Introduction Wrong or inaccurate measurements can lead to wrong decisions‚ which can have serious consequences‚ costing money and even lives. The human and financial consequences of wrong decisions based on poor measurement being taken in matters as important as environmental change and pollution are almost incalculable. It is important therefore to have reliable and accurate measurements which are agreed and accepted by the relevant authorities worldwide. Metrologists are therefore continuously
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Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________ Quiz 7 1) Which of the following involves significant financial investments in projects to develop new products‚ expand production capacity‚ or remodel current production facilities? A) capital budgeting B) working capital C) master budgeting D) project-cost budgeting Answer: A Diff: 1 Terms: capital budgeting Objective: 1 AACSB: Reflective thinking 2) The two factors capital budgeting emphasizes are:
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Theory The first experiment focused on the concept of errors and uncertainties that are obtained during measurements. For an experiment to be successful‚ especially those that involve measurements‚ the number of significant figures must be known. Significant figures are the digits required to express a measured quantity and thus reflect the accuracy of the measurement. Uncertainty is defined as the smallest increment that can be measured and is defined by the instrument used. An error is defined
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1. Several types of entities provide financial information to a variety of external users. Our primary focus in this book is on the financial information that profit-oriented companies provide to present and potential investors and to creditors. These profit-oriented companies also provide financial information that is used by financial intermediaries such as financial analysts‚ stockbrokers‚ mutual fund managers‚ and credit rating agencies. Not-for-profit organizations also provide financial
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Cost Accounting: In a broad aspects‚ Cost Accounting is a method of accounting in which all costs incurred in carrying out an activity or accomplishing a purpose are collected‚ classified‚ and recorded. This data is then summarized and analyzed to arrive at a selling price‚ or to determine where savings are possible. So Cost Accounting consists of the identification‚ measurement‚ collection‚ analysis‚ preparation‚ and communication of financial information For example‚ calculating the cost of product
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1. Human resource is an example of (an): (Points : 2) Unit-level activity. Batch-level activity. Product-level activity. Organization-sustaining activity. 2. Which of the following is not a limitation of activity-based costing? (Points : 2) Maintaining an activity-based costing system is more costly than maintaining a traditional direct labor-based costing system. Changing from a traditional direct labor-based costing system to an activity-based
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Puyricard Fine Chocolate. Puyricard is a premium chocolate-maker. It produces and sells fine handmade chocolates‚ calissons and confectionary through its own retail network (14 stores in France: 12 in Provence‚ 2 in Paris)‚ wholesales and website. It is the French leader for craft chocolate‚ with an annual production of 120 tons of chocolate and a turnover of 6‚9 million euros. The company is family-owned and run by the sons of the founders. It was created 40 years ago and the CEO‚ Tanguy Roelandts
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"What is responsibility accounting? Is it used at your current (or former) place of employment‚ and if not‚ would it work? Why‚ or why not?" According to allbusiness.com‚ responsibility accounting is defined as a “collection‚ summarization‚ and reporting of financial information about various decision centers (responsibility centers) throughout an organization” (allbusiness.com). The article also explains that responsibility accounting helps an organization trace costs‚ revenues and profits to
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1. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires that management of publicly traded companies: report on the adequacy of the company’s internal controls over financial reporting. use investment centers to evaluate top managers. compensate managers with fixed compensation plans only. eliminate stock options for managerial compensation. 2. In general‚ there is a direct relationship between the quality of the information provided to managers and the quality of decisions
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Economics and Finance‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 2‚ August‚ 2010 2010-023X Factors Influencing Activity-Based Costing Success: A Research Framework Zhang Yi Fei and Che Ruhana Isa becoming more and more popular [3-7] ABC aims to provide accurate costing information to managers to allocate activity costs to products and services by applying cost drivers [8]. Academics who advocate ABC‚ such as‚ Cooper and Kaplan [9]‚ and Swenson [10] argue that it provides more accurate cost data needed to make appropriate
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