would be closest to
$1.31/unit.
$5.31/unit.
$4.00/unit.
$5.03/unit.
Question 31 of 35
The unit contribution margin is computed by
subtracting the variable cost per unit from the sales price per unit.
dividing the sales revenue by variable cost per unit.
dividing the variable cost per unit by the sales revenue.
subtracting the sales price per unit from the variable cost per unit.
Question 32 of 35
The contribution margin ratio explains the percentage of each sales dollar that
contributes towards variable costs.
contributes towards sales revenue.
contributes towards period expenses.
contributes towards fixed costs and generating a profit.
Question 33 of 35
________ should be subtracted from the sales price per unit to compute the unit contribution margin.
All variable costs
Only variable inventoriable product costs
Only variable period costs
All fixed costs
Question 34 of 35
By multiplying ________ and then subtracting fixed costs, managers can quickly forecast the operating income.
projected sales units by the contribution margin ratio
projected sales revenue by the contribution margin ratio
projected sales revenue by the unit contribution margin
projected sales units by the variable cost ratio
Question 35 of 35
Electric Jet Skis operates a Jet Ski rental business. Assume the jet skis rent for $55 for 6 hours. The variable costs are $33 per six-hour rental, and its fixed costs are $80,000 each month. What is the contribution margin per six-hour jet ski rental?
$33.00
$0.40
$22.00
$2.50