a) COST ACCOUNTING Cost accounting system is the part of management accounting that makes budget‚ actual cost of operations‚ analysis of variance and profitability of social use of funds. Cost accounting helps the manager in decision making regarding the reduction of the cost of the company and in improving the profitability. Cost accounting system is primarily used for internal managers therefore it does not need to follow the standards of GAAP. Cost accounting is also considered very important
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summary of the contents of the document.] compaq [Type the company name] [Pick the date] Contents Concept of Cost Accounting……………………………………………………………………03 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………..03 Traditional costing v/s activity based costing…………………………………………………..04 Need for an Activity Based Costing……………………………………………………………06 Stages in Activity Based Costing……………………………………………………………....08 Cost Drivers…………………………………………………………………………………….09 Classification of activities………………………………………………………………...……10 Steps
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Cost Accounting Role Cost accounting is valuable to an organization if it significantly improves the decision making process within the organization by providing accurate and timely input regarding the cost behavior in organizations. Generally based on standard accounting practices‚ cost accounting is one of the tools that managers utilize to determine what type and how much expenses is involved with maintaining the current business model. At the same time‚ the principles of cost accounting
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ADVANTAGES OF COST ACCOUNTING 1. Fixation of responsibility: Whenever a cost center is established‚ it implies establishing a kind of relationship between superior and subordinates. Thus responsibilities are fixed on every individual who is concerned with incurrence of cost. 2. Measures economic performance: By applying cost control techniques such as budgetary control and standard costing it helps in assisting the performance of business. 3. Fixation of price: By providing cost data it
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CHAPTER 8 SECTION 1: CONTINUOUS PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following represents a difference between continuous and discrete random variables? a. Continuous random variables assume an uncountable number of values‚ and discrete random variables do not. b. The probability for any individual value of a continuous random variable is zero‚ but for discrete random variables it is not. c. Probability for continuous random variables means finding the area under a
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James A. Senn’s Information Technology‚ 3rd Edition Chapter 1 Information Technology: Principles‚ Practices‚ and Opportunities Senn‚ Information Technology‚ 3rd Edition © 2004 Pearson Prentice Hall 1 Objectives • Describe the six characteristics of the Information Age and discuss the role of information technology as the principal tool of the Information Age. • Explain the three primary components of information technology. • Identify the six information-handling functions and the four benefits
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Implement the decision‚ evaluate performance‚ and learn An example of interdependencies include absenteeism/low employee morale and increased labour costs. 11‐2 Relevant costs are expected future costs that differ among the alternative courses of action being considered. Historical costs are irrelevant because they are past costs and‚ therefore‚ cannot differ among alternative future courses of action. 11‐3 Quantitative factors are outcomes that are measured in numerical
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TEST QUESTIONS: Questions 1-3 refer to the following: The following selected data for March were taken from Rubenstein Company’s financial statements: Cost of goods available for sale Manufacturing overhead Cost of goods manufactured Finished goods inventory ‑ ending Direct materials used Sales Selling and administrative expenses Direct labor Work in process inventory ‑ beginning $ 65‚000 20‚000 51‚000 10‚000 15‚000 105‚000 30‚000 20‚000 0 1. The gross
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Test Bank—Chapter One (Data Representation) Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which of the following Boolean operations produces the output 1 for the fewest number of input patterns? A. AND B. OR C. XOR ANSWER: A 2. Which of the following best describes the NOR operation? A. An XOR followed by a NOT B. An OR followed by a NOT C. A NOT followed by a NOT C. An AND followed by a NOT ANSWER: B 3. Which of the following bit patterns cannot be expressed in hexadecimal
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expected to persist in the future. The company uses the CAPM to calculate its cost of equity‚ and its target capital structure consists of common stock‚ preferred stock‚ and debt. Which of the following events would REDUCE its WACC? a. The market risk premium declines. b. The flotation costs associated with issuing new common stock increase. c. The company’s beta increases. d. Expected inflation increases. e. The flotation costs associated with issuing preferred stock increase. __c__ 2. Duval Inc
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