Test Bank for Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis 5th

Which of the following are strategic decisions?

1. A) Match quality of goods to price customers are willing to pay.
2. B) Seek sources of competitive advantage.
3. C) Describe the opportunities employees should seek.
4. D) Choose how to compete in the long-term.
5. E) All of the above


The value chain is the

1. A) sequence of functions in which value is added at specific target areas of
improvement.
2. B) sequence of business functions in which customer usefulness is added to
the products or services of an organization.
3. C) sequence of business functions in which value is deducted from the
products or services of an organization.
4. D) process by which products and services are critiqued for their value.
5. E) sequence of business functions in which value is proportionately added to
the products or services of an organization.
What aspect of business analysis focuses on the sequence of business
functions?

1. A) value chain
2. B) research and development
3. C) quality
4. D) product design
5. E) customer service
Which of the following is FALSE concerning the value chain of business

functions?

1. A) Senior managers from individual parts of the value chain have a
responsibility in deciding on the organization's overall strategy.
2. B) The value chain includes all activities from the idea stage through to
providing support to customers.
3. C) An organization can realize gains from having individual parts of the value
chain work concurrently.


4. D) Managers should always proceed sequentially through the value chain,
since distribution for example cannot occur before production is completed.
5. E) Senior managers from individual parts of the value chain have a
responsibility in deciding on the how resources are to be obtained and used,
and how rewards are to be given
When a company works with its supplier to reduce material-handling costs,
this is an example of

1. A) a key success factor.
2. B) total value-chain or supply chain analysis.
3. C) the customer-driven approach.
4. D) a conflict of interest.
5. E) a strategic marketing focus.
Determining the number of components to put into a computer monitor is an
example of which of the following value chain functions?

1. A) distribution
2. B) production
3. C) marketing
4. D) research and development

5. E) design of products, services, and processes
Developing a new website to display and demonstrate the company's
products would be part of which value chain function?

1. A) distribution
2. B) research and development


3. C) design of products, services, and processes
4. D) production
5. E) marketing
Customer response time describes

1. A) the speed at which we respond to our customers' requests.
2. B) the speed at which our competitors respond to our customers' requests.
3. C) the speed at which our customers respond to our competitors' requests.
4. D) the speed at which our customers respond to our requests.
5. E) None of the above
To be successful a company should be

1. A) management driven.
2. B) customer driven.
3. C) executive driven.
4. D) employee driven.
5. E) "driven" by the board of directors.
There is many aspects of a company that managers should focus on. Which of
the following is not a key success factor for managers in terms of today's
customer satisfaction?

1. A) ensuring that cost and quality don't change

2. B) more reliable delivery dates
3. C) increased quality


4. D) innovative products and services.
5. E) reduced costs
R&D, production, and customer service are business functions that are all
included as part of

1. A) the company strategy.
2. B) benchmarking.
3. C) the supply chain.
4. D) marketing.
5. E) the value chain.
The value chain is the sequence of business functions in which

1. A) value is proportionately added to the products or services of an
organization.
2. B) usefulness is added to the products or services of an organization.
3. C) value is deducted from the products or services of an organization.
4. D) rational experimentation is performed to enhance product compatibility.
5. E) products and services are evaluated with respect to their value to the
supply chain.
Whose perceptions of the company's products or services are the most
important to the manager?

1. A) customers' perception
2. B) president's perception
3. C) competitors' perception



4. D) board of directors' perception
5. E) stockholders' perception
A budget is defined as

1. A) the quantitative expression of a plan and an aid in controlling income.
2. B) an aid in coordinating and implementing a plan.
3. C) the qualitative expression of a plan.
4. D) the quantitative expression of a plan of action by management.
5. E) an aid in controlling income.
Understanding the reasons for any difference between actual results and
budgeted amounts is an important aspect of

1. A) extended value-chain analysis.
2. B) kaizen management.
3. C) management by exception.
4. D) management by perception.
5. E) forecasting for the next accounting period.
Which of the following is a major benefit of utilizing a budgeting system?

1. A) Once a successful budget is developed, it can be re-used year after year.
2. B) It forces coordination and communication
3. C) It always results in more profitable decisions.
4. D) It is easier for managers than traditional decision-making models.
5. E) It saves costs by utilizing historical data to make projections.


Once a plan is implemented, the control process

1. A) ensures that managers follow the pre-existing plan.

2. B) should allow the originating manager(s) to keep lower-level managers from
making changes.
3. C) requires top management permission to change.
4. D) should be followed rigidly.
5. E) should be flexible.
A well-conceived plan allows managers to have the ability to

1. A) underestimate the costs so that actual operating results will be favourable
when comparisons are made.
2. B) take advantage of unforeseen opportunities.
3. C) stay with the pre-existing plan when things start to change for the better.
4. D) leave the system and let the plan continue on its own.
5. E) stay the course regardless of the outcome.
A variance is considered to be

1. A) the difference allowed in the current production costs.
2. B) the difference between the original budget and the final adjusted budget.
3. C) the difference between the historical cost and the current cost.
4. D) the difference between budgeted amounts and actual results.
5. E) the difference between current operating costs and last year's operating
costs.


Which of the following is not a use of feedback, from a manager's
perspective?

1. A) to improve past performances
2. B) to predict future events
3. C) to search for alternative ways of reaching goals
4. D) changes the reward system

5. E) to change goals
Changes in the way managers run their departments often force them to reevaluate the design and operation of the

1. A) financial accounting system.
2. B) management accounting system.
3. C) current decision-making process.
4. D) performance appraisal system.
5. E) security system.
Management accountants' responsibilities concentrate on

1. A) comparing the financial advantages of alternatives.
2. B) financing the purchase of fixed assets.
3. C) external reporting.
4. D) internal auditing of multi-divisional units.
5. E) scorekeeping, attention-directing or the problem-solving function.


________ is responsible for accumulating and reporting reliable results to all
levels of management.

1. A) Scorekeeping
2. B) Problem solving
3. C) Attention directing
4. D) An accounting system
5. E) Management accounting
Which of the following lists a scorekeeping activity first, followed by an
attention-directing activity, followed by a problem-solving activity?

1. A) recording sales, comparing the financial advantages of leasing a fleet of
vehicles, and highlighting rapidly growing markets where the company may

be under funding its investment
2. B) recording purchases from vendors, purchase returns and accounts payable
3. C) recording sales, highlighting rapidly growing markets where the company
may be under-funding its investment, and comparing the financial
advantages of leasing a fleet of vehicles
4. D) recording sales to customers, explaining ways to avoid cost overruns, and
recording purchases from vendors
5. E) recording sales to customers, customer returns, and accounts receivable
________ means reporting and interpreting information that helps managers to
focus on operating problems, imperfections, inefficiencies, and
opportunities.

1. A) Problem-solving
2. B) Scorekeeping
3. C) Budgeting


4. D) Attention-directing
5. E) Planning
________ is the aspect of accounting that quantifies the likely results of
possible courses of action and often recommends the best course to
follow.

1. A) Scorekeeping
2. B) Controlling
3. C) Record keeping
4. D) Attention-directing
5. E) Problem-solving
Preparation of a monthly report comparing the actual phone bill with the
expected phone costs would be classified as


1. A) controlling.
2. B) problem-solving.
3. C) scorekeeping.
4. D) planning.
5. E) attention-directing.
The method recommended for a management accountant in dealing with a
resource-allocation decision is

1. A) management by exception.
2. B) cost-benefit approach.
3. C) analysis based on feedback.


4. D) total value chain analysis.
5. E) variance analysis approach.
The primary criterion for choosing among alternative accounting systems
is

1. A) cost minimization.
2. B) improving information flow.
3. C) achievement of organizational goals.
4. D) reduction in the amount of time required to perform a particular job.
5. E) how well they help achieve organizational goals in relation to the costs
incurred for these systems.
The primary reason for implementing a new budgeting system for an
organization is

1. A) the historical costs will be recaptured.
2. B) the relative expected benefits of the new system exceed its costs.

3. C) managers' need for more information for variance analysis.
4. D) the expected benefits exceed the costs of the old system.
5. E) managers' need for more information in making better purchasing
decisions.
An example of a Staff management function would be

1. A) determining that new equipment is required.
2. B) ensuring that environmental standards are met.
3. C) developing quality standards for production.


4. D) being responsible for attaining a set level of plant income.
5. E) preparing operating cost estimates for proposed new equipment.
The person(s) directly responsible for the attainment of organizational
objectives is/are

1. A) the chief financial officer.
2. B) the internal auditor.
3. C) both staff and line management.
4. D) staff management.
5. E) line management.
As teamwork has become more prominent in the last few years, the
traditional distinctions between staff and line management

1. A) has diminished.
2. B) has become less clear cut in the employee reward system.
3. C) has become more important relative to promotions.
4. D) has increased.
5. E) has only been evident in the employee reward system.
The ________ is also called the chief financial officer.


1. A) controller
2. B) treasurer
3. C) finance director
4. D) chief executive


5. E) internal auditor
Which of the following is the financial executive primarily responsible for both
management and financial accounting?

1. A) internal auditor
2. B) treasurer
3. C) chief financial officer
4. D) external auditor
5. E) controller
Which of the following individuals focuses on reporting and interpreting
relevant financial information used to manage the company?

1. A) controller
2. B) accounting manager
3. C) line management
4. D) chief financial officer
5. E) treasurer
Corporate social responsibility is

1. A) the mandatory integration by companies of social and environmental
concerns into their business operation.
2. B) codified in international trade agreements.
3. C) the voluntary integration by companies of social and environmental

concerns into their business operation.
4. D) legislated by government and enforced by the courts.


5. E) the same as code of ethics passed by the board of governors of a
company.
What is the professional designation for management accountants?

1. A) Certified Financial Executive
2. B) Certified General Accountant
3. C) Certified Management Accountant
4. D) Chartered Accountant
5. E) Chartered Management Accountant
Professional ethics for a Certified Management Accountant in Canada were
established by

1. A) the CIMA.
2. B) the CICA.
3. C) the SMAC.
4. D) the CGAC.
5. E) the FASB.
The Code of Professional Ethics for management accountants includes
concepts related to

1. A) clarity in reports.
2. B) responsibilities to disseminate accounting knowledge to the general public.
3. C) the overriding requirement of loyalty to your employer/client.
4. D) protecting the image of the association by never divulging apparently
unethical conducts by another member.



5. E) responsibility, fairness, confidentiality, and independence.
Which of the following would likely not constitute a breach of ethics for a
management accountant?

1. A) to consider disclosing confidential information in order to further your own
career
2. B) to omit pertinent information from a report because it is unfavourable to
you
3. C) to report the unethical actions of another party, with the expectation that
this will further your own career
4. D) to profit personally from confidential information obtained from your
client / employer (eg sell shares based on confidential information that the
share value will decline soon)
5. E) to consider disclosing confidential information (ie gained from a third
party) in order to assist your employer / client.
Ethical issues would include all of the following EXCEPT

1. A) dealing with a supervisor's instructions to carry out an unethical act.
2. B) being aggressive in arguing for increased compensation for yourself.
3. C) conflicts of interest.
4. D) manipulation of financial statement results in order to help your employer
and save co-workers jobs.
5. E) not admitting past mistakes.
Management accounting is guided by generally accepted accounting
principles.

1. True
2. False



Managerial accounting and cost accounting both measure and report financial
and non-financial information relating to the cost of acquiring or utilizing
resources.

1. True
2. False
Cost accounting provides information for both management and financial
accounting.

1. True
2. False
Management accountants are not required to follow the generally accepted
accounting principles that are used for external financial reporting when
preparing reports for internal users.

1. True
2. False
Managers typically receive reports on cost planning and controls that should
be considered for internal use only.

1. True
2. False
There are three (3) basic business strategies; low cost, premium products,
and customer satisfaction.

1. True
2. False



Companies with a strategy of low prices compete on their ability to offer
unique new products or services that are priced higher than their
competition.

1. True
2. False
In the value chain, Research and Development generates and experiments
with new ideas related to new products.

1. True
2. False
The value chain includes the following functions: research and development;
design of products, services, or processes; production; marketing;
distribution; customer service; and management satisfaction.

1. True
2. False
In the value chain, Research and Development is the detailed planning and
engineering of products, services, or processes.

1. True
2. False
There are 8 business functions in the value chain.

1. True
2. False


Value chain and supply chain are two (2) terms describing the same set of
business functions.


1. True
2. False
Sub-contracting a business function is part of supply chain management.

/T
Customers are expecting higher levels of quality and are less tolerant of low
quality than in the past.

1. True
2. False

/T
Key success factors directly affect customer satisfaction, such as quality,
time, and innovative products and services.

1. True
2. False

/T
A budget is a quantitative expression of a proposed plan of action by
management.

1. True
2. False


/T
Information used to project budgeted amounts does not include non-financial
information.


1. True
2. False

/T
Planning is choosing goals, predicting results under various alternative ways
of achieving those goals, and then deciding how to attain the desired
goals.

1. True
2. False

/T
Management by exception concentrates on improving areas that are
operating as expected.

1. True
2. False

/T
Control includes the performance evaluation of personnel and operations.

1. True
2. False

/T


Variance refers to the difference between planned and budgeted
amounts.


1. True
2. False

/T
The problem-solving function is the accumulation of data and reporting
reliable results to all levels of management.

1. True
2. False

/T
Scorekeeping, attention directing, and problem solving abilities are three of
the most important functions of management accountants.

1. True
2. False

/T
As users of the information produced by management accounting systems,
managers are forced to revaluate the design and operation of these
systems.

1. True
2. False

/T


The cost-benefit approach is the primary consideration for choosing amongst

alternatives.

1. True
2. False

/T
Line management exists to provide advice and assistance to staff
departments.

1. True
2. False

/T
The controller is also called the CFO.

1. True
2. False

/T
An accountant, as a member of a professional organization, must follow only
those ethical requirements as are prescribed by the organization they belong
to, such as the Society of Management Accountants of Canada.

1. True
2. False

/T


CMA's are required to follow the formal codes of ethical conduct provided by

the Accounting Standards Board.

1. True
2. False

/T
A profession is distinguished by certain characteristics. "An outlook that is
essentially objective" is not one of these characteristics.

1. True
2. False

/T
In what way do managers benefit from the use of a database, or "data
warehouse"?

1. A) Data can be entered at numerous input terminals within the organization.
2. B) Managers can store old documents in hard copy.
3. C) The managers could combine or adjust these data to answer the questions
from particular internal and external users.
4. D) The managers would not be completely responsible for the information
that is entered into the database system.
5. E) Managers could generate their own reports.

/T
Financial accounting is concerned primarily with

1. A) providing analysis to facilitate long term decision making.



2. B) providing information for strategic and tactical decisions.
3. C) external reporting to investors, government authorities, etc.
4. D) cost planning and cost controls.
5. E) profitability analysis.

/T
The text identifies six ways to classify the major differences between
Management and Financial Accounting. The "managers of the organization" is
an example of which of the following classes of differences?

1. A) Focus and emphasis
2. B) Rules of measurement and reporting
3. C) Time span and type of reports
4. D) Primary users
5. E) Purpose of information

/T
The text identifies six ways to classify the major differences between
Management and Financial Accounting. The statement "Varies from hourly to
15 to 20 years" is an example of which of the following classes of
differences?

1. A) Purpose of information
2. B) Primary users
3. C) Rules of measurement and reporting
4. D) Time span and type of reports
5. E) Focus and emphasis

/T



The text identifies six ways to classify the major differences between
Management and Financial Accounting. The statement "Past oriented (reports
on 2010 performance prepared in 2011)" is an example of which of the
following classes?

1. A) Focus and emphasis
2. B) Purpose of information
3. C) Rules of measurement and reporting
4. D) Time span and type of reports
5. E) Primary users

/T
The text identifies six ways to classify the major differences between
Management and Financial Accounting. The statement "Communicate
organization's financial position to external users" is an example of which of
the following classes?

1. A) Primary users
2. B) Purpose of information
3. C) Focus and emphasis
4. D) Rules of measurement and reporting
5. E) Time span and type of reports

/T
Which of the following is not something management accountants should do
to satisfy their users?

1. A) consider financial as well as non-financial measures



2. B) continuously strives to provide better quality information faster, and at a
lower cost
3. C) provide specialized information that given users can use
4. D) provides relevant information efficiently and on a timely basis
5. E) focus exclusively on internal users

/T
"Cost management" describes

1. A) actions by managers to satisfy customers while maintaining current cost
levels.
2. B) the satisfaction of customers' needs.
3. C) the actions by managers to increase value for customers while
continuously reducing and controlling costs.
4. D) the identification of excessive costs in the production process.
5. E) ensuring all costs remains constant.

/T
Do you agree that prior management decisions affect cost management?

1. A) Yes. Managers should always follow prior management decisions, for
example, in the determination of the EOQ.
2. B) No. Managers should ignore prior management decisions.
3. C) Yes. Prior management decisions can affect any area of the business
operations, and commit the organization to the subsequent or continued
incurrence of costs in such areas as material handling, and plant
construction, for example.
4. D) Yes. The only prior management decisions that can affect cost
management going forward, are concerned with employee wages. All other

decisions can be changed.