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CHAPTER 14 FUNCTIONAL AND ACTIVITY-BASED BUDGETING I. Questions 1. No. Planning and control are different, although related, concepts. Planning involves developing objectives and formulating steps to achieve those objectives. Control, by contrast, involves the means by which management ensures that the objectives set down at the planning stage are attained. 2. Budgets have a dual purpose, for planning and for following up the implementation of the plan. The great benefits from budgetin...

I. Questions 1. Job-order costing is used in those manufacturing situations where there are many different products produced each period. Each product or job is different from all others and requires separate costing. Process costing is used in those manufacturing situations where a single, homogeneous product, such as cement, bricks, or gasoline, is produced for long periods at a time. 2. The job cost sheet is used in accumulating all costs assignable to a particular job. These costs wo...

I. Questions 1. The three levels available are: Level 1, in which a company uses a plantwide overhead rate; Level 2, in which a company uses departmental overhead rates; and Level 3, in which a company uses activity-based costing. 2. New approaches to costing are needed because events of the last few decades have made drastic changes in many organizations. Automation has greatly decreased the amount of direct labor required to manufacture products; product diversity has increased in that...

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING - Solutions Manual CHAPTER 14 FUNCTIONAL AND ACTIVITY-BASED BUDGETING

I. Questions 1. The three levels available are: Level 1, in which a company uses a plantwide overhead rate; Level 2, in which a company uses departmental overhead rates; and Level 3, in which a company uses activity-based costing. 2. New approaches to costing are needed because events of the last few decades have made drastic changes in many organizations. Automation has greatly decreased the amount of direct labor required to manufacture products; product diversity has increased in that...

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I. Questions 1. a. Variable cost: A variable cost is one that remains constant on a per unit basis, but which changes in total in direct relationship to changes in volume. b. Fixed cost: A fixed cost is one that remains constant in total amount, but which changes, if expressed on a per unit basis, inversely with changes in volume. c. Mixed cost: A mixed cost is a cost that contains both variable and fixed cost elements. 2. a. Unit fixed costs will decrease as volume increases. b. Unit ...

NT ACCOUNTING - Solutions Manual CHAPTER 14 FUNCTIONAL AND ACTIVITY-BASED BUDGETING I. Questions 1. No. Planning and control are different, although related, concepts. Planning involves developing objectives and formulating steps to achieve those objectives. Control, by contrast, involves the means by which management ensures that the objectives set down at the planning stage are attained. 2. Budgets have a dual purpose, for planning and for following up the implementation of the plan...

I. Questions 1. The three levels available are: Level 1, in which a company uses a plantwide overhead rate; Level 2, in which a company uses departmental overhead rates; and Level 3, in which a company uses activity-based costing. 2. New approaches to costing are needed because events of the last few decades have made drastic changes in many organizations. Automation has greatly decreased the amount of direct labor required to manufacture products; product diversity has increased in that...