ACG 4341 - Review Sheet - Spring 2012 Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Which of the following defines variable cost behavior? Total cost reactionto increase in activity|Cost per unit reactionto increase in activity| a.|remains constant remains constant| b.|remains constant increases| c.|increases increases| d.|increases
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Chapter 2 1. A conceptual framework is a coherent system of interrelated objectives and fundamentals that can lead to consistent standards and that prescribes the nature‚ function‚ and limits of financial accounting and financial statements. A conceptual framework is necessary in financial accounting for the following reasons: (1) It enables the FASB to issue more useful and consistent standards in the future. (2) New issues will be more quickly solvable by reference to an existing framework of basic
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CHAPTER 12 Statement of Cash Flows Study Objectives 1. Indicate the usefulness of the statement of cash flows. 2. Distinguish among operating‚ investing‚ and financing activities. 3. Explain the impact of the product life cycle on a company’s cash flows. 4. Prepare a statement of cash flows using the indirect method. 5. Use the statement of cash flows to evaluate a company. *6. Prepare a statement of cash flows using the direct method. Summary of Questions by Study Objectives
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Textbook case: Managerial Accounting for Managers‚ 2nd edition Noreen‚ Brewer and Garrison (McGraw-Hill/Irwin‚ 2008). Case 4-33 Cost Structure; Target profit and Break-Even Analysis Contribution Income Statement for all three scenarios: 15% commission 20% commission Own sales force Sales $16‚000‚000 $16‚000‚000 $16‚000‚000 Variable manuf. cost $7‚200‚000 $7‚200‚000 $7‚200‚000 Commissions $2‚400‚000 $3‚200‚000 $1‚200‚000 -Tot. variable cost ($9‚600‚000)
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References: Needles‚ B. E. (2010). Managerial Accounting. Florida: Cengage Learning. Warren‚ C. S. (2013). Managerial Accounting. Chicago: Cengage Learning.
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Week 11 3 LO10 TRANSFER PRICING • The transfer price affects the income of the buying and selling units and therefore affects: (1) the performance evaluations of both managers and (2) the operating decisions that the managers might make. – If managerial decisions are unaffected and there are no tax complexities involving multinational companies‚ the transfer price has no impact on overall company profit. ACTG 2020 Week 11 4 Setting Transfer Prices
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can this statement relateto accounting? A syntactic theory is one that is capable of testing on the basis that it is valid in terms of itslogical consistency. Thus the calculation of accounting profit and determination of assetvaluation can be valid in relation to their conformity with rules prescribing the measurementof accounting profit and asset valuations. This can be described as sterile as it does notnecessarily relate to the real world. Historical cost accounting has been represented as being purely
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Birzeit University MBA Program Managerial Accounting BUSA 631 Spring 2013 Case 3 The Rohr Company’s old equipment for making subassemblies is worn out. The company is considering two courses of action: (a) Completely replacing the old equipment with new equipment or (b) Buying subassemblies from a reliable outside supplier‚ who has quoted a unit price of $1 on a 7-year contract for a minimum of 50‚000 units per year. Production was 60‚000 units in each of the past 2 years. Future
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for such items as insurance‚ rent‚ obsolescence‚ spoilage‚ and breakage plus the opportunity cost of capital (or required return on investment). 20-5 Examples of opportunity costs relevant to the EOQ decision model but typically not recorded in accounting systems are the following: 1. the return forgone by investing capital in inventory; 2. lost contribution margin on existing sales when a stockout occurs; and 3. lost contribution margin on potential future sales that will not be made to disgruntled
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Chapter 1 1 Introduction Economics and managerial decision making 2 Economics: The study of the behavior of human beings in producing‚ distributing and consuming material goods and services in a world of scarce resources Management: The science of organizing and allocating a firm’s scarce resources to achieve its desired objectives Managerial economics: The use of economic analysis to make business decisions involving the best use (allocation) of an organization’s scarce
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