18th Edition
By Ray Garrison, Eric Noreen and Peter Brewer
Verified Chapter's 1 - 16 | Complete
,Table of Contents
Q Q
ChapterQOne:QManagerialQAccountingQandQCostQConcepts
ChapterQTwo:QJob-OrderQCosting:QCalculatingQUnitQProductQCosts
ChapterQThree:QJob-OrderQCosting:QCostQFlowsQandQExternalQReporting
ChapterQFour:QProcessQCosting
ChapterQFive:QCost-Volume-ProfitQRelationships
ChapterQSix:QVariableQCostingQandQSegmentQReporting:QToolsQforQManagement
ChapterQSeven:QActivity-BasedQCosting:QAQToolQtoQAidQDecisionQMaking
ChapterQEight:QMasterQBudgeting
ChapterQNine:QFlexibleQBudgetsQandQPerformanceQAnalysis
ChapterQTen:QStandardQCostsQandQVariances
ChapterQEleven:QResponsibilityQAccountingQSystems
ChapterQTwelve:QStrategicQPerformanceQMeasurement
ChapterQThirteen:QDifferentialQAnalysis:QTheQKeyQtoQDecisionQMaking
ChapterQFourteen:QCapitalQBudgetingQDecisions
ChapterQFifteen:QStatementQofQCashQFlows
ChapterQSixteen:QFinancialQStatementQAnalysis
,ChapterQ1
ManagerialQAccountingQandQCostQConcepts
Questions
incomeQstatementQasQanQexpenseQinQtheQper
1-1 TheQthreeQmajorQtypesQofQproductQ
costsQinQaQmanufacturingQcompanyQareQdir iodQinQwhichQitQisQincurred.
ectQmaterials,QdirectQlabor,QandQmanufactu
ringQoverhead.
1-2
a. DirectQmaterialsQareQanQintegralQpart
QofQaQfinishedQproductQandQtheirQcostsQca
nQbeQconvenientlyQtracedQtoQit.
b. IndirectQmaterialsQareQgenerallyQsmall
QitemsQofQmaterialQsuchQasQglueQandQnails.
QTheyQmayQbeQanQintegralQpartQofQaQfinish
edQproductQbutQtheirQcostsQcanQbeQtracedQt
oQtheQproductQonlyQatQgreatQcostQorQinconv
enience.
c. DirectQlaborQconsistsQofQlaborQcosts
QthatQcanQbeQeasilyQtracedQtoQparticular
Qproducts.
DirectQlaborQisQalsoQcalledQ―touchQlabor.‖
d. IndirectQlaborQconsistsQofQtheQlaborQ
costsQofQjanitors,Qsupervisors,QmaterialsQhan
dlers,QandQotherQfactoryQworkersQthatQcann
otQbeQconvenientlyQtracedQtoQparticularQpro
ducts.QTheseQlaborQcostsQareQincurredQtoQ
supportQproduction,QbutQtheQworkersQinvolv
edQdoQnotQdirectlyQworkQonQtheQproduct.
e. ManufacturingQoverheadQincludesQallQ
manufacturingQcostsQexceptQdirectQmaterials
QandQdirectQlabor.QConsequently,Qmanufactu
ringQoverheadQincludesQindirectQmaterialsQan
dQindirectQlaborQasQwellQasQotherQmanufact
uringQcosts.
1-3
AQproductQcostQisQanyQcostQinvolved
QinQpurchasingQorQmanufacturingQgoods.QIn
QtheQcaseQofQmanufacturedQgoods,QtheseQc
ostsQconsistQofQdirectQmaterials,QdirectQlabor
,QandQmanufacturingQoverhead.QAQperiodQco
stQisQaQcostQthatQisQtakenQdirectlyQtoQtheQ
, 1-4
a. VariableQcost:QTheQvariableQcostQperQ
unitQisQconstant,QbutQtotalQvariableQc
ostQchangesQinQdirectQproportionQtoQc
hangesQinQvolume.
b. FixedQcost:QTheQtotalQfixedQcostQisQco
nstantQwithinQtheQrelevantQrange.QTheQ
averageQfixedQcostQperQunitQvariesQinv
erselyQwithQchangesQ inQvolume.
c. MixedQcost:QAQmixedQcostQcontain
sQbothQvariableQandQfixedQcostQel
ements.
1-5
a. UnitQfixedQcostsQdecreaseQasQtheQactivi
tyQlevelQincreases.
b. UnitQvariableQcostsQremainQconstantQ
asQtheQactivityQlevelQincreases.
c. TotalQfixedQcostsQremainQconstantQ
asQtheQactivityQlevelQincreases.
d. TotalQvariableQcostsQincreaseQasQtheQ
activityQlevelQincreases.
1-6
a. CostQbehavior:QCostQbehaviorQrefersQt
oQtheQwayQinQwhichQcostsQchangeQin
QresponseQtoQchangesQinQaQmeasure
QofQactivityQsuchQasQsalesQvolume,Qp
roductionQvolume,QorQordersQprocessed
.
b. RelevantQrange:QTheQrelevantQrangeQ
isQtheQrangeQofQactivityQwithinQwhich
QassumptionsQaboutQvariableQandQfix
edQcostQbehaviorQareQvalid.
1-7 AnQactivityQbaseQisQaQmeasure
QofQwhateverQcausesQtheQincurrenceQof
QaQvariableQcost.QExamplesQofQactivityQ
basesQincludeQunitsQproduced,QunitsQsol
d,QlettersQtyped,QbedsQinQaQhospital,Q
mealsQservedQinQaQcafe,QserviceQcallsQ
made,Qetc.
1-8 TheQlinearQassumptionQisQreasonabl
yQvalidQprovidingQthatQtheQcostQformulaQis
QusedQonlyQwithinQtheQrelevantQrange.