Exam 1: Managerial Accounting in the Information Age

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Triatt Resort has 200 rooms.Each room rents at $130 per night and variable costs total $42 per room per night of occupancy.The fixed costs total $18,700 per month.If Triatt spends an additional $30,000 in June on advertising, it estimates it can expect an occupancy rate of 85%.What will be the monthly financial impact of spending this additional money on advertising over an occupancy level of 70% during June?

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

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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 will Hurricane Wing's profit increase if 100 more wings were sold?

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Sunk costs

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Incremental analysis is the appropriate way to approach the solution to all business problems.

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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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Which of the following is a direct cost in relation to the cost of teaching the managerial accounting course in a college?

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Below is a performance report that compares budgeted and actual profit of Atlanta Enterprises for the month of June: Budget Actual Difference Sales \ 182,000 \ 180,000 (\ 2,000) Less: Cost of ingredients 145,000 141,000 4,000 Salaries Controllable profit \ 13.000 \ 16.000 \ 3,000 In evaluating the department in terms of its changes in sales and expenses, what will be most important to investigate?

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Firm value is created when the value to the customer of receiving products and services exceeds the cost of these activities,

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Costs that increase due to a special order are not considered as incremental.

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Classic Loungers is in the process of preparing a production cost budget for August.Actual costs in July for 200 chaise lounge chairs were: Materials cost 6,000 Labor cost 8,000 Rent 2,000 Depreciation 4,000 Other fixed costs 5,000 Total \ 25,000 Each chair was sold for $140 in July.Management estimates that sales will increase to 230 chairs during August if the company lowers the selling price to $130 per chair.Materials and labor are the only variable costs.Under what situation should the company lower the price of its chaise lounge chairs?

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Performance reports, like other managerial accounting reports, must follow GAAP.

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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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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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The goal of managerial accounting is to provide information for planning, controlling, and reporting information to shareholders.

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Barney & Robles plans to produce 50,000 books next year at a total cost of $1,900,000.The fixed costs total $120,000.Selling price per book is $65.00.Management is considering lowering the price to $62.00 per unit, and feels that this action will cause sales to climb to 54,000 books.What is the incremental revenue generated if 54,000 units are sold?

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In a period when anticipated production is 20,000 units, budgeted variable costs are $85,000 and budgeted fixed costs are $45,000.If 15,000 units are actually produced, what is the expected total cost?

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Managers that are able to recognize all ethical dilemmas have the most profitable businesses.

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Sunk costs are never a consideration in incremental analysis.

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Classic Loungers is in the process of preparing a production cost budget for August.Actual costs in July for 200 chaise lounge chairs were: Materials cost 6,000 Labor cost 8,000 Rent 2,000 Depreciation 4,000 Other fixed costs 5,000 Total \ 25,000 Each chair was sold for $140 in July.Management estimates that sales will increase to 230 chairs during August if the company lowers the selling price to $130 per chair.Materials and labor are the only variable costs.How much is the incremental revenue associated with the price reduction?

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