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What is the purpose of an activity cost pool in activity-based costing?
Why has relying exclusively on direct labor hours and/or machine hours to assign overhead costs come under increased scrutiny?
What is a transaction driver in activity-based costing?
What is a characteristic of a successful ABC implementation according to the text?
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What is the purpose of assigning costs to activity cost pools using a first-stage allocation in activity-based costing?
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What are the two common types of activity measures in activity-based costing?
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In variable costing, what costs are considered product costs?
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What does unit product cost under absorption costing include?
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How are income statements using variable and absorption costing prepared to compute?
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Under variable costing, what happens to all fixed manufacturing overhead?
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How does absorption costing impact net operating income when the number of units sold is less than the breakeven point?
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How are changes in net operating income influenced in variable costing compared to absorption costing?
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What approach is employed when a company creates overhead rates based on the activities it performs?
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What is the appeal of using predetermined departmental overhead rates?
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In job-order costing systems, what do all of a company’s job cost sheets collectively form?
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What is the selling price of Job 407 assuming a 75% markup?
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What is the alternative approach to developing multiple predetermined overhead rates?
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What do managers use activity-based costing systems for?
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What is the impact of underapplied or overapplied overhead on financial statements?
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What is the difference between underapplied and overapplied overhead?
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What is the allocation base used for applying overhead to jobs?
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What is the purpose of computing the predetermined overhead rate?
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How does variable costing differ from absorption costing?
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What approach does the chapter use for costing, and what does it assume as the allocation base?
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What method accurately identifies additional variable costs per unit and emphasizes the impact of total fixed costs on profits?
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What is the key gauge of the long-run profitability of a segment, computed by subtracting traceable fixed costs from contribution margin?
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What type of costs arise due to the existence of a particular segment and would disappear if the segment itself disappeared?
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What is the method designed to provide managers with cost information for strategic decisions affecting capacity and variable costs?
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How does common costs allocation affect decision-making according to the text?
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What does Decentralization involve according to the text?
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Study Notes
Managerial Accounting and Decision Making
- Absorption costing distorts the fixed manufacturing overhead, making it difficult to perform break-even and cost-volume-profit analysis.
- Variable costing accurately identifies additional variable costs per unit and emphasizes the impact of total fixed costs on profits.
- Decentralization involves segmenting the overall activity into smaller segments, and managerial accounting provides information by unit and segment.
- Segmented income statements use a contribution format to separate fixed from variable costs and calculate segment margin.
- Traceable fixed costs arise due to the existence of a particular segment and would disappear if the segment itself disappeared, while common fixed costs arise from the overall operation of the company and would not disappear if any particular segment were eliminated.
- The segment margin, computed by subtracting traceable fixed costs from contribution margin, is a key gauge of the long-run profitability of a segment.
- Common costs should not be allocated to segments, as it distorts decision-making.
- Segment reporting at Webber, Inc. uses the contribution format, listing fixed and variable costs separately, and does not allocate common costs to divisions.
- Activity-Based Costing (ABC) is a method designed to provide managers with cost information for strategic decisions affecting capacity and variable costs.
- ABC assigns nonmanufacturing and manufacturing costs to products on a cause-and-effect basis and can exclude certain costs from product costs.
- ABC differs from traditional cost accounting by using numerous overhead cost pools and a more complex allocation scheme.
- ABC addresses the complexity and product differentiation in addition to volume, unlike traditional cost systems.
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Test your knowledge of managerial accounting and decision-making with this quiz. Explore concepts such as absorption costing, variable costing, decentralization, segmented income statements, traceable and common fixed costs, segment margin, segment reporting, and Activity-Based Costing (ABC). Sharpen your understanding of how these principles impact strategic decision-making and profitability analysis.