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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 1 Chapter 01 Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts True / False Questions 1. Managerial accounting is primarily concerned with the organization as a whole rather than with segments of the organization. True False 2. Managerial accounting places less emphasis on nonmonetary data than financial accounting. True False 3. Direct labor is a part of both prime cost and conversion cost. True False 4. Wages paid to production supervisors would be considered direct labor. True False 5. Direct material cost combined with manufacturing overhead cost is known as conversion cost. True False 6. Advertising is a product cost as long as it promotes specific products. True False 7. Although depreciation is always a period cost in a merchandising firm, it can be a product cost in a manufacturing firm. True False

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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 2 8. In a manufacturing firm, all costs are product costs. True False 9. The cost of shipping parts from a supplier is considered a product cost. True False 10. If the finished goods inventory increases between the beginning and the end of a period, then the cost of goods manufactured for the period is larger than the cost of goods sold. True False 11. The inventory of finished goods on hand at the end of a period is considered an asset, but inventories of raw materials and work - in - process are not considered assets until production is completed. True False 12. The cost of goods manufactured for a period is the amount transferred from work in process inventory to finished goods inventory during the period. True False 13. Differential costs can be either fixed or variable. True False 14. A fixed cost is constant per unit of product. True False 15. The variable cost per unit is constant and does not depend on how many units are produced. True False

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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 3 16. The cost of napkins put on each person's tray at a fast food restaurant is a fixed cost. True False 17. A factory supervisor's salary would be classified as a direct cost of a unit of product. True False Multiple Choice Questions 18. Managerial accounting: A. has its primary emphasis on the future. B. is required by regulatory bodies such as the SEC. C. focuses on the organization as a whole, rather than on the organization's segments. D. Responses a, b, and c are all correct. 19. The plans of management are expressed formally in: A. the annual report to shareholders. B. Form 10 - Q submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission. C. performance reports. D. budgets. 20. Which of the following IS a characteristic of financial accounting? A. not mandatory B. must follow GAAP C. emphasis on relevance of data, rather than precision D. both A and C above 21. The corporate controller's salary would be considered a(n): A. manufacturing cost. B. product cost. C. administrative cost. D. selling expense.

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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 4 22. The costs of direct materials are classified as: A. A B. B C. C D. D 23. Manufacturing overhead: A. can be either a variable cost or a fixed cost. B. includes the costs of shipping finished goods to customers. C. includes all factory labor costs. D. includes all fixed costs. 24. The three basic elements of manufacturing cost are direct materials, direct labor, and: A. cost of goods manufactured. B. cost of goods sold. C. work in process. D. manufacturing overhead. 25. Prime cost consists of direct materials combined with: A. direct labor. B. manufacturing overhead. C. indirect materials. D. cost of goods manufactured.

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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 5 26. Which terms below correctly describe the cost of the black paint used to paint the dots on a pair of dice? A. A B. B C. C D. D 27. The cost of fire insurance for a manufacturing plant is generally considered to be a: A. product cost. B. period cost. C. variable cost. D. all of the above. 28. An example of a period cost is: A. fire insurance on a factory building. B. salary of a factory supervisor. C. direct materials. D. rent on a headquarters building. 29. Transportation costs incurred by a manufacturing company to ship its product to its customers would be classified as which of the following? A. Product cost B. Manufacturing overhead C. Period cost D. Administrative cost

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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 6 30. Micro Computer Company has set up a toll - free telephone line for customer inquiries regarding computer hardware produced by the company. The cost of this toll - free line would be classified as which of the following? A. Product cost B. Manufacturing overhead C. Direct labor D. Period cost 31. Rossiter Company failed to record a credit sale at the end of the year, although the reduction in finished goods inventories was correctly recorded when the goods were shipped to the customer. Which one of the following statements is correct? A. A B. B C. C D. D 32. Cost of goods manufactured will usually include: A. A B. B C. C D. D

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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 7 33. Which two terms below describe the wages paid to security guards that monitor a factory 24 hours a day? A. variable cost and direct cost B. fixed cost and direct cost C. variable cost and indirect cost D. fixed cost and indirect cost 34. Within the relevant range, the difference between variable costs and fixed costs is: A. variable costs per unit fluctuate and fixed costs per unit remain constant. B. variable costs per unit are constant and fixed costs per unit fluctuate. C. both total variable costs and total fixed costs are constant. D. both total variable costs and total fixed costs fluctuate. 35. Each of the following would be classified as variable in terms of cost behavior except: A. cost of shipping goods to customers via express mail. B. sales commissions. C. plant manager's salary. D. direct materials. 36. A lawnmower manufacturer computed a cost per unit of $53 by adding together last month's direct labor, direct materials, and manufacturing overhead and dividing that total by the 10,000 units produced last month. (There were no beginning or ending inventories.) If 9,000 units are going to be manufactured this month, we would expect that the: A. cost per unit will remain the same. B. cost per unit will decrease. C. direction of change in unit costs cannot be determined. D. cost per unit will increase. 37. 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? A. the cost of the hamburger patty in the burger they ordered. B. the wages of the employee who takes the customer's order. C. the cost of heating and lighting the kitchen. D. the salary of the outlet's manager.

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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 8 38. An opportunity cost is: A. the difference in total costs which results from selecting one alternative instead of another. B. the benefit forgone by selecting one alternative instead of another. C. a cost which may be saved by not adopting an alternative. D. a cost which may be shifted to the future with little or no effect on current operations. 39. Buford Company rents out a small unused portion of its factory to another company for $1,000 per month. The rental agreement will expire next month, and rather than renew the agreement Buford Company is thinking about using the space itself to store materials. The term to describe the $1,000 per month is: A. sunk cost. B. period cost. C. opportunity cost. D. variable cost. 40. The following costs were incurred in August: Conversion costs during the month totaled: A. $127,000 B. $51,000 C. $52,000 D. $75,000

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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 9 41. The following costs were incurred in August: Prime costs during the month totaled: A. $39,000 B. $59,000 C. $96,000 D. $38,000 42. During the month of August, direct labor cost totaled $13,000 and direct labor cost was 20% of prime cost. If total manufacturing costs during August were $88,000, the manufacturing overhead was: A. $75,000 B. $23,000 C. $65,000 D. $52,000 43. In August direct labor was 60% of conversion cost. If the manufacturing overhead for the month was $54,000 and the direct materials cost was $34,000, the direct labor cost was: A. $36,000 B. $22,667 C. $51,000 D. $81,000 44. Williams Company's direct labor cost is 25% of its conversion cost. If the manufacturing overhead for the last period was $45,000 and the direct materials cost was $25,000, the direct labor cost was: A. $15,000 B. $60,000 C. $33,333 D. $20,000

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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 10 45. Green Company's costs for the month of August were as follows: direct materials, $27,000; direct labor, $34,000; selling, $14,000; administrative, $12,000; and manufacturing overhead, $44,000. The beginning work in process inventory was $16,000 and the ending work in process inventory was $9,000. What was the cost of goods manufactured for the month? A. $105,000 B. $132,000 C. $138,000 D. $112,000 46. Consider the following costs incurred in a recent period: What was the total amount of the period costs listed above for the period? A. $78,000 B. $71,000 C. $46,000 D. $37,000 47. The Lyons Company's cost of goods manufactured was $120,000 when its sales were $360,000 and its gross margin was $220,000. If the ending inventory of finished goods was $30,000, the beginning inventory of finished goods must have been: A. $20,000 B. $50,000 C. $110,000 D. $150,000

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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 11 48. Last month a manufacturing company had the following operating results: What was the cost of goods manufactured for the month? A. $350,000 B. $385,000 C. $377,000 D. $323,000 49. The following inventory balances relate to Lequin Manufacturing Corporation at the beginning and end of the year: Lequin's total manufacturing cost was $543,000. What was Lequin's cost of goods sold? A. $517,000 B. $545,000 C. $569,000 D. $567,000 50. Gabrisch Inc. is a merchandising company. Last month the company's merchandise purchases totaled $90,000. The company's beginning merchandise inventory was $13,000 and its ending merchandise inventory was $22,000. What was the company's cost of goods sold for the month? A. $90,000 B. $99,000 C. $125,000 D. $81,000

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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 12 51. Haan Inc. is a merchandising company. Last month the company's cost of goods sold was $66,000. The company's beginning merchandise inventory was $14,000 and its ending merchandise inventory was $16,000. What was the total amount of the company's merchandise purchases for the month? A. $68,000 B. $96,000 C. $64,000 D. $66,000 52. During August, the cost of goods manufactured was $73,000. The beginning finished goods inventory was $15,000 and the ending finished goods inventory was $21,000. What was the cost of goods sold for the month? A. $79,000 B. $109,000 C. $67,000 D. $73,000 53. Walton Manufacturing Company gathered the following data for the month. How much net operating income will be reported for the period? A. $54,000 B. $17,000 C. $52,000 D. Cannot be determined.

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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 13 54. Using the following data for August, calculate the cost of goods manufactured: The cost of goods manufactured was: A. $106,000 B. $92,000 C. $95,000 D. $89,000 55. The following inventory balances relate to Bharath Manufacturing Corporation at the beginning and end of the year: Bharath's cost of goods sold was $653,000. What was Bharath's cost of goods manufactured? A. $660,000 B. $670,000 C. $682,000 D. $689,000

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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 14 56. The following data have been provided by a company for a recent accounting period: The cost of goods manufactured for the period was: A. $147,000 B. $151,000 C. $153,000 D. $154,000 57. Direct materials used in production totaled $330,000. Direct labor was $415,000 and manufacturing overhead was $220,000. What were the total manufacturing costs incurred for the month? A. $530,000 B. $965,000 C. $745,000 D. $635,000

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    Chapter 01 - Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts 1 - 15 58. How much opportunity cost is represented in the following information concerning a machine? A. $80,000 B. $14,000 C. $25,000 D. $68,000 Corcetti Company manufactures and sells prewashed denim jeans. Large rolls of denim cloth are purchased and are first washed in a giant washing machine. After the cloth is dried, it is cut up into jean pattern shapes and then sewn together. The completed jeans are sold to various retail chains. 59. Which of the following terms could be used to correctly describe the cost of the soap used to wash the denim cloth? A. A B. B C. C D. D

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