4.1 Tutorial Questions 1
4.1 Tutorial Questions 1
4.1 Tutorial Questions 1
1- Managerial accounting is an activity that helps managers determine costs of products and
services, plan future activities, and compare actual to planned results. T
2- Control is the process of setting goals and determining ways to achieve them. F
3- Managerial accounting provides financial and nonfinancial information to an organization's
managers and other internal decision makers. T
4- Costs are important to managers because they impact both the financial position and
profitability of a business. T
5- Managerial accounting reports and information are used by external users and financial
accounting by internal users. T
6- Both financial and managerial accounting rely on accepted principles that are enforced
through an extensive set of rules and guidelines. F
7- Both financial and managerial accounting affect user’s decisions and actions. T
8- Direct materials are not easily traced to a product. F
9- Total variable costs change in proportion to changes in the volume of activity. T
10- Variable costs per unit change in proportion to changes in the volume of activity. F
11- Product costs can refer to expenditures necessary to finish products and to the
administrative support during the time period. F
12- Period costs can refer to expenditures necessary to finish products during the time period.
F
13- Product costs are capitalized as inventory on the balance sheet and period costs are
expensed on the income statement. T
14- Product costs can be classified as one of three types: direct materials, direct labor, or
overhead. T
15- Manufacturers usually have three inventories: raw materials, work in process, and
finished goods. T
Feedback: Beginning Finished Goods + Cost of Goods Manufactured – Ending Finished Goods = Cost
of Goods Sold; $14,600 + $32,500 – $17,800 = $29,300
22- A manufacturing company has a beginning finished goods inventory of $28,300, cost of
goods manufactured of $58,500, and an ending finished goods inventory of $27,600. The
cost of goods sold for this company is:
A.$114,400.
B. $57,800.
C. $2,600.
D. $86,100.
E. $59,200.
Feedback: Beginning Finished Goods + Cost of Goods Manufactured – Ending Finished Goods = Cost of
Goods Sold; $28,300 + $58,500 – $27,600 = $59,200
23- Craigmont Company’s direct materials costs are $3,000,000, its direct labor costs total
$7,000,000, and its factory overhead costs total $5,000,000. Its prime costs total:
A. $10,000,000.
B. $8,000,000.
C. $12,000,000.
D. $5,000,000.
E. $15,000,000.
Feedback: Prime Costs = Direct Materials + Direct Labor; $3,000,000 + $7,000,000 = $10,000,000.
III- Excises
QS 1-1 Identify whether each description most likely applies to managerial (M) or financial
(F) accounting.
M
F
F
M
F
I
D
I
I
D
QS 1-5 Identify each of the following costs as either direct materials (DM), direct labor (DL), or factory
overhead (FO). The company manufactures tennis balls.
DM
— 1. Rubber used to form the cores
FO
— 2. Factory maintenance
DL
— 3. Wages paid to assembly workers
FO
— 4. Glue used in binding rubber cores to felt covers
— 5. Depreciation—Factory equipment
FO
QS 1-6 Identify each of the following costs as either a product cost (PROD) or a period cost (PER).
PROD PROD
PROD PROD
PROD PROD
Exercise 1-1 Indicate in the following chart the most likely source of information for each
business decision. Use M for managerial accounting information and F for financial
accounting information.
Exercise 1-2 Listed here are product costs for the production of soccer balls. Classify each cost
(a) as either variable (V) or fixed (F) and (b) as either direct (D) or indirect (I). What
patterns do you see regarding the relation between costs classified in these two ways?
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