WGU D196 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Which budget should include all production costs other than those for direct materials and
direct labor?
A.Sales budget
B.Direct materials budget
C.Manufacturing overhead budget
D. Production budget - CORRECT ANSWER c
2. Which account is a common asset account?
A.Accounts payables
B.Equity
C.Accounts receivable
D. Utilities Expense - CORRECT ANSWER c
3 .On which financial statement would you see the valuation of a company's asset accounts?
a.Statement of Cash Flows
b.Balance Sheet
c.Income Statement
d.Statement of Retained Earnings - CORRECT ANSWER B
4. What is the final step in the accounting cycle?
a.Summarize the effects of transactions
b.Analyze transactions
c.Prepare reports
d.Record the effects of transactions - CORRECT ANSWER c
,5. Which of the following is not an example of a transaction?
a.Receive cash in payment of an invoice
b.Purchase an asset from a supplier
c.Sale on credit to a customer
d. Preparing financial statements - CORRECT ANSWER d
6. On which financial statement would you see cash flows from financing activities?
a.Statement of Cash Flows
b.Balance Sheet
c.Income Statement
d.Statement of Retained Earnings - CORRECT ANSWER d
7. Whose job is it to make sure that investors are provided with full and fair information about
publicly traded companies?
FASB
AICPA
IASB
SEC - CORRECT ANSWER d
8. How does a classified balance sheet provide useful information to a decision maker?
a.It distinguishes between current and long-term assets
b.It provides data that are not publicly disclosed
c.It distinguishes liabilities from expenses
D. It provides data for a period of time instead of as a point in time - CORRECT ANSWER a
9. In some companies, the performance measures for profit center managers are heavily
influenced by cost allocations downward from organizational units (such as company
headquarters). Why is this a mistake?
, a.Controllable costs should not be included in the performance evaluation measure of a profit
center manager
b.Revenues should not be included in the performance evaluation measure of a profit center
manager
c.Uncontrollable costs should not be included in the performance evaluation measure of a profit
center manager
d. Direct costs should not be included in the performance evaluation measure of a profit center
manager - CORRECT ANSWER c
10. Which is an example of a product cost?
a.Non-manufacturing personnel costs
b.Rent Expense
c.Office Supplies
d. Raw materials to make a product - CORRECT ANSWER d
11. Which label is given to the cost of wages for factory supervisors?
a. Direct labor
b.Direct materials
c. Manufacturing overhead
d. Administrative expenses - CORRECT ANSWER c
12. A company reports the following data: Price per unit = $20 Variable costs per unit = $12
Fixed costs = $12,000 Given these data, what is the variable cost ratio?
a. 40%
b. 25%
c. 16%
d. 60% - CORRECT ANSWER d
13. If overhead is underapplied, which statement is true?
a.Actual costs exceed applied costs
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Which budget should include all production costs other than those for direct materials and
direct labor?
A.Sales budget
B.Direct materials budget
C.Manufacturing overhead budget
D. Production budget - CORRECT ANSWER c
2. Which account is a common asset account?
A.Accounts payables
B.Equity
C.Accounts receivable
D. Utilities Expense - CORRECT ANSWER c
3 .On which financial statement would you see the valuation of a company's asset accounts?
a.Statement of Cash Flows
b.Balance Sheet
c.Income Statement
d.Statement of Retained Earnings - CORRECT ANSWER B
4. What is the final step in the accounting cycle?
a.Summarize the effects of transactions
b.Analyze transactions
c.Prepare reports
d.Record the effects of transactions - CORRECT ANSWER c
,5. Which of the following is not an example of a transaction?
a.Receive cash in payment of an invoice
b.Purchase an asset from a supplier
c.Sale on credit to a customer
d. Preparing financial statements - CORRECT ANSWER d
6. On which financial statement would you see cash flows from financing activities?
a.Statement of Cash Flows
b.Balance Sheet
c.Income Statement
d.Statement of Retained Earnings - CORRECT ANSWER d
7. Whose job is it to make sure that investors are provided with full and fair information about
publicly traded companies?
FASB
AICPA
IASB
SEC - CORRECT ANSWER d
8. How does a classified balance sheet provide useful information to a decision maker?
a.It distinguishes between current and long-term assets
b.It provides data that are not publicly disclosed
c.It distinguishes liabilities from expenses
D. It provides data for a period of time instead of as a point in time - CORRECT ANSWER a
9. In some companies, the performance measures for profit center managers are heavily
influenced by cost allocations downward from organizational units (such as company
headquarters). Why is this a mistake?
, a.Controllable costs should not be included in the performance evaluation measure of a profit
center manager
b.Revenues should not be included in the performance evaluation measure of a profit center
manager
c.Uncontrollable costs should not be included in the performance evaluation measure of a profit
center manager
d. Direct costs should not be included in the performance evaluation measure of a profit center
manager - CORRECT ANSWER c
10. Which is an example of a product cost?
a.Non-manufacturing personnel costs
b.Rent Expense
c.Office Supplies
d. Raw materials to make a product - CORRECT ANSWER d
11. Which label is given to the cost of wages for factory supervisors?
a. Direct labor
b.Direct materials
c. Manufacturing overhead
d. Administrative expenses - CORRECT ANSWER c
12. A company reports the following data: Price per unit = $20 Variable costs per unit = $12
Fixed costs = $12,000 Given these data, what is the variable cost ratio?
a. 40%
b. 25%
c. 16%
d. 60% - CORRECT ANSWER d
13. If overhead is underapplied, which statement is true?
a.Actual costs exceed applied costs
