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Managerial accounting focuses primarily on the performance of the company as a whole.

A) True
B) False

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What are indirect costs, and how are the indirect costs incurred to make products accounted for?

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Unlike manufacturers, service companies do not have an inventory of products.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is not a reason management might be tempted to classify costs as product costs rather than expensing them during periods in which production exceeds sales?


A) The company's bank may be more likely to extend financing to the firm.
B) Income taxes will be lower.
C) Net income will be higher.
D) Management bonuses may be higher.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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A company uses sandpaper to prepare its product for finishing. Most manufacturers would classify the sandpaper as direct material because it is physically consumed in the production process.

A) True
B) False

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Managerial accounting systems consider economic and non-financial data as well as financial statement data.

A) True
B) False

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Select the incorrect statement regarding upstream and downstream costs.


A) Companies normally incur significant downstream costs.
B) To be profitable, companies must recover the total cost of developing, producing, and delivering products.
C) Pricing decisions must consider both upstream and downstream costs in addition to manufacturing costs.
D) Upstream and downstream costs are reported as product costs on the income statement.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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A company that uses a just in time inventory system:


A) has finished goods inventory on hand at all times in order to speed up shipments of customer orders.
B) may find that having less inventory actually leads to increased customer satisfaction.
C) assesses its value chain to create new value-added activities.
D) adopts a systematic, problem-solving attitude.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following is not a provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002?


A) The chief executive officer and the chief financial officer are jointly responsible for establishment and enforcement of internal controls.
B) Companies are required to report on the effectiveness of their internal controls.
C) The company's external auditor is charged with the ultimate responsibility for the accuracy of the company's financial statements and accompanying footnotes.
D) The company's external auditors are required to attest to the accuracy of the internal controls report.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Which of following practices is not considered an effective means of reengineering business systems?


A) Identifying the best practices used by world-class competitors
B) Improving the accuracy of cost allocations
C) Increasing non-value added activities
D) All of these are effective means of reengineering business systems.

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following costs should not be recorded as an expense?


A) Insurance on factory building
B) Sales commissions
C) Product shipping costs
D) Product advertising

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Product costs include materials, labor, and selling and administrative costs.

A) True
B) False

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During its first year of operations, Silverman Company paid $14,000 for direct materials and $19,000 for production workers' wages. Lease payments and utilities on the production facilities amounted to $17,000 while general, selling, and administrative expenses totaled $8,000. The company produced 5,000 units and sold 3,000 units at a price of $15.00 a unit.What is the amount of finished goods inventory on the balance sheet at year-end?


A) $10,000
B) $20,000
C) $4,000
D) $15,000

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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The primary difference between manufacturing companies and service companies is that the products provided by service companies are consumed immediately.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is not an element that is typically present when fraud occurs?


A) Separating duties
B) Opportunity
C) Pressure
D) Rationalize

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The sequence of activities through which an organization provides products to its customers is called a supply chain.

A) True
B) False

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Steuben Company produces dog houses. During the current year, Steuben Company incurred the following costs: Wages paid to factory machine operators in producing the dog houses should be categorized as:  Rent on manufacturing facility $250,000 Office manager’s salary 150,000 Wages of factory machine operators 110,000 Depreciation on manufacturing equipment 50,000 Insurance and taxes on selling and administrative offices 30,000 Direct materials purchased and used 170,000\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline\text { Rent on manufacturing facility } & \$ 250,000 \\\hline\text { Office manager's salary } & 150,000 \\\hline \text { Wages of factory machine operators } & 110,000 \\\hline \text { Depreciation on manufacturing equipment } & 50,000 \\\hline\text { Insurance and taxes on selling and administrative offices } & 30,000 \\\hline \text { Direct materials purchased and used } & 170,000\\\hline\end{array}


A) a product cost and recorded in the inventory account
B) a period cost and recorded on the income statement
C) a product cost and recorded on the income statement
D) a period cost and recorded in the inventory account

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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What costs are treated as product costs for a manufacturing company?

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A manufacturing business paid $3,000 to purchase inventory. As a result, assets would increase by $3,000.

A) True
B) False

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Assuming that the inventory on hand at the end of the period is sold during the following period, misclassifying a period cost as a product cost during a period will usually correct itself in the following period.

A) True
B) False

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