cost of goods sold - Answers beginning inventory + net purchases - ending inventory
Costs that can be easily and conveniently traced to a specific product are called _______________
costs. - Answers Direct
Indirect labor costs include: - Answers a. administrative assistant salary
b. assembly-line supervisor salary B,D
c. assembly-line worker wages
d. factory security guard wages
Within the relevant range, ____________ costs remain constant on a per unit basis. - Answers
variable
A change in revenues between two alternatives is known as _____________ revenue or
incremental revenue. - Answers differential
Administrative costs include: - Answers a. sales commissions and factory supervisors' salaries
b. executive compensation and public relations costs
c. factory maintenance workers' wages and factory supervisors' salaries
d. shipping costs and sales commissions B.
Which of the following statements are true? - Answers a. The relevant range of activity is
approximated by a straight line
b. within the relevant range of activity, fixed costs remain constant in total
c. Within the relevant range of activity total variable costs do not change. A,B
Factory costs such as cleaning supplies, taxes, insurance, and janitor wages are classified as
__________. - Answers manufacturing overhead
Which of the following statements are true? - Answers When mixed costs are represented by a
straight-line, the steeper the slope, the higher the variable cost per unit.
A mixed cost has a minimun cost of having a service available and ready for use.
Mixed costs are also commonly known as semi-__________ costs - Answers variable
Product costs are also called _____________costs. - Answers inventoriable
Which of the following statements are true? - Answers a. the wages of assembly-line workers
, are period costs
b. period costs are expensed in the same period in which they are incurred.
c. period costs are included as part if the costs of goods.
d. sales commissions are period costs. B,D
A cost that changes in direct proportion to changes in the activity level is a ___________cost -
Answers variable
Labor costs that an be easily and conveniently traced to specific products are ___________ costs.
- Answers direct labor
Costs that have already been incurred and can NOT be changed by decisions made in the
current period or in the future periods are called __________ costs. - Answers sunk
The revenue obtained from selling one additional unit of product is called _____________ revenue.
- Answers marginal
A laptop computer manufacturer would consider the computer's processor chip to be a(n)
__________ cost. - Answers direct material
Which of the following are most likely fixed costs? - Answers a. electricity to operate factory
machines
b. administrative salaries
c. factory insurance
d. factory rent B,C,D
Opportunity costs: - Answers a. are uncommon in decision making
b. are benefits that are given up when selecting one alternative over another. B,D
c. are part of traditional accounting records
d. should be considered in decision making
A manufacturing cost that CANNOT be easily traced to a specific cost object is a(n) _________
cost. - Answers indirect
An activity base: - Answers a. messures whatever causes costs to vary
b. is sometimes called a cost driver
c. is a measure of whatever causes fixed costs to occur