Exam 1: Managerial Accounting in the Information Age

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Sleep Time produces mattresses. Each mattress has a variable cost of $260, fixed costs of $56,000 per month, and a unit selling price of $500. If the company produces and sells 400 mattresses in February, how much profit will the company expect for March assuming that number of mattresses sold and selling price per mattress remains the same as that of February month?

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In most organizations, the controller is the top managerial accountant.

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Management by exception requires managers to investigate every difference between actual and budgeted costs that causes profit to be less than budgeted.

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Hurricane Wings has budgeted the following costs for a month in which 24,000 wings will be cooked and sold. Wings, breading, and sauce \ 4,900 Direct labor (Variable) 3,500 Rent 1,100 Depreciation 900 Other fixed costs 400 Each wing sells for $0.80 each. How much would Hurricane Wing's profit increase if 100 more wings were sold?

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The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)

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The fundamental difference between managerial and financial accounting is that

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Rom Generators is in the process of preparing a production cost budget for August. Actual costs in July for the production of 60 generators were: Materials cost \ 5,200 Labor cost 2,600 Rent 1,200 Depreciation 1,700 Other fixed costs 4,600 Total \ 15,300 Materials and labor are the only variable costs. If production and sales are budgeted to increase to 70 generators in August, how much is the expected total cost on the August budget?

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In a period when anticipated production is 5,000 units, budgeted variable costs are $75,000 and budgeted fixed costs are $24,000. If 5,600 units are actually produced, what is the expected total cost?

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A sunk cost is a cost

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A thorough understanding of managerial accounting is essential to be an effective manager.

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Budgets show comparisons of current period performance to the planned performance.

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Decisions to reward or punish managers are part of the planning and control process.

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For which one of the following is a company's treasurer typically held responsible?

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Indirect costs are directly traceable to a product, activity, or department.

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Flash Eyes sells mascara. In June, it produced and sold 10,000 tubes of mascara. Total variable costs were $21,000 and fixed costs totaled $24,000. Which of the following statements is correct if, Flash Eyes produced and sold 9,000 units in July?

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Harrison Carpets incurred the following costs for March when 3,000 square feet of carpet were produced and sold: .$18,500 for nylon thread used on carpet . $5,000 for scotch guard for carpet . $7,200 for jute backing to reinforce the carpet . $6,800 for glue to be used in the manufacturing process . $13,000 for insurance (half for administrative activities, half for production activities) . $9,000 for production employees' wages . $6,500 for rent and utilities in the factory How much are total fixed costs for April if 3,500 square feet of carpet are produced and sold?

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A good single measure of performance for a sales force would be the ratio of sales to new customers to total sales.

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Which of the following is not a reasonable measure of a plant manager's performance?

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Which of the following is not usually a responsibility of the controller?

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Fixed cost per unit remains the same even though there is a change in the number of units produced.

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