Managerial Accounting (4th Edition) – Charles Davis & Elizabeth Davis – Complete Test Bank for Chapters 1–13

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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 id id




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 id




Accounting as a Tool for Management id id id id id




CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES id id




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




There are several formal definitions of managerial accounting. A simple one is “thege
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neration of relevant information to support management’s decision- id id id id id id id




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2. Describe the differences between managerial and financial accounting(U id id id id id id id d
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Managerial accounting’s primary users are managers and decision makers within an organi id id id id id id id id id id id




zation, whereas financial accounting is aimed primarily at external users. Unlike GAAP that
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guides financial accounting, there are no mandated rules in managerial accounting. Manag
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erial accounting reports focus on operating segments, while financialaccounting statemen
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ts report results for the organization as a whole. Managerial accounting is concerned more
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with projecting future results than reporting past results. Managerial information is prepar
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ed to take advantage of a window of opportunity, evenif some accuracy must be sacrificed.
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Financial accounting information is balanced to the penny and is delivered after the end of t
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he 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- id id id id id id id id




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 transl
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ates the company’s strategy into action steps. Controlling is the monitoring of day-to-
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day operations to identify any problems that require corrective action. Evaluating is the pro
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cess of comparing a particular period’s actual results to planned results, for the purpose of
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assessing managerial performance. Decision making means choosing between alternative id id id id id id id id id




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4. Explain how the selection of a particular business strategy determines theinf id id id id id id id id id id d
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ormation that managers need to run an organization effectively (Unit 1.2) id id id id id id id id id id




To run a business effectively, managers need information that shows how well operatio
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ns are meeting the organization’s strategic goals. For instance, if the organization’s stra
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cost producer, information about product costsand cost variances will be more useful t
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o managers than information about researchand development.
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5. Discuss the importance of ethical behavior in managerial accounting (Unit1.3
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)
Ethical behavior means knowing right from wrong and then doing the right thing. Manyco
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mpanies and most professional organizations have codes of conduct to guide employees’
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actions. Acting unethically can lead to illegal activity and ultimately to the destruction of th
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e firm. Furthermore, research has shown that a public commitment toethical behavior can
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lead to superior financial performance.
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