ACC 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Direct Labor Cost, Management Accounting, Indirect Costs

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17 Nov 2017

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NCSU

Department

Accounting

Course

ACC 200

Professor

Christopher Tague Mc Kittrick

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Accumulating costs is the way that costs are measured and recorded. Managerial accounting systems are structured to measure and assign costs. A cost object is any item such as a product, customer, department, project, geographic region or plant, for which costs are measured and assigned. Costs can be assigned to cost objects in a number of ways. The choice of a method depends on a number of factors, such as the need for accuracy. The objective is to measure and assign costs as well as possible, given management objectives. Direct costs are costs that can be easily and accurately traced to a cost object. When a cost is easy to trace, we mean that the relationship between the cost and the object can be physically observed, is easy to track, and results in more accurate cost assignments. Indirect costs are costs that cannot be easily and accurately traced to a cost object.

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Kubin Companyâs relevant range of production is 21,000 to 25,000 units. When it produces and sells 23,000 units, its average costs per unit are as follows:

	Average Cost per Unit
Direct materials	$	8.10
Direct labor	$	5.10
Variable manufacturing overhead	$	2.60
Fixed manufacturing overhead	$	6.10
Fixed selling expense	$	4.60
Fixed administrative expense	$	3.60
Sales commissions	$	2.10
Variable administrative expense	$	1.60

2. Assume the cost object is the Manufacturing Department and that its total output is 23,000 units.

a. How much total manufacturing cost is directly traceable to the Manufacturing Department?

b. How much total manufacturing cost is an indirect cost that cannot be easily traced to the Manufacturing Department?


2a.	Direct materials per unit
	Direct labor per unit
	Variable manufacturing overhead per unit
	Fixed manufacturing overhead per unit
	Total manufacturing cost per unit	$0.00
	Number of units sold
	Total direct costs	$0

2b.	Total indirect costs

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1. A cost pool is :

A. a collection of homogeneous cost to be assigned.

B. almost always the combined result of decision made bydifferent responsibility center manager.

C. The primary function of a responsibility accountingsystem.

D. the amount of cost that has been allocated say, 10% to a userdepartment.

E. The tool used to allocate cost dollars to userdepartments.

2.Variable costs are those costs that:

A. vary (in total ) inversely with changes in activity.

B. vary (in totals) directly with in activity.

C. remain constant (in total) as activity changes.

D. Decrease on a per unit basis as activity increase.

E. Increase on a per unit basis as activity increases.

3. When comparing EOQ and JIT inventory system, which of thefollowing statement is false?

A. The EOQ approach takes the viewpoint that some inventory isnecessary.

B. The EOQ system assumes a constant order quantity.

C. JIT argues that inventory investments should beminimized.

D. The EOQ system focuse on acquistion and holding costs.

E. JIT argues that safety stocks are necessary to reduce theprobability of a stock shortage.

4. Procust costing in manufacturing firm is the process of:

A. Accumulating the company 's period costs

B. Allocating costs among the firm departments.

C. Placing a value on the company's fixed assets.

D. Assigning cost to the firm's inventory.

E. Assinging costs to the comapny's managers.

5.Decentralized firms can delegate authority by structuring anorganization into responsibility centers. Which of the followingorganizational segments is most like a totally independent,standalone business where managers are expected to "make it on theown?

A. Cost center

B. Revenue Center

C. Profit Center

D. Investment center

E. Contribution center

6. Costs that are expensed when incurred are called:

A. Product costs

B. Direct Costs

C. Inventoriable Cost

D. Period Cost

E. Indirect costs

7. A budget serves as a benchmark against which:

A. Actual result can be compared

B. Allocated results can be compared

C. actual result be inconsequential

D. Alloated results become inconsequential.

E. Cash balances can be compared to expense totals.

8. Activity based costing system.

A. use a single volume based cost driver.

B. Assign overhead to product based on the products' relativeusage of direct labor.

C. often reveal products that were under or over costed bytraditional costing.

D. Typically use fewer cost driver than more traditional costingsystem.

E . Have a tendency to distort product costs/

9.The point in a joint production process where each individualproduct becomes separately identifiable is commonly called the:

A. Decision point

B. Separation point

C. Individual product point

D. Split-off point

E. Joint product point.

10.The RIO calculation will indicate:

A. the percentage of each sale dollar that is invested inassets.

B. The sale dollars generated from each dollar of income.

C.How effectively a company used its invested capital

D. the invested capital generated from each dollar of income

E. the overall quality of the company's earnings.

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Multiple Choice Questions

1. A cost center is a unit of a business that incurs costs butdoes not directly generate revenues. Which of the following woulddefinitely not be considered a cost center?
A. Accounting department.
B. Purchasing department.
C. Research department
D. Advertising department.
E. All of these could be considered cost centers.

2. A unit of a business that not only incurs costs, but alsogenerates revenues, is called a:
A. Performance center.
B. Profit center.
C. Cost center.
D. Responsibility center.
E. Expense center.

3. Regardless of the system used in departmental costanalysis:
A. Direct costs are allocated, indirect costs are not.
B. Indirect costs are allocated, direct costs are not.
C. Both direct and indirect costs are allocated.
D. Neither direct nor indirect costs are allocated.
E. Total departmental costs will always be the same.

4. An accounting system that provides information thatmanagement can use to evaluate the profitability and/or costeffectiveness of a department's activities is a:
A. Departmental accounting system.
B. Cost accounting system.
C. Service accounting system.
D. Revenue accounting system.
E. Standard accounting system.

5. Expenses that are easily traced and assigned to a specificdepartment because they are incurred for the sole benefit of thatdepartment are called:
A. Direct expenses.
B. Indirect expenses.
C. Controllable expenses.
D. Uncontrollable expenses.
E. Fixed expenses.

6. Costs that the manager has the power to determine or at leaststrongly influence are called:
A. Uncontrollable costs.
B. Controllable costs.
C. Joint costs.
D. Direct costs.
E. Indirect costs.

7. Responsibility account performance reports:
A. Become more detailed at higher levels of management.
B. Become less detailed at higher levels of management.
C. Are equally detailed at all levels of management.
D. Are useful in any format.
E. Are irrelevant.

8. Which of the following is an example of a performance measureof internal business processes which would be found in a balancedscorecard?
A. Product defect rates
B. Number of new customers
C. Employee satisfaction
D. Return on Investment
E. Sales growth

9. Which of the following is an example of a performance measureof the customer perspective which would be found in a balancedscorecard?
A. Product defect rates
B. Number of new customers
C. Employee satisfaction
D. Return on Investment
E. Sales growth

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