,Managerial Accounting, 16e (Garrison)
Chapter 1 Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts
1) A factory supervisor's salary would be classified as an indirect cost with respect to a unit of
product.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Cost Classifications for Assigning Costs to Cost Objects
Learning Objective: 01-01 Understand cost classifications used for assigning costs to cost
objects: direct costs and indirect costs.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
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2) A direct cost is a cost that can be easily traced to the particular cost object under
consideration.
Answer: TRUE
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Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Cost Classifications for Assigning Costs to Cost Objects
Learning Objective: 01-01 Understand cost classifications used for assigning costs to cost
objects: direct costs and indirect costs.
Bloom's: Remember
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
3) A cost can be direct or indirect. The classification can change if the cost object changes.
Answer: TRUE
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Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Cost Classifications for Assigning Costs to Cost Objects
Learning Objective: 01-01 Understand cost classifications used for assigning costs to cost
objects: direct costs and indirect costs.
Bloom's: Understand
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
,4) Wages paid to production supervisors would be classified as manufacturing overhead.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Cost Classifications for Manufacturing Companies
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify and give examples of each of the three basic manufacturing
cost categories.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
5) Selling costs are indirect costs.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
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Topic: Cost Classifications for Manufacturing Companies
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify and give examples of each of the three basic manufacturing
cost categories.
Bloom's: Remember
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
6) The sum of all manufacturing costs except for direct materials and direct labor is called
manufacturing overhead.
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Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Cost Classifications for Manufacturing Companies
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify and give examples of each of the three basic manufacturing
cost categories.
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Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
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, 7) The three cost elements ordinarily included in product costs are direct materials, direct labor,
and manufacturing overhead.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Cost Classifications for Manufacturing Companies
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify and give examples of each of the three basic manufacturing
cost categories.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
8) Administrative costs are indirect costs.
Answer: FALSE
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Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Cost Classifications for Manufacturing Companies
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify and give examples of each of the three basic manufacturing
cost categories.
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Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
9) Depreciation is always considered a period cost for external financial reporting purposes in a
manufacturing company.
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Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Cost Classifications for Manufacturing Companies; Cost Classifications for Preparing
Financial Statements
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Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify and give examples of each of the three basic manufacturing
cost categories.; 01-03 Understand cost classifications used to prepare financial statements:
product costs and period costs.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
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AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
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