Accounting, 5th Edition by Leslie G.
Eldenburg, Albie Brooks, Gillian
Vesty, Nicolas Pawsey Chapter 1-21
📊 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
🔹 Chapter 1: Introduction
1. Management accounting primarily focuses on:
A. External reporting
B. Internal decision-making
C. Tax compliance
✅
D. Auditing
👉
Answer: B
Helps managers make decisions
2. Which is NOT a function of management accounting?
A. Planning
B. Controlling
C. Decision-making
✅
D. Public reporting
👉
D
That’s financial accounting
3. Value chain refers to:
A. Tax system
B. Activities that add value
C. Salary structure
✅
D. Inventory count
B
,4. Strategy is:
A. Daily operations
B. Long-term plan
C. Budget report
✅
D. Audit result
B
5. Competitive advantage means:
A. Higher taxes
B. Better position than rivals
C. More employees
✅
D. Larger office
B
🔹 Chapter 2: Cost Terms
6. Direct costs are:
A. Easily traced
B. Indirect
C. Fixed
✅
D. Hidden
A
7. Indirect cost example:
A. Raw materials
B. Labor
C. Factory rent
✅
D. Direct wages
C
8. Fixed costs:
A. Change with output
B. Stay constant
C. Increase always
, ✅
D. Decrease always
B
9. Variable costs:
A. Fixed
B. Change with activity
C. Always high
✅
D. Always low
B
10. Mixed cost has:
A. Only fixed
B. Only variable
C. Both
✅
D. None
C
🔹 Chapter 3: Cost Behavior
11. Relevant range means:
A. Unlimited activity
B. Normal operating level
C. Maximum profit
✅
D. Tax level
B
12. Step costs:
A. Smooth change
B. Jump at intervals
C. Fixed
✅
D. Variable only
B
13. High-low method estimates:
A. Profit