Question 1

The cost system of Charlton Frabricators indicates that a product cost $30 to make in house. Of that $30 cost, $7 consists of plant costs that have already been paid for. A supplier proposes to make the same product for $26 but Charlton's plant will have idle time and because of budgetary constraints, will not be retooled to take advantage of that idle time. Should the product be outsourced to the supplier?

Accepted Answer

A)   No because the relevant cost for making the product is only $23 .
B)   Yes because the Supplier can produce the product for $4.00 less per unit than Charlton can.
C)   Yes because the Supplier can produce the product for $11.00 less per unit than Charlton can.
D)   No because the plant can be utilized for other purposes and either save the company even more money or produce additional revenue.

Question 2

What are the factors that affect the classification of a cost as direct or indirect?

Accepted Answer

Several factors affect whether a cost is...

Question 3

What is the cost of goods manufactured for 2018?

Accepted Answer

A)   $404,000
B)   $399,000
C)   $301,000
D)   $311,000

Question 4

Period costs are included in the cost of goods sold.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Idle time wages consists of the wages paid to all workers (for both direct labor and indirect labor) in excess of their straight-time wage rates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Management accountants help managers identify what information is relevant and what information is
irrelevant that help in decision making.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A cost driver is a variable, such as the level of activity or volume that causally affects costs over a given time span.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Cost drivers casually affect total costs of a cost object over a given time span.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The most likely cost driver of direct labor costs is the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   number of machine setups for the product
B)   number of miles driven
C)   number of production hours
D)   number of machine hours

Question 10

Variable costs per unit vary with the level of production or sales volume.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Period costs ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   include only fixed costs
B)   seldom influence financial success or failure
C)   include the cost of selling, delivering, and after-sales support for customers
D)   should be treated as an indirect cost rather than as a direct manufacturing cost

Question 12

For a manufacturing company, indirect manufacturing costs would be included in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   direct materials inventory only
B)   merchandise inventory only
C)   both work-in-process inventory and finished goods inventory
D)   direct materials inventory, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods inventory accounts

Question 13

Ridez Manufacturing currently produces 4,000 bicycles per month. The following per unit data apply for sales to regular customers:

The plant has capacity for 6,000 bicycles and is considering expanding production to 5,000 bicycles. What is the per unit cost of producing 5,000 bicycles?

Accepted Answer

A)   $91.80 per unit
B)   $111.25 per unit
C)   $69.80 per unit
D)   $86.20 per unit

Question 14

Cost assignment ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   includes future and arbitrary costs
B)   associates accumulated costs with certain cost objects
C)   is the same as cost accumulation
D)   is the difference between budgeted and actual costs

Question 15

Costs expensed on the income statement in the accounting period incurred are called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   direct costs
B)   indirect costs
C)   period costs
D)   inventoriable costs

Question 16

Which of the following might explain why one manager might assign certain costs to a cost object while a different manager might assign some different costs to that same cost object?

Accepted Answer

A)   one manager might classify one cost as direct while another might classify that same cost as indirect
B)   For financial statement purposes, one manager might include all the costs of the value chain while the other might only only include GAAP cost
C)   one manager might value an inventory item for the balance sheet as the sum of all the value chain costs while another manager might choose to only recognize variable costs as inventoribale costs for GAAP purposes.
D)   one manager might be pricing a cost object while the other manager might be seeking the inventoriable cost

Question 17

A cost system determines the cost of a cost object by ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   accumulating and then assigning costs
B)   accumulating costs
C)   assigning and then accumulating costs
D)   assigning costs

Question 18

A unit cost is computed by ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   multiplying total cost by the number of units produced
B)   dividing total cost by the number of units produced
C)   dividing variable cost by the number of units produced
D)   dividing fixed cost by the number of units produced

Question 19

Using the following information find the unknown amounts. Assume each set of information is an independent case.

Accepted Answer

a.Ending balance of merchandise inventor...

Question 20

Pederson Company reported the following:

What is the average manufacturing cost per unit?

Accepted Answer

A)   $11.20
B)   $11.00
C)   $22.00
D)   $22.40

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For a manufacturing company, indirect manufacturing costs would be included in ________.

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Period costs are included in the cost of goods sold.

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A cost driver is a variable, such as the level of activity or volume that causally affects costs over a given time span.

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Ridez Manufacturing currently produces 4,000 bicycles per month. The following per unit data apply for sales to regular customers: The plant has capacity for 6,000 bicycles and is considering expanding production to 5,000 bicycles. What is the per unit cost of producing 5,000 bicycles?

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Cost assignment ________.

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Which of the following might explain why one manager might assign certain costs to a cost object while a different manager might assign some different costs to that same cost object?

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What is the cost of goods manufactured for 2018?

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Management accountants help managers identify what information is relevant and what information is irrelevant that help in decision making.

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Cost drivers casually affect total costs of a cost object over a given time span.

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A cost system determines the cost of a cost object by ________.

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Pederson Company reported the following: What is the average manufacturing cost per unit?

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Variable costs per unit vary with the level of production or sales volume.

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What are the factors that affect the classification of a cost as direct or indirect?

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Several factors affect whether a cost is...
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Cost drivers casually affect total costs of a cost object over a given time span.

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Pederson Company reported the following: What is the average manufacturing cost per unit?

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What are the factors that affect the classification of a cost as direct or indirect?

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