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lesson 5

1.Expenses that are closely related to a particular department and can easily

be assigned to it during an accounting period are called _

expenses.

a.operating

b.indirect

c.allocated

d.direct

 

2.In a store with several sales departments, departmentalized accounts

would be used for:

a. sales only.

b. sales, purchases, and merchandise inventory.

c. sales and other income items only.

d.all expense accounts.

3.A department probably would be considered for elimination if it had a:

a.positive contribution margin and a net income from

operations.

b. positive contribution margin and a net loss from operations.

c.negative contribution margin and a net loss from operations.

d. net loss, regardless of the contribution margin.

 

4. The procedure for assigning indirect expenses to departments at the end

of an accounting period is called:

a. valuation.

b. amortization.

c.allocation.

d. distribution.

 

5.If a segment of business is considered a profit center:

a.it must sell products or services to customers outside the

business.

b.both revenue and cost data must be accumulated for the

segment.

c.no indirect expenses can be allocated to the segment.

d.only revenue is accumulated for the segment.

6.The contribution margin of a department is the difference between its:

sales and the total expenses.

sales and its cost of goods sold.

c.gross profit on sales and its indirect expenses.

d.gross profit on sales and its direct expenses.

7.A transfer price is the:

a.price for which a company sells its products to customers.

b.price at which goods are moved from one department of a company to anot~er

department of the company.

c. basis on \vhich indirect expenses are allocated.

d.price at which a company purchases its products from a

supplier.

8.Department B had net sales of $70,000, gross profit on sales of$35,000,

total direct expenses of $9,000, and total indirect expenses of $6,000.

Department B'g contribution margin is:

a.$20,000.

b.$29,000.

c.$26,000.

d.$35,000.

9.Department A had total sales of $84,000 and Department B had total sales

of$36,000. Other Office Expenses, totaling $2,500, are allocated on the

basis of total sales. The amount allocated to Department B is:

a.$750.

b.$1,750.

c.$1,250.

d.$1,071.

10.One department in a company had a contribution margin of $15,000 and a

net loss from opera'tions of $2,000. The indirect expenses allocated to this

department would have been incurred whether or not the department

existed. If this department had been eliminated, the company's reported

net income would have been:

a.$2,000 higher.

b.$15,000 lower.

c.$13,000 lower.

d. the same with or without the department.

11.The Balance Sheet of a manufacturing firm will include which account

that will NOT be included in the Balance Sheet of a service firm?

a. Cash

b.Accounts Payable

c. Prepaid insurance

d.Work in Process Inventory

 

12.Closing entries for a manufacturing firm include all of the following

EXCEPT:

a.transferring all manufacturing cost accounts to

Manufacturing Summary.

b.transferring a1l Revenue and Expense account balances to

Income Summary.

c.closing Manufacturing Summary to Income Summary.

d. closing Income Summaryto et Income.

 

13.Wages paid to the factory maintenance and repair personnel of a

manufacturing business are shown:

a.in the Operating Expenses section of the income statement

b.as Direct Labor on the statement of cost goods

manufactured.

c. as part of Manufacturing Overhead on the statement cost of

goods manu factu red.

d.as a part of the Cost of Goods Sold section of the income

statement.

 

14. The manufacturing costs incurred during the year are:

__a.shown by the expense accounts such as Wages Expense and

Utilities Expense that are listed in the Operating Expenses

section of the income statement.

__b.shown as Direct Labor, Raw Materials, and Manufacturing

Overhead in the Operating Expenses section of the income

statement.

__c.used in the computation of cost of goods manufactured.

__d.shown in the Cost of Goods Sold section of the income

statement.

15.Indirect labor fo~

a manufacturing business includes the wages of:

a. factory repair and maintenance employees.

__ b. employees who assemble the product.

c.employees who sell the product.

d. office employees.

16. Gross profit for a manufacturing business is computed by deducting:

__a. cost of goods sold from net sales.

__b. cost of goods manufactured from net sales.

__c. the ending finished goods inventory from the total goods

available for sale.

d. operating expenses from the costs of goods sold.

 

17.The three components of total manufacturing cost are:

a.cost of goods manufactured, cost of goods sold, and work in

process.

b.raw materials used, direct labor, and manufacturing

overhead.

__c.

selling expenses, administrative expenses, and

manufacturing overhead.

__d.raw materials used, direct labor, and cost of goods sold.

 

18.The cost of goods manufactured for a fiscal period is reported on:

__a. both the statement of cost of goods manufactured and the

income statement.

b. both the statement of the cost of goods manufactured and

the balance sheet.

c.both the income statement and the balance sheet.

d.the statement of cost of goods manufactured only.

19.The balance sheet of a manufacturing business shows:

a.the finished goods inventory and the cost of goods

manufactured.

b.the cost of goods manufactured rather than inventory

figures.

c.a single inventory figure-the amount of the finished goods

inventory.

d.the raw materials inventory, the work in process inventory,

and the finished goods inventory.

20.The Indirect Labor account is closed by crediting it and debiting:

a. Wages Payable.

b. income Summary.

c.Manufacturing Summary.

d.Wages Expense.

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lesson 8

 

1. Which of the following is NOT a step in the decision-making process?

a. Explore workable alternatives

b. Determine relevant cost and revenue data

c. . Consider appropriate non-financial factors

d. Make a decision

2. Which of the following is NOT a consideration when determining

whether to continue making a part or to buy that part?

a. Timing of the cash receipts and expenditures

b. Opportunity cost

c. Impact on employees

d. Sunk cost

3. Contribution margin is calculated by deducting:

a. variable costs from revenue.

b. variable costs and controllable fixed costs from revenue.

c. variable costs and common costs from revenue.

d. fixed costs from revenue.

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4. A segment of a business probably should be discontinued if:

__a.

its common costs exceed its contribution margin.

__b.

its contribution margin exceeds its controllable fixed costs

and its common costs.

__c.

it cannot produce a contribution margin.

__d. it has a net loss.

5. When direct costing is used, cost of goods sold reflects:

a. both variable and fixed manufacturing costs.

b.' variable manufacturing costs and variable selling and

administrative expenses.

c. variable manufacturing costs only.

d. fixed manufacturing costs only.

6. On an income statement prepared with a direct costing approach, the

excess of sales over the cost of goods sold, based on variable costs only, is

referred to as the:

a. marginal gross profit on sales.

b. manufacturing margin.

c. marginal income on sales.

d. contribution margin.

 

7. Fixed manufacturing costs are written off as current expenses of the

period in which they occurred when using costing.

a.direct

b. standard

c. absorption

d. differential

8. Which inventory costing system is NOT acceptable for financial reporting

purposes?

a. Absorption costing

b. Direct costing

c. Standard costing

d. Variable costing

9. Which of the following would NOT be relevant to a decision about

whether to continue making a part or whether to buy it from an outside

supplier?

a. Alternative uses for the plant where the part was produced

if the part is purchased

b. A fee previously spent for design ofthe part

c. The variable costs of making the part

__d. The number of additional employees needed to make the part

 

 

10. A company has sales of $100,000, ending finished goods inventory of

$9,000, variable manufacturing costs of $50,000, and fixed manufacturing

costs of $28,000 for the year. Assuming the company uses direct costing,

the manufacturing margin for the year is:

a. $22,000.

b. $31,000.

c $59,000.

d. $13,000.

11. A segment of a business reported a contribution margin of $36,000 and

controllable fixed costs of $12,000. If the segment had been eliminated, the

company-wide net income would have been:

a. $12,000 higher.

b. $24,000 lower.

c $36,000 lower.

d. $24,000 higher.

12. If a decision must be made to close a warehouse, non-refundable prepaid

rent on the warehouse is a(n) cost.

__3. opportunity

__b. common

c. sunk

d. variable

 

13. When the balance in ending finished goods inventory increases, net

income under absorption costing is:

a. lower than under direct costing.

b. higher than under direct costing.

c. the same under direct costing.

d. unaffected by the increase.

14. Which of the following is the first step in the decision-making process?

a. Evaluate the cost and revenue data

b. Identify workable alternatives

c. Define the problem

d. Consider appropriate nonfinancial factors

15. Which of the following is NOT a consideration regarding a special order?

a. If the company has sufficient capacity

b. If the special order jeopardized sales to existing customers

c. Federal laws regarding the price

d. Whether employee morale would be affected

 

16. Which of the following cost amounts can be found in a firm's accounting

records?

a. Opportunity costs

b. Differential costs

c. Incremental costs

d. Sunk costs

17. Costs that are not directly traceable to a specific segment of a business are

called costs.

a. sunk

b. common

c. fixed

d. incremental

18. Which of the following is NOT true of the direct costing procedure?

__a. Variable and fixed costs are considered as part of the cost of

goods manufactured.

__b. The cost of goods sold, based solely on variable costs, is

subtracted from net sales to arrive at the manufacturing

margin.

c. Variable selling expenses are deducted from the

manufacturing margin.

d. Variable administrative expenses are deducted from the

manufacturing margin.

 

19. Data for a firm's first year of operation is given below. The firm uses

absorption costing.

Units produced (no work in process) 6,000

Units sold 5,000

Units in ending inventory of finished goods 1,000

Sales price for each unit $75

Variable manufacturing costs for each unit

manufactured $30

Variable selling and admin. expenses for each unit sold $16

Fixed manufacturing costs for the year $90,000

Fixed selling and admin. expenses for the year $65,000

The cost of the goods sold for the year is:

a. $270,000.

b. $225,000.

c. $150,000.

d. $45,000.

 

20. Data for a firm's first year of operation is given below. The firm uses

direct costing.

Units produced (no work in process) 6,000

Units sold 5,000

Units in ending inventory of finished goods 1,000

Sales price for each unit $75

Variable manufacturing costs for each unit manufactured $30

Variable selling and admin. expenses for each unit sold $16

Fixed manufacturing costs for the year $90,000

Fixed selling and admin. expenses fOf the year $65,000

The cost of the goods sold for the year is:

__a. $270,000.

__b. $225,000.

__c. $150,000.

__d. $45,000

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