ACNT 2402

Chapter 09 -- Performance Measurement in Decentralized Organizations – Study Guide 1. Land held for possible plant expansion would not be included as an operating asset when computing return on investment (ROI). TRUE 2. When used in return on investment (ROI) calculations, operating assets do not include investments in land held for future use and investments in other companies. TRUE 3. A disadvantage of using ROI to evaluate performance is that it encourages the manager to reduce the...

Chapter 8 – Flexible Budgets, Standard Costs, and Variance Analysis Study Guide 1. Comparing a static planning budget to actual costs is a good way to assess whether variable costs are under control. FALSE 2. Directly comparing a static planning budget to actual costs helps to distinguish between differences in costs that are due to changes in activity and differences that are due to how well costs were controlled. FALSE 3. Fixed costs should be ignored when evaluating how well a mana...

Chapter 07 -- Master Budgeting – Study Guide 1. The cash budget is usually prepared after the budgeted income statement. FALSE 2. The manufacturing overhead budget is typically prepared before the production budget. FALSE 3. Self-imposed budgets prepared by lower-level managers should be scrutinized by higher levels of management. TRUE 4. The basic idea underlying responsibility accounting is that each manager should be held responsible for the overall profit of the company to ensure ...

Chapter 05 -- Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships – Study Guide 1. Incremental analysis is generally the most complicated and least direct approach to decision making. TRUE 2. One assumption in CVP analysis is that the number of units produced and sold does not change. FALSE 3. Reynold Enterprises sells a single product for $25. The variable expense per unit is $15 and the fixed expense per unit is $5 at the current level of sales. The company's net operating income will increase by $10...

Chapter 03 -- Activity-Based Costing - Study Guide 1. Batch-level activities are performed each time a batch of goods is processed. The cost of a batch-level activity is proportional to the number of units in the batch. FALSE 2. Activity-based costing involves a two-stage allocation process in which overhead costs are first assigned to departments and then allocated to products using activity measures. FALSE 3. In the second-stage allocation in activity-based costing, overhead costs are a...

Chapter 03 -- Activity-Based Costing - Study Guide 1. Batch-level activities are performed each time a batch of goods is processed. The cost of a batch-level activity is proportional to the number of units in the batch. FALSE 2. Activity-based costing involves a two-stage allocation process in which overhead costs are first assigned to departments and then allocated to products using activity measures. FALSE 3. In the second-stage allocation in activity-based costing, overhead costs are a...