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By Ray Garrison, Eric Noreen and Peter Brewer
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Verified Chapter's 1 - 16 | Complete
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,Table of Contentsmj mj
Chapter One: Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts
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Chapter Two: Job-Order Costing: Calculating Unit Product Costs
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Chapter Three: Job-Order Costing: Cost Flows and External Reporting
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Chapter Four: Process Costing
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Chapter Five: Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships
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Chapter Six: Variable Costing and Segment Reporting: Tools for Management
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Chapter Seven: Activity-Based Costing: A Tool to Aid Decision Making
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Chapter Eight: Master Budgeting
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Chapter Nine: Flexible Budgets and Performance Analysis
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Chapter Ten: Standard Costs and Variances
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Chapter Eleven: Responsibility Accounting Systems
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Chapter Twelve: Strategic Performance Measurement
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Chapter Thirteen: Differential Analysis: The Key to Decision Making
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Chapter Fourteen: Capital Budgeting Decisions
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Chapter Fifteen: Statement of Cash Flows
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Chapter Sixteen: Financial Statement Analysis
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,Chapter 1 mj
Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts mj mj mj mj
Questions
1-1 The three major types of product mj mj mj mj mj 1-4
costs in a manufacturing company are direct
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materials, direct labor, and manufacturing
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overhead.
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in volume.
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1-2 b. Fixed cost: The total fixed cost is constant
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a. Direct materials are an integral part of mj mj mj mj mj mj within the relevant range. The average
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a finished product and their costs can be
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conveniently traced to it.
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items of material such as glue and nails.
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They may be an integral part of a finished
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product but their costs can be traced to the
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product only at great cost or inconvenience.
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c. Direct labor consists of labor costs mj mj mj mj mj a. Unit fixed costs decrease as the activity
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that can be easily traced to particular
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products.
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Direct labor is also called ―touch labor.‖
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d. Indirect labor consists of the labor mj mj mj mj mj c. Total fixed costs remain constant as
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costs of janitors, supervisors, materials
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handlers, and other factory workers that
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cannot be conveniently traced to particular
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products. These labor costs are incurred to
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support production, but the workers involved
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do not directly work on the product.
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manufacturing costs except direct materials
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and direct labor. Consequently, manufacturing
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overhead includes indirect materials and
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indirect labor as well as other manufacturing
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costs.
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assumptions about variable and fixed
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1-3 A product cost is any cost involved in
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purchasing or manufacturing goods. In the
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case of manufactured goods, these costs
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consist of direct materials, direct labor, and
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manufacturing overhead. A period cost is a
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cost that is taken directly to the income
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statement as an expense in the period in
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which it is incurred.
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, 1-8 The linear assumption is reasonably
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valid providing that the cost formula is used
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only within the relevant range.
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