TEST BANK Managerial Accounting, 4th Edition By Davis, Complete Chapters 1 To 13 Updated 2024.

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TEST BANK
Managerial Accounting 4th Edition
By Charles Davis Elizabeth Davis Chapter 1 - 13

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Table Of Contents PF PF




1. Accounting as a Tool for Management
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2.Cost Behavior and Cost Estimation
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3. Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis and Pricing Decisions
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4. Product Costs and Job Order Costing
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5. Planning and Forecasting
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5A: Planning and Forecasting in a Retail Setting* (online only)
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6. Performance Evaluation: Variance Analysis
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7. Activity-Based Costing and Activity-Based Management
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8. Using Accounting Information to Make Managerial Decisions
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9. Capital Budgeting
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10. Decentralization and Performance Evaluation
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11. Performance Evaluation Revisited: A Balanced Approach
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12. Financial Statement Analysis
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13. Statement of Cash Flows
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Chapter 1 PF




Accounting as a Tool for Management PF PF PF PF PF




CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES PF PF




1. Define managerial accounting (Unit 1.1) PF PF PF PF




There are several formal definitions of managerial accounting. A simple one is “th
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egeneration of relevant information to support management’s decision-
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making activities.” PF




2. Describe the differences between managerial and financial accounting(
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Unit 1.1) PF




Managerial accounting’s primary users are managers and decision makers within an org
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anization, whereas financial accounting is aimed primarily at external users. Unlike GAA
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P that guides financial accounting, there are no mandated rules in managerial accounti
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ng. Managerial accounting reports focus on operating segments, while financialaccounti
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ng statements report results for the organization as a whole. Managerial accounting is c
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oncerned more with projecting future results than reporting past results. Managerial in
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formation is prepared to take advantage of a window of opportunity, evenif some accur
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acy must be sacrificed. Financial accounting information is balanced to the penny and is
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delivered after the end of the accounting period.
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3. List and describe the four functions of managers (Unit 1.1)
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Planning means setting a direction for the organization. Long-
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term, or strategic planningprovides direction for a five- to ten-year period. Short-
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term or operational planning provides more detailed guidance for the coming year; it tr
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anslates the company’s strategy into action steps. Controlling is the monitoring of day-
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to-
day operations to identify any problems that require corrective action. Evaluating is the
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Fprocess of comparing a particular period’s actual results to planned results, for the pur
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pose of assessing managerial performance. Decision making means choosing between a
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lternative courses of action. PF PF PF




4. Explain how the selection of a particular business strategy determines the
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information that managers need to run an organization effectively (Unit 1 PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF




.2)
To run a business effectively, managers need information that shows how well oper
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ations are meeting the organization’s strategic goals. For instance, if the organizatio
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n’s strategy is to be a low-
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cost producer, information about product costsand cost variances will be more usef
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ul to managers than information about researchand development.
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5. Discuss the importance of ethical behavior in managerial accounting (Unit
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1.3)
Ethical behavior means knowing right from wrong and then doing the right thing. Man
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ycompanies and most professional organizations have codes of conduct to guide empl
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oyees’ actions. Acting unethically can lead to illegal activity and ultimately to the destr
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uction of the firm. Furthermore, research has shown that a public commitment toethic
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al behavior can lead to superior financial performance.
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