Introduction to Managerial Accounting Test Bank
Course Introduction
Introduction to Managerial Accounting provides students with a foundational understanding of how accounting information is used by managers for decision-making, planning, and control within organizations. The course covers key concepts such as cost behavior, budgeting, performance evaluation, and variance analysis. Emphasis is placed on interpreting financial data to support strategic business decisions, understanding the role of managerial accounting in different types of organizations, and applying analytical tools for effective internal management. Through real-world examples and problem-solving exercises, students develop practical skills necessary for contributing to the financial health and operational efficiency of a business.
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Financial And Managerial Accounting Principles International Edition 9th Edition by Crosson
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Chapter 1: Uses of Accounting Information and the Financial Statements
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Q1) Authorized shares of stock refer to the number of shares currently held by the stockholders.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q2) Liquidity means having enough funds on hand to pay debts when they fall due.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) The number of authorized shares of stock may be less than the number of outstanding shares.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q4) The processing stage of accounting is accomplished by A) reporting to decision makers.
B) recording transactions.
C) controlling and evaluating data.
D) bookkeeping, computers, and information systems. Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Analyzing Business Transactions
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Q1) A $70 credit item is accidentally posted as a debit.The trial balance column totals will therefore differ by
A) $0.
B) $35.
C) $70.
D) $140.
Answer: D
Q2) Briefly discuss the differences between Prepaid Insurance and Insurance Expense.
Answer: Prepaid Insurance appears on the balance sheet as an asset and represents unexpired insurance coverage.Insurance Expense appears on the income statement and represents insurance that has expired.
Q3) All companies use the same standard set of accounts.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Another name for the ledger is the book of original entry.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Measuring Business Income
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Q1) Which of the following accounts most likely would be found on both a trial balance and an adjusted trial balance?
A) Utilities Expense
B) Insurance Expense
C) Supplies Expense
D) Depreciation Expense-Equipment
Answer: A
Q2) When a direct cause-and-effect relationship cannot be established between revenues and costs,the costs are
A) not expensed and remain as assets on the balance sheet.
B) expensed among the accounting periods that benefit from the costs.
C) expensed immediately in their entirety.
D) expensed equally each year.
Answer: B
Q3) The cost of doing business is also known as
A) a liability.
B) an expense.
C) revenue.
D) an asset.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Supplement - Closing Entries and the Work Sheet
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Q1) In preparing adjustments on the work sheet,which of the following accounts could not be added to the Account Name column?
A) Notes Payable
B) Interest Receivable
C) Interest Income
D) Depreciation Expense
Q2) The work sheet is a type of accountant's working paper.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Adjusted Trial Balance columns of the work sheet are prepared by combining the Trial Balance and Adjustments columns of the work sheet.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Working papers provide a written record of the work performed by the accountant. A)True
B)False
Q5) The amount of dividends for the period can be found on the work sheet. A)True B)False
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Chapter 4: Financial Reporting and Analysis
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Q1) Both investors and creditors have an interest in a company's ability to generate favorable cash flows.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The convention of consistency relates most closely to A) cost-benefit.
B) comparability.
C) materiality.
D) full disclosure.
Q3) Why is it important for a company to maintain the same accounting methods and practices from period to period?
Q4) Interest expense on a mortgage would be classified on a multistep income statement under the heading A) general and administrative expenses.
B) selling expenses.
C) cost of goods sold.
D) other revenues and expenses.
Q5) A material item is one that is likely to affect a user's decision. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: The Operating Cycle and Merchandising Operations
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Q1) Profitability management involves planning a business's cash receipts and cash payments.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The collection of a $400 account within the 2 percent discount period would result in a(n)
A) increase to Accounts Receivable for $392.
B) decrease to Cash for $392.
C) increase to Sales Discounts for $8.
D) decrease to Accounts Receivable for $392.
Q3) A formal request for a purchase from the requesting department of a business is known as a purchase requisition.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Management's regular assessment of its internal controls is called risk assessment. A)True B)False
Q5) Why is the separation of duties an important control activity in a good system of internal control?
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Chapter 6: Inventories
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Q1) The most important accounting problem in dealing with merchandise inventory is the application of which of the following conventions or rules?
A) Materiality
B) Full disclosure
C) Matching
D) Conservatism
Q2) The term cost flow refers to the association of costs with their assumed flow in the operation of a business.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An understatement of ending inventory in a period will result in an understatement of gross margin in the next period.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The LIFO method tends to smooth out the peaks and valleys of a business cycle.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Under rising prices,why will the FIFO method produce a higher ending inventory than LIFO?
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Chapter 7: Cash and Receivables
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Q1) Having a compensating balance increases a company's liquidity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Under the allowance method,when a specific account is written off,
A) total assets will be unchanged.
B) total assets will decrease.
C) net income will decrease.
D) total assets will increase.
Q3) A dishonored note means the payee's entry includes a
A) credit to Accounts Receivable.
B) debit to Interest Expense.
C) debit to Notes Receivable.
D) credit to Interest Income.
Q4) An example of a cash equivalent is
A) a 120-day time deposit.
B) notes receivable.
C) accounts receivable.
D) a 60-day certificate of deposit.
Q5) What is a contingent liability,and how does it relate to the discounting of a note receivable at the bank?
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Chapter 8: Current Liabilities and Fair Value Accounting
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Q1) On January 2,2010,Lester Company,a calendar-year company,issued $40,000 of notes payable,of which $10,000 is due on January 2 for each of the next four years.The proper balance sheet presentation on December 31,2010,is
A) Current Liabilities, $40,000.
B) Current Liabilities, $10,000; Long-Term Liabilities, $30,000.
C) Long-Term Liabilities, $40,000.
D) Current Liabilities, $30,000; Long-Term Liabilities, $10,000.
Q2) Unearned revenue is an example of a definitely determinable liability. A)True
B)False
Q3) An asset purchased according to a deferred payment plan should be recorded based on the total cash paid.
A)True B)False
Q4) A liability must never be classified as current if it is due in more than one year. A)True B)False
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Chapter 9: Long Term Assets
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Q1) Free cash flow is a good measure of a company's ability to finance long-term assets.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When a company can prove it is worth more than its balance sheet indicates,it may record some goodwill.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Land held for speculative purposes should be classified as a long-term investment.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the calculation of free cash flow,dividends and sales of plant assets are both deducted.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The entire cost of developing computer software should be capitalized and amortized over the software's useful life.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Long-Term Liabilities
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Q1) A bond with a face value of $1,000 has a current price quote of 98.00.This bond is selling for
A) $1080.00.
B) $1030.00.
C) $980.00.
D) $880.00.
Q2) The debt to equity ratio is expressed in terms of A) a percentage.
B) dollars.
C) units.
D) times.
Q3) When bonds have been issued at a premium,the periodic amortization of the premium will
A) increase the carrying value of the bonds.
B) have no effect on the carrying value of the bonds.
C) decrease the carrying value of the bonds.
D) cause the carrying value always to equal the face value of the bonds.
Q4) Under a capital lease,the lessor,not the lessee,should record depreciation. A)True B)False
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Chapter 11: Contributed Capital
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Q1) Par value is the minimum cushion of capital established for the protection of A) investors (stockholders).
B) management.
C) creditors.
D) all of these.
Q2) Dividends yield equals
A) market price per share divided by dividends per share.
B) net income divided by dividends per share.
C) dividends per share divided by net income.
D) dividends per share divided by market price per share.
Q3) Beckham Corporation has 3,000 shares of $100 par value,7 percent cumulative preferred stock,and 10,000 shares of $10 par value common stock outstanding during its first five years of operation.Beckham Corporation paid cash dividends as follows: 2006,$14,000; 2007,$18,000; 2008,$65,000; 2009,$30,000; 2010,$15,000.The amount of dividends received by the preferred stockholders during 2010 was
A) $17,500.
B) $15,000.
C) $16,500.
D) $17,000.
Q4) Define outstanding stock.
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Chapter 12: Investments
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Q1) The cost-adjusted-to-market method of accounting for investments is used when the investment is
A) controlling.
B) influential and noncontrolling.
C) noninfluential and controlling.
D) noninfluential and noncontrolling.
Q2) Knabe Corporation purchased 3,000 shares of Duncan Corporation common stock for $80 per share on January 1,2009,as a long-term investment.Duncan reported net income of $70,000 and $90,000 for 2009 and 2010,respectively,and paid dividends of $25,000 and $30,000 during 2009 and 2010,respectively.Duncan has a total of 10,000 shares outstanding.Compute the following amounts.
a. Amount of investment income recognized by Knabe Corporation during 2009
b. Balance of Investment in Duncan Corporation account at end of 2009
c. Amount of investment income recognized by Knabe Corporation during 2010
d. Balance of Investment in Duncan Corporation account at end of 2010
Q3) In the United States,insider trading is considered
A) unethical, but not illegal.
B) neither unethical nor illegal.
C) both unethical and illegal.
D) illegal, but not unethical.
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Chapter 13: The Corporate Income Statement and the Statement of Stockholders Equity
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Q1) Which of the following is analyzed when a financial statement reader is looking at the nature of non-operating items?
A) Discontinued operations
B) Interest expense
C) Interest revenue
D) Cost of goods sold
Q2) A gain on the sale of an asset is a component of income from operations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Extraordinary gains and losses must be shown in the financial statements "net of tax."
A)True
B)False
Q4) The book value of one share of callable preferred stock is equal to the call value of the preferred share minus any dividends in arrears.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Draw two distinctions between accounting for a stock split and accounting for a stock dividend.
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Chapter 14: The Statement of Cash Flows
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Q1) Royer Corporation engaged in this transaction: Paid interest on note.
Indicate which section,if any,the above transaction would appear in,or relate to,on a statement of cash flows.
A) Financing activities section
B) Schedule of noncash investing and financing transactions
C) Investing activities section
D) Operating activities section
Q2) Under the indirect method,gains or losses from the sale of equipment used in operations would appear as adjustments in the cash flows from operating activities section of the statement of cash flows.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If the indirect method is used to prepare a statement of cash flows,which of the following would be deducted from net income to arrive at net cash flows from operating activities?
A) Increase in accrued liabilities
B) Increase in income taxes payable
C) Increase in accounts receivable
D) Decrease in prepaid expenses
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Chapter 15: The Changing Business Environment - a Managers Perspective
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Q1) Each of the management tools can be used individually,or parts of them can be combined to create a new operating environment.
A)True B)False
Q2) Activity-based costing traces costs to a company's activities related to
A) purchasing and setup.
B) production and nonproduction.
C) production only.
D) nonproduction only.
Q3) Management accounting
A) deals primarily with people and organizations outside of the business entity.
B) requires only periodic reporting on a regular basis.
C) uses any type of useful measurement unit, including physical as well as monetary measures.
D) deals only with the double-entry recording system.
Q4) In making the transition from financial accounting to management accounting,you must become accustomed to using the historical dollar as the primary unit of measurement.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 16: Cost Concepts and Cost Allocation
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Q1) Manufacturing costs behave as variable or fixed costs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Cost of goods manufactured appears on the income statement of a manufacturing company in a similar manner as purchases appear on the income statement of a merchandising company.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The following information has been made available to you.Assume that overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours.
\(\begin{array}{lr}
\text { Estimated overhead } & \$ 1,638,000 \\
\text { Estimated direct labor hours } & 390,000 \\
\text { Actual direct labor hours } & 442,000 \\
\text { Actual overhead } & \$ 1,862,000
\end{array}\)
a. Compute the predetermined overhead rate.
b. Compute the amount of applied overhead for the year.
c. Compute the amount of underapplied or overapplied overhead.
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Chapter 17: Costing Systems- Job Order Costing
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Q1) In a job order costing system,the transfer of overhead costs to the Work in Process Inventory account must take place before product unit costs can be computed.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Product costs appear on the income statement in the form of A) cost of goods sold.
B) materials inventory.
C) sales commissions.
D) none of these.
Q3) When direct materials are issued from inventory to production under a job order costing system,an increase is recorded in A) Overhead.
B) Work in Process Inventory.
C) Materials Inventory.
D) Finished Goods Inventory.
Q4) In a job order costing system,when supplies are issued from inventory to production,the Overhead account is increased.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Costing Systems- Process Costing
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Q1) Which of the following entities probably would use a process costing system?
A) An oil refinery
B) A yacht builder
C) A custom furniture company
D) A custom screw manufacturer
Q2) In process costing,all costs incurred by a department or production process are divided by the equivalent units produced during the period to determine the average cost per unit produced.
A)True
B)False
Q3) One of the steps in preparing the process cost report under FIFO method requires dividing current costs charged to the Work in Process Inventory account of each department or production process by equivalent units to calculate the cost per equivalent unit.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a process costing system,each product is assigned the same amount of costs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 19: Value-Based Systems- Abm and Lean
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Q1) Managers eliminate non-value-adding activities that are not essential to an organization.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Last year,Amanda Jones opened a candy store in a busy shopping center.She spent a lot on advertising and attracted many customers into the store,but very few customers made purchases and sales were declining.Amanda paid attention to questions and requests made by customers and determined that they often requested items that were within the scope of her business but that she did not carry.When she offered to order items for her customers,delivery was usually too late and,again,sales were lost.What measures should Amanda take to improve her business?
Q3) The time a product spends waiting to be worked on is called storage time.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Nonvalue-adding activity costs do not increase a product's cost because they do not add value to the product.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How can activity-based systems help managers in a global marketplace?
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Chapter 20: Cost Behavior Analysis
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Q1) Trawest,Inc.,has prepared the following data: \[\begin{array} { | l r r r |}
\hline& \text { Unit Sales Price } & \text { Unit Variable Costs } & \text { Unit Sales } \\
\text { Product A } & \$ 34.00 & \$ 20.00 & 35,000 \\
\text { Praduct B } & 26.00 & 14.50 & 7,000 \\
\text { Praduct C } & 18.00 & 10.50 & 14,000 \\
\hline \end{array}\]
The sales mix for Products A,B,and C is
A) 62.5 percent, 12.5 percent, and 25 percent, respectively.
B) 100 percent, 20 percent, and 40 percent, respectively.
C) 100 percent, 25 percent, and 50 percent, respectively.
D) 44 percent, 33 percent, and 23 percent, respectively.
Q2) Which of the following statements is true regarding fixed and variable costs?
A) Both costs are constant when considered on a total basis.
B) Variable costs are constant in total, and fixed costs are constant per unit.
C) Both costs are constant when considered on a per unit basis.
D) Fixed costs are constant in total, and variable costs are constant per unit.
Q3) Explain what cost-volume-profit analysis is and how managers use it.Give examples of some purposes for which it might be used.
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Chapter 21: The Budgeting Process
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Q1) Which budgets must managers prepare before they can prepare a direct materials purchases budget?
A) Labor budget
B) Overhead budget
C) Production budget
D) Cost of goods manufactured budget
Q2) A budget need not contain both revenue and expense components.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Zero-based budgeting requires the preparation of budget from scratch.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A company seeks to have as much cash as possible on hand.Cash budgeting helps to accomplish this.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The cash budget is derived exclusively from the sales and production budgets. A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe three benefits budgeting provides to an organization's success.
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Q1) Compute the asset turnover (rounded to two decimal places)for the Tim Tom investment center as shown below. \(\begin{array}{lr}
& \text { Tim Tom Subsidiary } \\
\text { Total sales } & \$ 1,600 \\
\text { Operating income } & \$ 100 \\
\text { Average assets invested } & \$ 900 \\
\text { Profit margin } & ? \\
\text { Asset turnover } & ? \\
\text { ROI } & ?
\end{array}\)
A) 1.78
B) 0.56
C) 0.11
D) 9.00
Q2) The logical linking of goals to measurable objectives and targets and the tying of appropriate compensation incentives to the achievement of such objectives and targets are critical to the successful coordination of goals.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 23: Standard Costing and Variance Analysis
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Q1) Although expensive to install and maintain,a standard cost accounting system can save a company considerable amounts of money by reducing resource waste.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Standard costs are useful for all but which of the following?
A) Determining actual costs
B) Preparing budgets and forecasts
C) Evaluating the performance of workers and management
D) Helping to develop appropriate selling prices
Q3) A performance report should contain cost or revenue items that the manager receiving the report can control.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The difference between actual quantity used and standard quantity multiplied by standard price is the equation for computing the
A) direct labor efficiency variance.
B) direct materials price variance.
C) direct labor rate variance.
D) direct materials quantity variance.
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Chapter 24: Short Run Decision Analysis
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Q1) In choosing among alternatives,managers are guided by historical cost information.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Sales mix decisions should be based on the contribution margin per unit of scarce resource.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A sell or process-further decision is a decision about whether to sell a joint product at the split-off point or sell it after further processing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The decision analysis,which uses incremental analysis to identify the relevant costs and revenues,consists of two steps.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the two steps in the analysis for a sales mix decision?
Q6) Discuss the qualitative factors that should be considered in short-run decision making.
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Chapter 25: Capital Investment Analysis
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Q1) The accounting rate-of-return method implements the effects of the time value of money.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The financing structure of Taylor communications is as follows: \[\begin{array} { l c c c }
\text { Source of Capital } & \text { Proportion of capital } & & \text { Cost of Capital } \\
\text { Debt financing, } \$ 300,000 & 30 \% & & 6 \% \\
\text { Preferred stock, } \$ 100,000 & 10 \% & & 8 \% \\
\text { Common stock, } \$ 400,000 & 40 \% & & 12 \% \\
\text { Retained earnings, } \$ 200,000 & 20 \% & & 12 \% \end{array}\]
The cost of equity capital is the return required by A) stockholders
B) preferred shareholders
C) creditors
D) financial institutions
Q3) What criteria must be met for accepting any capital expenditure proposal with respect to minimum rate of return on investment?
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Chapter 26: Pricing Decisions, incltarget Costing and Transfer Pricing
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Q1) Focusing pricing objectives on sales growth can provide a measure of increasing market share as well as an incentive and target for managers for a period of time.
A)True B)False
Q2) In gross margin pricing,the markup percentage is based on total production costs. A)True B)False
Q3) Gross margin is the difference between sales and the variable production costs of those sales.
A)True B)False
Q4) Organizations will not invest in making a product or providing a service unless it will provide a minimum return.
A)True B)False
Q5) Computing the target cost for a product is the first step in target costing. A)True B)False
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Chapter 27: Quality Management and Measurement
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Q1) When a firm changes to a JIT operating and management philosophy, A) it attempts to increase the number of suppliers it has for each item it uses to ensure a reliable flow of materials into the production process. B) it seeks out the lowest-cost bidder for supplies in order to minimize costs. C) it works more closely with fewer suppliers.
D) all of these are correct.
Q2) Maxine Lavon is the controller for Prater Industries.She has been asked to develop a plan for installing a management information system in her company.She will need to do all of the following to help managers except A) evaluate. B) perform.
C) repeat.
D) plan.
Q3) In the new manufacturing environment,the point of sale and shipment of a product ends the management accountant's responsibility with respect to the product.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 28: Financial Analysis of Performance
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Q1) Which of the following situations severely limits the use of industry norms as standards of comparison?
A) The fact that little information exists on industry norms
B) The existence of conglomerates
C) The presentation of segmented information
D) A downward turn in the economy
Q2) Why is the quick ratio probably better than the current ratio as a measure of short-term liquidity?
Q3) Contrast the circumstances where horizontal analysis would be an effective analysis tool with those where common-sized analysis would be more useful.
Q4) Lois Kent has owned and managed the operations of a small chain of sporting goods stores for the past two years.She has asked her administrative assistant to provide her with some annual reports of other companies that sell sporting goods as well as some published reports showing norms for the sporting goods industry so that Lois can compare the financial ratios of her company with those of other companies that sell sporting goods.Discuss the limitations of using comparisons with other companies and industry norms,which Lois needs to remember.
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