ACTG 244 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Variable costs - Answers - Increase/decrease with activity level
Examples of variable costs - Answers - COGS, sales commission, incentive payments
Fixed costs - Answers - Stays the same with activity level; independent from activity
level; doesn't go away
Examples of fixed costs - Answers - Depreciation, rent insurance, salaries, interest on
loans, advertising
Mixed costs (semi-variable) - Answers - Elements of fixed and variable costs; what an
overall company has
Example of mixed costs - Answers - Maintenance, supplies, shipping, utilities
Contribution margin per unit - Answers - Revenue - VC
Contribution margin ratio - Answers - CM / revenue
Break even point (units) - Answers - FC / CM per unit
Break even point ($ of revenue) - Answers - FC / CM ratio
Target profit value (units) - Answers - (FC + target net income) / CM ratio
Target profit value ($ of revenue) - Answers - (FC + target net income) / CM ratio
Income statement - Answers - revenue
-VC
=CM
-FC
= net income
Cost volume profit analysis (CVP) - Answers - Requires we have estimates of FC, VC,
and sales per unit
CVP analysis helps to... - Answers - Identity break even point and impact of changes in
costs for prices on our expected profits
Target profit - Answers - CVP analysis can be used to determine the required level of
sales to attain target profit; added to FC
ANSWERS
Variable costs - Answers - Increase/decrease with activity level
Examples of variable costs - Answers - COGS, sales commission, incentive payments
Fixed costs - Answers - Stays the same with activity level; independent from activity
level; doesn't go away
Examples of fixed costs - Answers - Depreciation, rent insurance, salaries, interest on
loans, advertising
Mixed costs (semi-variable) - Answers - Elements of fixed and variable costs; what an
overall company has
Example of mixed costs - Answers - Maintenance, supplies, shipping, utilities
Contribution margin per unit - Answers - Revenue - VC
Contribution margin ratio - Answers - CM / revenue
Break even point (units) - Answers - FC / CM per unit
Break even point ($ of revenue) - Answers - FC / CM ratio
Target profit value (units) - Answers - (FC + target net income) / CM ratio
Target profit value ($ of revenue) - Answers - (FC + target net income) / CM ratio
Income statement - Answers - revenue
-VC
=CM
-FC
= net income
Cost volume profit analysis (CVP) - Answers - Requires we have estimates of FC, VC,
and sales per unit
CVP analysis helps to... - Answers - Identity break even point and impact of changes in
costs for prices on our expected profits
Target profit - Answers - CVP analysis can be used to determine the required level of
sales to attain target profit; added to FC