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18th EditionA
By Ray Garrison, Eric Noreen and Peter Brewer
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Verified Chapter's 1 - 16 | Complete
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,Table of Contents
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ChapterAOne:AManagerialAAccountingAandACostAConcepts
ChapterATwo:AJob-OrderACosting:ACalculatingAUnitAProductACosts
ChapterAThree:AJob-OrderACosting:ACostAFlowsAandAExternalAReporting
ChapterAFour:AProcessACosting
ChapterAFive:ACost-Volume-ProfitARelationships
ChapterASix:AVariableACostingAandASegmentAReporting:AToolsAforAManagement
ChapterASeven:AActivity-BasedACosting:AAAToolAtoAAidADecisionAMaking
ChapterAEight:AMasterABudgeting
ChapterANine:AFlexibleABudgetsAandAPerformanceAAnalysis
ChapterATen:AStandardACostsAandAVariances
ChapterAEleven:AResponsibilityAAccountingASystems
ChapterATwelve:AStrategicAPerformanceAMeasurement
ChapterAThirteen:ADifferentialAAnalysis:ATheAKeyAtoADecisionAMaking
ChapterAFourteen:ACapitalABudgetingADecisions
ChapterAFifteen:AStatementAofACashAFlows
ChapterASixteen:AFinancialAStatementAAnalysis
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Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts
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Questions
1-1 TheAthreeAmajorAtypesAofAproductAcosts 1-4
AinAaAmanufacturingAcompanyAareAdirectAmateri a. VariableAcost:ATheAvariableAcostAperAunitAisA
als,AdirectAlabor,AandAmanufacturingAoverhead. constant,AbutAtotalAvariableAcostAchangesAin
AdirectAproportionAtoAchangesAinAvolume.
1-2 b. FixedAcost:ATheAtotalAfixedAcostAisAconstantAw
a. DirectAmaterialsAareAanAintegralApartAofAa ithinAtheArelevantArange.ATheAaverageAfixedAc
AfinishedAproductAandAtheirAcostsAcanAbeAconve ostAperAunitAvariesAinverselyAwithAchangesA in
nientlyAtracedAtoAit. Avolume.
b. IndirectAmaterialsAareAgenerallyAsmallAite c. MixedAcost:AAAmixedAcostAcontainsAboth
msAofAmaterialAsuchAasAglueAandAnails.ATheyAmayA AvariableAandAfixedAcostAelements.
beAanAintegralApartAofAaAfinishedAproductAbutAtheir
AcostsAcanAbeAtracedAtoAtheAproductAonlyAatAgreat 1-5
AcostAorAinconvenience. a. UnitAfixedAcostsAdecreaseAasAtheAactivityAlevelA
c. DirectAlaborAconsistsAofAlaborAcostsAthat increases.
AcanAbeAeasilyAtracedAtoAparticularAproducts. b. UnitAvariableAcostsAremainAconstantAasAthe
DirectAlaborAisAalsoAcalledA―touchAlabor.‖ AactivityAlevelAincreases.
d. IndirectAlaborAconsistsAofAtheAlaborAcostsA c. TotalAfixedAcostsAremainAconstantAasAthe
ofAjanitors,Asupervisors,AmaterialsAhandlers,Aand AactivityAlevelAincreases.
AotherAfactoryAworkersAthatAcannotAbeAconvenie d. TotalAvariableAcostsAincreaseAasAtheAactivity
ntlyAtracedAtoAparticularAproducts.ATheseAlaborAc AlevelAincreases.
ostsAareAincurredAtoAsupportAproduction,AbutAth
eAworkersAinvolvedAdoAnotAdirectlyAworkAonAtheA 1-6
product. a. CostAbehavior:ACostAbehaviorArefersAtoAtheA
e. ManufacturingAoverheadAincludesAallAman wayAinAwhichAcostsAchangeAinAresponseAtoAc
ufacturingAcostsAexceptAdirectAmaterialsAandAdire hangesAinAaAmeasureAofAactivityAsuchAasAsal
ctAlabor.AConsequently,AmanufacturingAoverhead esAvolume,AproductionAvolume,AorAordersApr
AincludesAindirectAmaterialsAandAindirectAlaborAasA ocessed.
wellAasAotherAmanufacturingAcosts. b. RelevantArange:ATheArelevantArangeAisAtheA
rangeAofAactivityAwithinAwhichAassumptions
1-3 AaboutAvariableAandAfixedAcostAbehaviorAar
AAproductAcostAisAanyAcostAinvolvedAinAp eAvalid.
urchasingAorAmanufacturingAgoods.AInAtheAcaseAo
fAmanufacturedAgoods,AtheseAcostsAconsistAofAdir 1-7 AnAactivityAbaseAisAaAmeasureAofAwha
ectAmaterials,AdirectAlabor,AandAmanufacturingAov teverAcausesAtheAincurrenceAofAaAvariableAcost
erhead.AAAperiodAcostAisAaAcostAthatAisAtakenAdire .AExamplesAofAactivityAbasesAincludeAunitsApro
ctlyAtoAtheAincomeAstatementAasAanAexpenseAinAt duced,AunitsAsold,AlettersAtyped,AbedsAinAaAho
heAperiodAinAwhichAitAisAincurred. spital,AmealsAservedAinAaAcafe,AserviceAcallsAm
ade,Aetc.
1-8 TheAlinearAassumptionAisAreasonablyAvali
, dAprovidingAthatAtheAcostAformulaAisAusedAonlyAw
ithinAtheArelevantArange.