ACCT 2200 Lecture 9: Ch 9 Standard Costing and Variances notes (1)

1. What is standard cost?
A. The total number of units times the budgeted amount expected
B. Any amount that appears on a budget
C. The total amount that appears on the budget for product costs
D. The amount management thinks should be incurred to produce a good or service

2. A standard cost is
A. the average cost in an industry.
B. a predetermined cost.
C. the historical cost of producing a product last year
D. a cost which is paid for a group of similar products.

3. The difference between a budget and a standard is that
A. a budget expresses what costs were, while a standard expresses what costs should be.
B. a budget expresses a total amount, while a standard expresses a unit amount.
C. a budget expresses management's plans, while a standard reflects what actually happened.
D. standards are excluded from the cost accounting system, whereas budgets are generally incorporated into the cost accounting system.

4. Standard costs may be used by
A. universities.
B. governmental agencies.
C. charitable organizations.
D. all of these answers are correct

5. The final decision as to what standard costs should be is the responsibility of
A. management.
B. the quality control engineer.
C. the purchasing agent.
D. the managerial accountants.

6. The most rigorous of all standards is the
A. normal standard.
B. realistic standard.
C. conceivable standard.
D. ideal standard.

7. An unfavorable materials quantity variance would occur if
A. more materials were purchased than were used.
B. actual pounds of materials used were greater than the standard pounds allowed
C. actual pounds of materials used were less than the standard pounds allowed
D. actual labor hours used were greater than the standard labor hours allowed

8. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Variances are the differences between total actual costs and total standard costs.
B. When actual costs exceed standard costs, the variance is favorable.
C. An unfavorable variance results when actual costs are decreasing but standards are not changed.
D. all of the above are true

10. Labor efficiency is measured by the
A. materials quantity variance.
B. labor quantity variance.
C. labor rate variance.
D. total labor variance.

18. To calculate budgeted direct labor costs, multiply thenumber of units to be produced by the number of projected directlabor hours. Next, multiply that total by the average direct costper hour.

True

False

22. A flexible budget summarizes revenues and costs for variouslevels of sales volume within a relevant range.

True

False

29. A cost variance measures the difference in quantities ofactual inputs used and the standard quantity of inputs allowed forthe actual number of units produced.

True

False

32. Unfavorable variances are subtracted from each other toarrive at a favorable variance.

True

False

34. A direct labor cost variance is unfavorable if the employerpays workers more per hour than budgeted.

True

False

36. In a standard cost system, the manufacturing overheadallocated to production equals the standard overhead allocationrate multiplied by the standard quantity of the allocation baseallowed for expected output.

True

False

37. The direct materials cost and efficiency variances make upthe total direct materials variance.

True

False

41. Which of the following statements is true of absorptioncosting?

A) It considers variable selling and administrative costs asproduct costs.

B) It considers fixed selling and administrative costs asproduct costs.

C) It considers fixed manufacturing overhead cost as productcosts.

D) It considers variable manufacturing overhead cost as periodcosts.

42) Which of the following is true of the traditional format ofthe income statement?

A) It is prepared under the variable costing method.

B) It shows contribution margin as a line item.

C) It is not allowed under GAAP.

D) It is prepared under the absorption method.

43) Unit product cost calculations using absorption costing donot include ________.

A) fixed manufacturing overhead

B) variable manufacturing overhead

C) variable selling and administrative costs

D) direct materials

85. Provide responses to the following questions regarding thediscount rate.

Question? Your response

What does the discount rate represent?

What are other names for the discount rate?

Is the following statement true? Discuss the reason for yourresponse. "The higher the risk, the lower the discount rate."

1 An increase in fixed costs will cause the break-even point to decrease True False

2 Rental of equipment at $5,000 per month plus $6 for each machine hour used over 9,000 hours is a type of mixed cost. True False

3 Conversion costs are made up of direct labor and factory overhead True False

4 Which of the following would be classified as a variable cost?

Straight-line depreciation on production equipment

Copy lease payment of $500 per month plus $0.01 per copy

Fabric for use in quilts to be produced.

None of the above

5.Mixed costs:

have both the characteristics of fixed costs and variable costs.

change in relation to the passage of time.

cannot be accurately plotted on a graph.

None of the above

6 What is the correct formula to calculate the contribution margin ratio?

Fixed Costs / Unit Contribution Margin

(Sales - Variable Costs) / Sales

(Fixed Costs + Target Profit) / Unit Contribution Margin

None of the above

7 The budget process begins with which of the following?

Production budget

Sales budget

Cash Budget

Budgeted Income Statement

8 If the cost of materials purchased in the period is $200,000, and $185,000 is used in the manufacturing process, then:

the unused $15,000 is a period cost.

the unused $15,000 is part of work-in-process inventory in the period.

the unused $15,000 is classified as materials inventory

the unused $15,000 is part of finished goods inventory on the balance sheet.

9 Which statement(s) is True about the uses of managerial accounting?

Managerial accounting is used to support long-term planning decisions.

Managerial accounting helps a company evaluate the performance of company decisions.

Managerial accounting helps users run the day-to-day operations of the business.

All of the above

10 A budgeting system that requires managers to estimate sales and other operating expenses as though operations are being started for the first time is:

static budgeting.

flexible budgeting

zero based budgeting

None of the above

11

Fixed costs for Flag Stamp Co. are $250,000. The selling price per unit is $20.00, and variable costs are $15.00.

The contribution margin ratio is ? (state whole number only - no decimals).

12

Fixed costs for Flag Stamp Co. are $300,000. The selling price per unit is $20.00, and variable costs are $15.00. The break-even sales (in units) are ?

13

Assume sales are $750,000, variable costs are 70% of sales, and income from operations is $100,000. What is the contribution margin ratio and fixed cost, respectively?

14

The following costs were incurred in August:

Direct Materials $25,000

Direct Labor $20,000

Manufacturing (Factory) Overhead $25,000

Selling and Administrative Expenses $40,000

(1) What is the amount of the prime costs?

(2) What is the amount of the period costs?

(3) What is the amount of the conversion costs?

(4) What is the amount of the product costs?

15

If Ragged Edge Arts sells quilts and paintings, and it has estimated selling 50 quilts at $250 each and 42 paintings at $500 each, what are the estimated sales for next year?