TEST BANK
Management Accounting
Leslie G. Eldenburg
5th Edition
Chapter 1-21
PR
O
FD
O
C
,Chapter 1: The role of accounting information in management decision
making
True/false questions
1. A vision statement is a theoretical description of what an organisation should become.
*a. True
b. False
Correct answer: a
Learning objective 1.1 ~ Recognise the types of decisions managers make for an
organisation
PR
2. An organisational vision is a short-term plan for maximising financial results.
a. True
O
*b. False
Correct answer: b
Learning objective 1.1 ~ Recognise the types of decisions managers make for an
FD
organisation
3. Most organisations have one stakeholder.
O
a. True
*b. False
C
Correct answer: b
Learning objective 1.1 ~ Recognise the types of decisions managers make for an
organisation
4. Organisational core competencies unrelated to the organisational vision.
a. True
*b. False
Correct answer: b
Learning objective 1.1 ~ Recognise the types of decisions managers make for an
organisation
1.2
,5. Organisational strategies are the tactics that managers use to take advantage of core
competencies while working towards the organisational vision.
*a. True
b. False
Correct answer: a
Learning objective 1.1 ~ Recognise the types of decisions managers make for an
organisation
6. Most organisations have databases that contain information collected formally or
informally from internal sources only.
PR
a. True
*b. False
Correct answer: b
Learning objective 1.1 ~ Recognise the types of decisions managers make for an
organisation
O
7. Desirable employee behaviour can be motivated by tying employee performance
FD
evaluation and pay to long-term or short-term results.
*a. True
b. False
Correct answer: a
O
Learning objective 1.1 ~ Recognise the types of decisions managers make for an
organisation
C
8. Organisational information systems only collect accounting information.
a. True
*b. False
Correct answer: b
Learning objective 1.2 ~ Discuss the role of cost and management accounting information
in management decision making
1.3
, 9. Cost accounting information is used for both management accounting and financial
accounting activities.
*a. True
b. False
Correct answer: a
Learning objective 1.2 ~ Discuss the role of cost and management accounting information
in management decision making
10. Management accounting is the process of gathering, summarising and reporting
financial and non-financial information used internally to make decisions.
*a. True
PR
b. False
Correct answer: a
Learning objective 1.2 ~ Discuss the role of cost and management accounting information
in management decision making
O
11. Intellectual capital is a type of financial resource that is captured by the organisation’s
information system.
FD
a. True
*b. False
Correct answer: b
Learning objective 1.2 ~ Discuss the role of cost and management accounting information
O
in management decision making
C
12. It is easy to differentiate between internal and external reports.
a. True
*b. False
Correct answer: b
Learning objective 1.2 ~ Discuss the role of cost and management accounting information
in management decision making
1.4
Management Accounting
Leslie G. Eldenburg
5th Edition
Chapter 1-21
PR
O
FD
O
C
,Chapter 1: The role of accounting information in management decision
making
True/false questions
1. A vision statement is a theoretical description of what an organisation should become.
*a. True
b. False
Correct answer: a
Learning objective 1.1 ~ Recognise the types of decisions managers make for an
organisation
PR
2. An organisational vision is a short-term plan for maximising financial results.
a. True
O
*b. False
Correct answer: b
Learning objective 1.1 ~ Recognise the types of decisions managers make for an
FD
organisation
3. Most organisations have one stakeholder.
O
a. True
*b. False
C
Correct answer: b
Learning objective 1.1 ~ Recognise the types of decisions managers make for an
organisation
4. Organisational core competencies unrelated to the organisational vision.
a. True
*b. False
Correct answer: b
Learning objective 1.1 ~ Recognise the types of decisions managers make for an
organisation
1.2
,5. Organisational strategies are the tactics that managers use to take advantage of core
competencies while working towards the organisational vision.
*a. True
b. False
Correct answer: a
Learning objective 1.1 ~ Recognise the types of decisions managers make for an
organisation
6. Most organisations have databases that contain information collected formally or
informally from internal sources only.
PR
a. True
*b. False
Correct answer: b
Learning objective 1.1 ~ Recognise the types of decisions managers make for an
organisation
O
7. Desirable employee behaviour can be motivated by tying employee performance
FD
evaluation and pay to long-term or short-term results.
*a. True
b. False
Correct answer: a
O
Learning objective 1.1 ~ Recognise the types of decisions managers make for an
organisation
C
8. Organisational information systems only collect accounting information.
a. True
*b. False
Correct answer: b
Learning objective 1.2 ~ Discuss the role of cost and management accounting information
in management decision making
1.3
, 9. Cost accounting information is used for both management accounting and financial
accounting activities.
*a. True
b. False
Correct answer: a
Learning objective 1.2 ~ Discuss the role of cost and management accounting information
in management decision making
10. Management accounting is the process of gathering, summarising and reporting
financial and non-financial information used internally to make decisions.
*a. True
PR
b. False
Correct answer: a
Learning objective 1.2 ~ Discuss the role of cost and management accounting information
in management decision making
O
11. Intellectual capital is a type of financial resource that is captured by the organisation’s
information system.
FD
a. True
*b. False
Correct answer: b
Learning objective 1.2 ~ Discuss the role of cost and management accounting information
O
in management decision making
C
12. It is easy to differentiate between internal and external reports.
a. True
*b. False
Correct answer: b
Learning objective 1.2 ~ Discuss the role of cost and management accounting information
in management decision making
1.4
