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The primary users of management accounting information are typically:
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  • Politicians, Bankers, and the IRS
  • Shareholders and others who can use it to sue the corporation and get rich
  • Managers within the organization
  • all stakeholders of the organization
  • all of the above

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The Management Accountants' Ethics code states that when faced with significant ethical issues, management accountants should first:
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  • discuss such problems with the President of the organization except when it appears that the President is involved.
  • clarify relevant concepts by confidential discussion with an objective advisor to obtain an understanding of possible courses of action.
  • follow the established policies of the organization bearing on the resolution of such conflict.
  • submit and informative memorandum describing the ethical issue to an appropriate representative of the organization and resign if no action is taken as a result of the memorandum

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Managerial accounting:
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  • has its primary emphasis on the future
  • is required by regulatory bodies such as SEC
  • focuses on the organization as a whole, rather than on the organization's segments.
  • all the above.

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The three basic elements of manufacturing cost are:
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  • cost of goods manufactured
  • cost of goods sold
  • work in process
  • manufacturing overhead
  • direct material
  • direct labor

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Transportation costs incurred by a manufacturing company to ship its product to its customers would be classified as which of the following?
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  • Product cost
  • manufacturing overhead
  • period cost
  • administrative cost

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Cost of goods manufactured will usually include
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  • only costs incurred during the current period
  • only direct labor and direct materials costs
  • some costs incurred during the prior period as well as costs incurred during the current period
  • some period costs as well as some product costs

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which one of the following costs should NOT be considered an indirect cost of serving a particular customer at a Dairy Queen fast food outlet?
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  • a cost of the hamburger patty in the burger they ordered
  • the wages of the employee who takes the customer's order
  • the cost of heating and lighting the kitchen
  • the salary of the outlet's manager

Frage 8

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The cost of goods sold in a merchandising company typically would be classified as a
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  • fixed cost
  • variable cost
  • step-variable cost
  • mixed cost

Frage 9

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The contribution approach to the income statement:
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  • organizes costs on a functional basis
  • is useful to managers in planning and decision making
  • shows a contribution margin rather than a net operating income figure at the bottom of the statement
  • can be used only by manufacturing companies

Frage 10

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On a cost-volume-profit graph, the break-even point is located
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  • at the origin
  • where the total revenue line intersects the volume axis
  • where the total expenses line intersects the dollars axis
  • where the total revenue

Frage 11

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Which of the following is true regarding the contribution margin ratio of a single product company?
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  • as fixed expenses decrease, the contribution margin ratio increases
  • the contribution margin ratio multiplied by the variable expense per unit equal the contribution margin per unit
  • if sales increase, the dollar increase in net operating income can be computed by multiplying the contribution margin ratio by the dollar increase in sales
  • the contribution margin ratio increases as the number of units sold increases

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a company increased the selling price for its product from $5 to $6 per unit when total fixed expenses increased from $100,000 to $200,000 and variable expense per unit remained unchanged. How would these changes affect the breakeven point?
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  • the break-even point in units would decrease
  • the break-even point in units would increase
  • the break-even point in units would remain unchanged
  • the effect cannot be determined from the information given

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Financial accounting reports are prepared for external parties, whereas managerial accounting reports are prepared for internal users.
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  • True
  • False

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Financial accounting is more focused on precision when making reports. Managerial accounting provides decision makers with good estimates ASAP and precise data later.
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  • True
  • False

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Managerial accounting focuses on the company as a whole, financial accounting focuses on segment reports.
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  • True
  • False

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Financial accounting must follow GAAP and IRS guidelines. Managerial accounting doesn't have externally imposed rules.
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  • True
  • False

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Managerial accounting is mandatory while financial accounting is optional.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 18

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What are the 3 activities that managerial accounting helps managers carry out?
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  • planning
  • financing
  • controlling
  • decision making
  • hiring

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What does the planning aspect of managerial accounting include?
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  • establishing goals and specifying how to achieve them (includes budgeting)
  • setting a structure for the company
  • gathering feedback to make new plan for running the company
  • planning is not relevant to managerial accounting

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What is involved in the control aspect of managerial accounting
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  • controlling is not relevant
  • it involves gathering feedback to ensure that plans are being followed. (involves performance reports that compare budgeting to actual results)
  • involves making budgets to follow
  • involves being a tyrannical boss.

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What 3 questions does managerial decisions making revolve around?
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  • Who are we?
  • What should we be selling?
  • Who should we be serving?
  • What is our budget?
  • How should we execute?
  • What purpose do we serve?

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What is the IMA
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  • International Management Association
  • Institue of Managerial Accounting
  • Institue of Management Accountants
  • International Money Association

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What 2 things does the IMA's Statement of Ethical Professional Practice offer guidelines for?
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  • Ethical Behavior
  • How to be a managerial accountant
  • Rules of managerial accounting
  • Resolution for an ethical conflict.

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What are the 4 categories of guidelines for Ethical Behavior as defined by the IMA?
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  • Competence
  • Confidentiality
  • Integrity
  • Credibility
  • Communication
  • Respectfulness

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Which of the following does not fall under the category of Competency in IMA's guidelines for Ethical Behavior?
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  • Recognize and communicate professional limitations that preclude responsible judgment.
  • Follow applicable laws, regulations, and standards.
  • Ensure that subordinates do not disclose confidential information.
  • Maintain professional competence.
  • Provide accurate, clear, concise, and timely decision support information.

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Which of the following does not fall under the category of Confidentiality in IMA's guidelines for Ethical Behavior?
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  • Do not disclose confidential information unless legally obligated to do so.
  • Ensure that subordinates do not disclose confidential information.
  • Refrain from conduct that would prejudice carrying out duties ethically.
  • Do not use confidential information for unethical or illegal advantage.

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Which of the following does not fall under the category of Integrity in IMA's guidelines for Ethical Behavior?
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  • Communicate information fairly and objectively.
  • Mitigate conflicts of interest and advise others of potential conflicts.
  • Abstain from activities that might discredit the profession.
  • Refrain from conduct that would prejudice carrying out duties ethically.

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Which of the following does not fall under the category of Credibility in IMA's guidelines for Ethical Behavior?
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  • Communicate information fairly and objectively.
  • Do not disclose confidential information unless legally obligated to do so.
  • Disclose all relevant information that could influence a user’s understanding of reports and recommendations.
  • Disclose delays or deficiencies in information timeliness, processing, or internal controls.

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Contact with levels above the immediate supervisor should only be initiated with the supervisor's knowledge, assuming they are not involved.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 30

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If your immediate supervisor is the CEO who should you consider going to?
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  • Board of directors/audit committee
  • You should just go to the CEO
  • Owner of Company
  • Government

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If your superior is involved should you just let go of the conflict
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  • True
  • False

Frage 32

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An example of a direct material is:
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  • Cleaning supplies for manufacturing machines
  • Glue for parts
  • Radio in a car
  • Oil for car engine

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An example of Direct Labor would be wages paid to
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  • Maintenance workers
  • Security guards
  • Assembly workers
  • Executive workers

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What two things makeup Manufacturing Overhead?
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  • Direct Labor
  • Indirect Labor
  • Indirect costs
  • Indirect materials

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What is considered to be an indirect material
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  • Cleaning supplies used in manufacturing plants
  • Car radio
  • Car Metal
  • Processing Chip in a computer

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What is an example of Indirect Labor (costs)
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  • Assembly line workers
  • Janitors
  • Executive workers

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What are the 2 non manufacturing costs
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  • Selling Costs
  • Administrative Costs
  • Direct Labor Costs
  • Materials Costs
  • Costs for janitors

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Which of the following is not a selling cost?
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  • Advertising
  • Shipping
  • Sales
  • Cost of finished goods warehouses
  • Cost of packaging an item

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Which of the following is not an Administrative Cost?
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  • Executive compensation
  • Salaries for plant workers
  • Secretarial costs
  • PR costs

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Which is NOT a Product Cost?
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  • Direct materials
  • direct labor
  • selling costs
  • manufacturing overhead

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Which is NOT a period cost?
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  • selling costs
  • labor costs
  • administrative costs

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Product costs are recognized as expenses when the products are sold
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  • True
  • False

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Period costs are expensed on the income statement
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  • True
  • False

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When are period costs "incurred"?
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  • When employees earn them
  • When employees are paid

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Which of the following costs would be considered a period rather than a product cost in a manufacturing company?
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  • Manufacturing equipment depreciation
  • Property taxes on corporate headquarters
  • Direct materials costs
  • Electrical costs to light the production facility
  • Sales commissions

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What two things make up a prime cost?
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  • Direct materials
  • Manufacturing overhead
  • Indirect labor
  • Indirect Materials
  • Direct Labor

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What two things make up conversion costs?
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  • Direct Materials
  • Manufacturing Over
  • Indirect Labor
  • Indirect Material
  • Direct Material

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Variable costs vary in direct proportion to activity
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  • True
  • False

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Variable costs per unit do not remain constant as activity changes
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  • True
  • False

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As the level of the activity base increases, the total variable cost
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  • decreases proportionately
  • increases proportionately

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When activated rises, the fixed costs per unit,
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  • decreases
  • increases

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Committed Fixed Costs can be altered in the short-term.
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  • True
  • False

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Discretionary costs are long term.
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  • True
  • False

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Which of the following costs would be variable with respect to the number of cones sold at a Baskins and Robbins shop?
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  • The cost of lighting the store
  • The wages of the store manager
  • The cost of ice cream
  • The cost of napkins for customers

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Y=a+bX is the equation for:
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  • Fixed Costs
  • Variable Costs
  • Mixed Costs
  • Total Costs

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In the equation Y=a+bX, Y=
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  • total mixed costs
  • total fixed costs (vertical intercept)
  • total variable costs per unit of activity (slope)
  • level of activity

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In the equation Y=a+bX, a=
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  • total mixed costs
  • total variable costs per unit of activity(slope)
  • total fixed costs (vertical intercept)
  • level of activity

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In the equation Y=a+bX, b=
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  • level of activity
  • total variable cost per unit of activity (slope)
  • total mixed costs
  • total fixed costs (vertical intercept)

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In the equation Y=a+bX, X=
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  • Total variable cost per unit (slope)
  • total fixed costs (vertical intercept)
  • total mixed costs
  • level of activity

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Gross margin=
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  • sales-cogs
  • cogs-sales
  • contribution margin-sales
  • sales+cogs
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