Managerial Accounting: The Cornerstone of Business Decision-Making
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ISBN: 9781337115773
Author: Maryanne M. Mowen, Don R. Hansen, Dan L. Heitger
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Chapter 3, Problem 13MCQ
The total cost for monthly supervisory cost in a factory is $4,500 regardless of how many hours the supervisor works or the quantity of output achieved. This cost
- a. is strictly variable.
- b. is strictly fixed.
- c. is a mixed cost.
- d. is a step cost.
- e. cannot be determined from this information.
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1.) Cost behavior is considered linear whenever a straight line is a reasonable approximation for the relation between cost and activity.
A. True
B. False
2.) Which of the following is an example of a cost that is variable with respect to the number of units produced?
A. rent on administrative office building
B. rent on factory building
C. Salaries of top marketing executives
D. direct labor cost, where the direct labor force is adjusted to actual production of
the period
3.) Fixed costs are constant in total amount over the relevant range of operations.
A. True
B. False
4.) The cost function derived by the simple least squares method:
A. must be tested for minimum and maximum points.
B. is parabolic.
C. is linear.
D. is curvilinear.
Given the following information, determine the product cost of one unit: Direct Materials = $60; Direct labor = $10; Apply Overhead based on $2 per Direct Labor hour; Direct labor hours is 4 hours per unit.
a. $70 per unit
b. $80 per unit
c. $78 per unit
d. $85 per unit
Contribution margin is sales less:
a. Fixed overhead and fixed selling and administrative expenses
b. Variable Cost of goods sold and variable selling & administrative expenses
c. Variable selling and administrative expemses and Fixed selling and administrative expenses
d. variable cost of goods sold
An investment generates an operating income of $100,000, and the average operating assets are $400,000. What is the return on the investment?
a. 100%
b. 75%
c. 25%
d. 20%
Which of the following would be included in the cost of a product manufactured according to variable costing?
a.sales commissions
b.direct materials
c.interest expense
d.office supply costs
Another name for variable costing is:
a.indirect costing
b.process costing
c.direct costing
d.differential costing
If variable manufacturing costs are $15 per unit and total fixed manufacturing costs are $200,000, what is the manufacturing cost per unit if
a. 20,000 units are manufactured and the company uses the variable costing concept?
Chapter 3 Solutions
Managerial Accounting: The Cornerstone of Business Decision-Making
Ch. 3 - Prob. 1DQCh. 3 - What is a driver? Give an example of a cost and...Ch. 3 - Suppose a company finds that shipping cost is...Ch. 3 - Some firms assign mixed costs to either the fixed...Ch. 3 - Explain the difference between committed and...Ch. 3 - Explain why the concept of relevant range is...Ch. 3 - Why do mixed costs pose a problem when it comes to...Ch. 3 - Describe the cost formula for a strictly fixed...Ch. 3 - Describe the cost formula for a strictly variable...Ch. 3 - What is the scattergraph method, and why is it...
Ch. 3 - Describe how the scattergraph method breaks out...Ch. 3 - What are the advantages of the scattergraph method...Ch. 3 - Prob. 13DQCh. 3 - What is meant by the best-fitting line?Ch. 3 - What is the difference between the unit cost of a...Ch. 3 - Prob. 16DQCh. 3 - (Appendix 3A) Explain the meaning of the...Ch. 3 - A factor that causes or leads to a change in a...Ch. 3 - Which of the following would probably be a...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 3 - In the cost formula, the term 128,000,000 a. is...Ch. 3 - In the cost formula, the term 12,000 a. is the...Ch. 3 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 3 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 3 - The following cost formula for total purchasing...Ch. 3 - An advantage of the high-low method is that it a....Ch. 3 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 3 - Prob. 11MCQCh. 3 - Prob. 12MCQCh. 3 - The total cost for monthly supervisory cost in a...Ch. 3 - Yates Company shows the following unit costs for...Ch. 3 - (Appendix 3A) In the method of least squares, the...Ch. 3 - Creating and Using a Cost Formula Big Thumbs...Ch. 3 - Using High-Low to Calculate Fixed Cost, Calculate...Ch. 3 - Using High-Low to Calculate Predicted Total...Ch. 3 - Using High-Low to Calculate Predicted Total...Ch. 3 - Using Regression to Calculate Fixed Cost,...Ch. 3 - Inventory Valuation under Absorption Costing Refer...Ch. 3 - Inventory Valuation under Variable Costing Refer...Ch. 3 - Absorption-Costing Income Statement Refer to the...Ch. 3 - Variable-Costing Income Statement Refer to the...Ch. 3 - Creating and Using a Cost Formula Kleenaire Motors...Ch. 3 - Using High-Low to Calculate Fixed Cost, Calculate...Ch. 3 - Using High-Low to Calculate Predicted Total...Ch. 3 - Brief Exercise 3-28 Using High-Low to Calculate...Ch. 3 - Using Regression to Calculate Fixed Cost,...Ch. 3 - Inventory Valuation under Absorption Costing Refer...Ch. 3 - Inventory Valuation under Variable Costing Refer...Ch. 3 - Brief Exercise 3-32 Absorption-Costing Income...Ch. 3 - Brief Exercise 3-33 Variable-Costing Income...Ch. 3 - Variable and Fixed Costs What follows are a number...Ch. 3 - Cost Behavior, Classification Smith Concrete...Ch. 3 - Prob. 36ECh. 3 - Prob. 37ECh. 3 - Prob. 38ECh. 3 - Step Costs, Relevant Range Bellati Inc. produces...Ch. 3 - Matching Cost Behavior Descriptions to Cost...Ch. 3 - Examine the graphs in Exercise 3-40. Required: As...Ch. 3 - Prob. 42ECh. 3 - Prob. 43ECh. 3 - High-Low Method Refer to the information for Luisa...Ch. 3 - Scattergraph Method Refer to the information for...Ch. 3 - Method of Least Squares Refer to the information...Ch. 3 - Use the following information for Exercises 3-47...Ch. 3 - Use the following information for Exercises 3-47...Ch. 3 - Method of Least Squares, Developing and Using the...Ch. 3 - The method of least squares was used to develop a...Ch. 3 - Identifying the Parts of the Cost Formula;...Ch. 3 - Inventory Valuation under Absorption Costing...Ch. 3 - Inventory Valuation under Variable Costing Lane...Ch. 3 - Income Statements under Absorption and Variable...Ch. 3 - (Appendix 3A) Method of Least Squares Using...Ch. 3 - (Appendix 3A) Method of Least Squares Using...Ch. 3 - Identifying Fixed, Variable, Mixed, and Step Costs...Ch. 3 - Identifying Use of the High-Low, Scattergraph, and...Ch. 3 - Identifying Variable Costs, Committed Fixed Costs,...Ch. 3 - Scattergraph, High-Low Method, and Predicting Cost...Ch. 3 - Method of Least Squares, Predicting Cost for...Ch. 3 - Cost Behavior, High-Low Method, Pricing Decision...Ch. 3 - Prob. 63PCh. 3 - Variable and Fixed Costs, Cost Formula, High-Low...Ch. 3 - Cost Separation About 8 years ago, Kicker faced...Ch. 3 - Variable-Costing and Absorption-Costing Income...Ch. 3 - Refer to the information for Farnsworth Company...Ch. 3 - (Appendix 3A) Scattergraph, High-Low Method,...Ch. 3 - (Appendix 3A) Separating Fixed and Variable Costs,...Ch. 3 - (Appendix 3A) Cost Formulas, Single and Multiple...Ch. 3 - Suspicious Acquisition of Data, Ethical Issues...
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