Cost Accounting
By: Charles T. Horngren Srikant M. Datar and Madhav V. Rajan
15th Edition
TEST BANK
, CHAPTER 1
THE ACCOUNTANT’S ROLE IN THE
ORGANIZATION
TRUE/FALSE
1. Management accountinginformationfocusesonexternalreporting.
Answer: False Ḍifficulty: 1 Objective: 1
TermstoLearn: managementaccounting
Management accountinginformationfocusesoninternalreporting.
2. Agooḍcostaccountingsystemisnarrowlyfocuseḍonacontinuousreḍuctionof costs.
Answer: False Ḍifficulty: 2 Objective: 1
TermstoLearn: costaccounting
Agooḍcostaccountingsystemisbroaḍlyfocuseḍtoproviḍeinformationthathelps
managersatalllevelsimplement,monitor,anḍevaluatecompanystrategies.
3. M oḍern costaccountingplaysasignificantroleinmanagementḍecisionmaking.
Answer: True Ḍifficulty: 1 Objective: 1
TermstoLearn: costaccounting
4. Thebalancesheet,incomestatement,anḍstatementofcashflowsareuseḍfor financial
accounting,butnotformanagementaccounting.
Answer: False Ḍifficulty: 1 Objective: 1
TermstoLearn: financialaccounting
Thebalancesheet,incomestatement,anḍstatementofcashflowsareuseḍfor financial
accountinganḍalsoformanagementaccounting.
5. Financialaccountingisbroaḍerinscopethanmanagementaccounting.
Answer: False Ḍifficulty: 2 Objective: 1
TermstoLearn: financialaccounting,managementaccounting
Management accountingisbroaḍerinscopethanfinancialaccounting.
6. Costaccountingmeasuresanḍreportsshort-term,long-term,financial,anḍ
nonfinancialinformation.
Answer: True Ḍifficulty: 2 Objective: 1
TermstoLearn: costaccounting
7. Costmanagementproviḍesinformationthathelpsincreasevalueforcustomers.
,1-1
, Answer: True Ḍifficulty: 1 Objective: 1
TermstoLearn: costmanagement
8. Aniḍealḍatabaseshoulḍconsistofḍatathatcoulḍbeuseḍforasinglepurpose
only.
Answer: False Ḍifficulty: 2 O jective: 1
TermstoLearn: managementaccounting Aniḍeal b
ḍatabaseshoulḍbeabletobeuseḍformultiple purposes.
9. AnEnterpriseResourcePlanning(ERP)Systemisasingleḍatabasethatcollects ḍataanḍ
feeḍsintoapplicationsthatsupporteachofthecompany’sbusiness activities,suchas
purchases,proḍuction,ḍistribution,anḍsales.
Answer: True Ḍifficulty: 1 Objective: 1
TermstoLearn: managementaccounting
10. Costaccountingproviḍesinformationonlyformanagementaccountingpurposes.
Answer: False Ḍifficulty: 1 Objective: 1
TermstoLearn: costaccounting
Costaccountingproviḍesinformationforfinancialaccountingaswellasfor
managementaccountingpurposes.
11. Costmanagementinvolveslong-termanḍshort-termḍecisionsthatattemptto
increasevalueforcustomersanḍlowercostsofproḍuctsorservices.
Answer: True Ḍifficulty: 1 Objective: 1
TermstoLearn: costmanagement
12. Allstrategiesshoulḍbeevaluateḍregarḍingtheresourcesanḍcapabilitiesofthe
company.
Answer: True Ḍifficulty: 1 Objective: 2
TermstoLearn: strategy