ACCT 2521 Final Exam Study Guide | Accounting Review, Key Concepts &
Practice Questions
managerial vs. financial accounting - ANS ✔✔financial
- externals
- historical
- GAAP
managerial
- internal (same data)
- future
- no GAAP
product cost - ANS ✔✔direct materials, direct labor, & MOH (expensed when goods sold)
-inventory -> balance sheet
~ sale ~
- COGS -> income statement
ex: wood used in a table, labor to assemble a table, cost of electricity at the factory
inventoriable cost
period cost - ANS ✔✔selling, general, & administrative costs; non-manufacturing costs
expensed immediately when incurred
ex: salary of administrative secretary, sales commissions
advertising and depreciation are always fixed !!!!
how to calculate prime costs - ANS ✔✔DM + DL
, how to calculate conversion costs - ANS ✔✔DL + MOH
variable costs - ANS ✔✔increase as activity increases, decreases as activity decreases (direct
proportion)
per unit- remain constant
ex: cost of electricity at factory
fixed costs - ANS ✔✔in total- remain constant
per unit- increase as activity decreases, decrease as activity increases (inverse proportion)
ex: salary of factory supervisor
how to calculate COGS - ANS ✔✔beg inventory
+ purchases
= goods available
- ending inventory
= COGS
traditional income statement - ANS ✔✔sales
- COGS
= gross profit
- OE
= NI
contribution margin income statement - ANS ✔✔sales
- VC
Practice Questions
managerial vs. financial accounting - ANS ✔✔financial
- externals
- historical
- GAAP
managerial
- internal (same data)
- future
- no GAAP
product cost - ANS ✔✔direct materials, direct labor, & MOH (expensed when goods sold)
-inventory -> balance sheet
~ sale ~
- COGS -> income statement
ex: wood used in a table, labor to assemble a table, cost of electricity at the factory
inventoriable cost
period cost - ANS ✔✔selling, general, & administrative costs; non-manufacturing costs
expensed immediately when incurred
ex: salary of administrative secretary, sales commissions
advertising and depreciation are always fixed !!!!
how to calculate prime costs - ANS ✔✔DM + DL
, how to calculate conversion costs - ANS ✔✔DL + MOH
variable costs - ANS ✔✔increase as activity increases, decreases as activity decreases (direct
proportion)
per unit- remain constant
ex: cost of electricity at factory
fixed costs - ANS ✔✔in total- remain constant
per unit- increase as activity decreases, decrease as activity increases (inverse proportion)
ex: salary of factory supervisor
how to calculate COGS - ANS ✔✔beg inventory
+ purchases
= goods available
- ending inventory
= COGS
traditional income statement - ANS ✔✔sales
- COGS
= gross profit
- OE
= NI
contribution margin income statement - ANS ✔✔sales
- VC