TEST BANK
Financial and Managerial Accounting:
Managerial Chapters, 7th Edition
(Miller-Nobles) Chapter 1-11
,Chapter M:1 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Learning Objective M:1-1
1) Managerial accounting focuses on providing information for internal planning and
control. Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
2) Financial accounting prepares reports for internal purposes, whereas managerial accounting
provides information to external stakeholders.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: The reverse is true. Financial accounting serves external stakeholder information
needswhile managerial accounting serves the needs of managers and internal staff.
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
3) Financial statements prepared for investors and creditors often include forward-looking
information because they make decisions based on a company's future prospects.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Financial statements provide mostly historical information; relevant and
faithfully representative information and focused on the past.
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
4) Managerial accounting reporting by a public firm is required to follow the rules of
GAAP. Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Managerial accounting information is not guided by GAAP but rather by the
concept of usefulness to management for decision making purposes.
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
,5) Financial reporting is typically much more detailed than managerial
accounting. Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Financial reporting is typically less detailed than managerial accounting
information. Financial accounting reporting is usually summary reports, prepared primarily
on the company as a whole, usually on a quarterly or annual basis.
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
6) Managerial accounting provides financial statements that report results of operations,
financial position, and cash flows both to managers and to external stockholders.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Managerial accounting provides the information needed to plan and control
operations and therefore serves the information needs of internal parties such as managers and
staff.
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
7) Which of the following is a focus of managerial accounting?
A) to generate a company's financial statements for tax reporting
B) to provide information to business managers to assist them in controlling their businesses
C) to provide information to shareholders to assist them with their investment decisions
D) to ensure that the reports produced for internal and external business purposes are GAAP
compliant Answer: B
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
8) Which of the following statements is true of managerial accounting?
A) The external stakeholders of a company are the primary users of managerial accounting.
B) Managerial accounting information is used to help managers plan, direct and control their
operations.
C) An external audit by an independent CPA is required for managerial accounting information.
D) Managerial accounting information must comply with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles. Answer: B
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
, PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
9) Managerial aaccounting ainformation afor aa acompany ais aprimarily aused aby .
A) its acustomers ato aunderstand athe apricing aof athe aproduct
B) its acreditors ato aunderstand athe acredibility aof athe abusiness
C) its aemployees ato aplan, adirect aand acontrol aoperations
D) its ainvestors ato amake atheir ainvestment
adecisions a aAnswer: a C
Diff: a1
LO: a a M:1-1
AACSB: a Application aof
aknowledge a AICPA
aFunctional: a Reporting
PE aQuestion aType: a a Concept
H2: a aWhy aIs aManagerial aAccounting aImportant? a(H1)
10) Which aof athe afollowing astatements ais atrue aof afinancial aaccounting?
A) It aprovides ainformation ato ainvestors aneeded afor atheir ainvestment adecisions.
B) It aprovides afuture afocused ainformation aneeded afor amanaging aand adelegating
aoperations.
C) It afocuses aon adetailed areports afor aparts aof athe acompany arather athan athe awhole
acompany.
D) It afocuses aon aplanning, adirecting aand acontrolling aday-to-day
aoperations. a aAnswer: a A
Diff: a1
LO: a a M:1-1
AACSB: a Application aof
aknowledge a AICPA
aFunctional: a Reporting
PE aQuestion aType: a a Concept
H2: a aWhy aIs aManagerial aAccounting aImportant? a(H1)
11) Which aof athe afollowing ais athe aprimary afocus aof amanagerial aaccounting?
A) providing ainformation athat amanagers aneed ato amake aoperational adecisions
B) providing ahistorical adata ato ainvestors aand acreditors
C) providing asummarized aresults aof aoperations
D) providing ainformation ato acomply awith alaws aand aregulations aof
agovernment abodies a aAnswer: a A
Diff: a1
LO: a a M:1-1
AACSB: a Application aof
aknowledge a AICPA
aFunctional: a Reporting
PE aQuestion aType: a a Concept
H2: a aWhy aIs aManagerial aAccounting aImportant? a(H1)
12) Which aof athe afollowing ais athe aprimary afocus aof afinancial aaccounting?
A) providing ainformation athat amanagers aneed ato amake aoperational adecisions
B) providing asummarized ainformation aon aoperational aresults ato ainvestors aand acreditors
C) providing ainformation ato amanagers ato aassist ain aplanning, adirecting aand acontrolling
aoperations
D) providing ahighly adetailed ainformation aon aproduct alines, aregions,
Financial and Managerial Accounting:
Managerial Chapters, 7th Edition
(Miller-Nobles) Chapter 1-11
,Chapter M:1 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Learning Objective M:1-1
1) Managerial accounting focuses on providing information for internal planning and
control. Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
2) Financial accounting prepares reports for internal purposes, whereas managerial accounting
provides information to external stakeholders.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: The reverse is true. Financial accounting serves external stakeholder information
needswhile managerial accounting serves the needs of managers and internal staff.
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
3) Financial statements prepared for investors and creditors often include forward-looking
information because they make decisions based on a company's future prospects.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Financial statements provide mostly historical information; relevant and
faithfully representative information and focused on the past.
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
4) Managerial accounting reporting by a public firm is required to follow the rules of
GAAP. Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Managerial accounting information is not guided by GAAP but rather by the
concept of usefulness to management for decision making purposes.
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
,5) Financial reporting is typically much more detailed than managerial
accounting. Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Financial reporting is typically less detailed than managerial accounting
information. Financial accounting reporting is usually summary reports, prepared primarily
on the company as a whole, usually on a quarterly or annual basis.
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
6) Managerial accounting provides financial statements that report results of operations,
financial position, and cash flows both to managers and to external stockholders.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Managerial accounting provides the information needed to plan and control
operations and therefore serves the information needs of internal parties such as managers and
staff.
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
7) Which of the following is a focus of managerial accounting?
A) to generate a company's financial statements for tax reporting
B) to provide information to business managers to assist them in controlling their businesses
C) to provide information to shareholders to assist them with their investment decisions
D) to ensure that the reports produced for internal and external business purposes are GAAP
compliant Answer: B
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
8) Which of the following statements is true of managerial accounting?
A) The external stakeholders of a company are the primary users of managerial accounting.
B) Managerial accounting information is used to help managers plan, direct and control their
operations.
C) An external audit by an independent CPA is required for managerial accounting information.
D) Managerial accounting information must comply with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles. Answer: B
Diff: 1
LO: M:1-1
AACSB: Application of
knowledge AICPA Functional:
Reporting
, PE Question Type: Concept
H2: Why Is Managerial Accounting Important? (H1)
9) Managerial aaccounting ainformation afor aa acompany ais aprimarily aused aby .
A) its acustomers ato aunderstand athe apricing aof athe aproduct
B) its acreditors ato aunderstand athe acredibility aof athe abusiness
C) its aemployees ato aplan, adirect aand acontrol aoperations
D) its ainvestors ato amake atheir ainvestment
adecisions a aAnswer: a C
Diff: a1
LO: a a M:1-1
AACSB: a Application aof
aknowledge a AICPA
aFunctional: a Reporting
PE aQuestion aType: a a Concept
H2: a aWhy aIs aManagerial aAccounting aImportant? a(H1)
10) Which aof athe afollowing astatements ais atrue aof afinancial aaccounting?
A) It aprovides ainformation ato ainvestors aneeded afor atheir ainvestment adecisions.
B) It aprovides afuture afocused ainformation aneeded afor amanaging aand adelegating
aoperations.
C) It afocuses aon adetailed areports afor aparts aof athe acompany arather athan athe awhole
acompany.
D) It afocuses aon aplanning, adirecting aand acontrolling aday-to-day
aoperations. a aAnswer: a A
Diff: a1
LO: a a M:1-1
AACSB: a Application aof
aknowledge a AICPA
aFunctional: a Reporting
PE aQuestion aType: a a Concept
H2: a aWhy aIs aManagerial aAccounting aImportant? a(H1)
11) Which aof athe afollowing ais athe aprimary afocus aof amanagerial aaccounting?
A) providing ainformation athat amanagers aneed ato amake aoperational adecisions
B) providing ahistorical adata ato ainvestors aand acreditors
C) providing asummarized aresults aof aoperations
D) providing ainformation ato acomply awith alaws aand aregulations aof
agovernment abodies a aAnswer: a A
Diff: a1
LO: a a M:1-1
AACSB: a Application aof
aknowledge a AICPA
aFunctional: a Reporting
PE aQuestion aType: a a Concept
H2: a aWhy aIs aManagerial aAccounting aImportant? a(H1)
12) Which aof athe afollowing ais athe aprimary afocus aof afinancial aaccounting?
A) providing ainformation athat amanagers aneed ato amake aoperational adecisions
B) providing asummarized ainformation aon aoperational aresults ato ainvestors aand acreditors
C) providing ainformation ato amanagers ato aassist ain aplanning, adirecting aand acontrolling
aoperations
D) providing ahighly adetailed ainformation aon aproduct alines, aregions,
