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Course Introduction
Performance Management and Control explores the strategies, processes, and tools organizations use to measure, manage, and enhance performance at various levels. This course examines the design and implementation of performance management systems, including setting objectives, developing key performance indicators (KPIs), and employing financial and non-financial measures to drive strategic alignment. Emphasis is placed on the role of managerial control systems, budgeting, variance analysis, and the balanced scorecard in influencing behaviors and achieving organizational goals. Students will analyze real-world cases and apply performance management frameworks to support effective decision-making, organizational learning, and continuous improvement.
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Managerial Accounting 13th Edition by Carl Warren
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Chapter 1: Managerial Accounting Concepts and Principles
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Q1) The cost of a manufactured product generally consists of direct materials cost, direct labor cost, and factory overhead cost.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Salesman commissions
A)Direct materials
B)Direct labor
C)Factory overhead
D)Non-manufacturing cost
Answer: D
Q3) The following are all product costs except
A)direct materials
B)sales and administrative expenses
C)direct labor
D)factory overhead
Answer: B
Q4) Differentiate between a line department and a staff department.
Answer: 11ea855c_6e65_c4b0_9aec_5192630972b9_TB6237_00
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Chapter 2: Job Order Costing
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Q1) machine operator
A)direct labor
B)direct materials
C)factory overhead
D)not a product cost
Answer: A
Q2) The finished goods account is the controlling account for the A)cost ledger
B)materials ledger
C)work in process ledger
D)stock ledger
Answer: D
Q3) Recording jobs shipped and customers billed would include a debit to
A)Accounts Payable
B)Cash
C)Finished Goods
D)Cost of Goods Sold
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Process Cost Systems
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Q1) focuses on reducing time, cost, and poor quality within the process
A)cost of production report
B)equivalent units of production
C)manufacturing cells
D)yield
E)just-in-time processing
Answer: E
Q2) The last step in the preparation of a cost of production report is the calculation of equivalent units of production.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The total conversion costs for the period were
A)$59,400
B)$49,500
C)$143,400
D)$9,900
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Cost Behavior and Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
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Q1) Harley Company has sales of $500,000, variable costs are 75% of sales, and operating income is $40,000.What is Harley's operating leverage?
A)0.0
B)1.2
C)1.3
D)3.1
Q2) Break-even analysis is one type of cost-volume-profit analysis.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If the unit selling price is $40, the volume of sales is $3,000,000, sales at the break-even point amount to $2,500,000, and the maximum possible sales are $3,300,000, the margin of safety is 14,500 units.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Cost behavior refers to the manner in which a cost changes as the related activity changes.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Variable Costing for Management Analysis
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Q1) Under absorption costing, the cost of finished goods includes direct materials, direct labor, and all factory overhead.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The amount of income under absorption costing will equal the amount of income under variable costing when units manufactured:
A)exceed units sold
B)equal units sold
C)are less than units sold
D)are equal to or greater than units sold
Q3) On the variable costing income statement, all of the fixed costs are deducted from the contribution margin.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Sales mix is generally defined as the relative distribution of sales among the various products sold.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Budgeting
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Q1) What is the budgeted unit of production for February?
A)186,000
B)181,000
C)222,000
D)174,000
Q2) When preparing the cash budget, all the following should be considered except
A)cash receipts from customers
B)depreciation expense
C)cash payments to suppliers
D)cash payments for equipment
Q3) Budgeting supports the planning process by encouraging all of the following activities except
A)requiring all organizational units to establish their goals for the upcoming period
B)increasing the motivation of managers and employees by providing agreed-upon expectations
C)directing and coordinating operations during the period
D)improving overall decision making by considering all viewpoints, options, and cost reduction possibilities
Q4) Why is the sales budget usually prepared first?
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Chapter 7: Performance Evaluation Using Variances From
Standard Costs
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Q1) Ideal standards are developed under conditions that assume no idle time, no machine breakdowns, and no materials spoilage.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Tucker Company produced 8,900 units of product that required 3.25 standard hours per unit.The standard variable overhead cost per unit is $4.00 per hour.The actual variable factory overhead was $111,000.
Determine the variable factory overhead controllable variance.
Q3) If the standard to produce a given amount of product is 2,000 units of direct materials at $12 and the actual was 1,600 units at $13, the direct materials quantity variance was $5,200 favorable.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The direct labor rate variance is
A)$5,490 unfavorable
B)$5,490 favorable
C)$33,000 favorable
D)$33,000 unfavorable
Q5) Compute the direct labor rate and time variances for Taylor Company.
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Chapter 8: Performance Evaluation for Decentralized Operations
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Q1) The profit margin for Division C is 6% and the investment turnover is 1.2.What is the rate of return on investment for Division B?
A)20%
B)6.7%
C)7.3%
D)7.2%
Q2) If divisional income from operations is $100,000, invested assets are $850,000, and the minimum rate of return on invested assets is 8%, the residual income is $68,000.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which transfer price approach is used when the transfer price is set at the amount sold to outside buyers?
A)market price
B)cost price
C)negotiated price
D)variable price
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Chapter 9: Differential Analysis, Product Pricing, and
Activity-Based Costing
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Q1) The markup percentage for the sale of the company's product is
A)14%
B)5.6%
C)45.71%
D)11.2%
Q2) What is the differential cost of producing Product D?
A)$6.50 per pound
B)$8.55 per pound
C)$17.00 per pound
D)$5.25 per pound
Q3) Since the costs of producing an intermediate product do not change regardless of whether the intermediate product is sold or processed further, these costs are not considered in deciding whether to further process a product.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The markup percentage on total cost for the company's product is
A)21.0%
B)22.7%
C)15.8%
D)24.0%
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Chapter 10: Capital Investment Analysis
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Q1) Methods that ignore present value in capital investment analysis include the cash payback method.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A company is contemplating investing in a new piece of manufacturing machinery.The amount to be invested is $100,000.The present value of the future cash flows at the company's desired rate of return is $100,000.The IRR on the project is 12%.Which of the following statements is true?
A)The project should not be accepted because the net present value is negative.
B)The desired rate of return used to calculate the present value of the future cash flows is less than 12%.
C)The desired rate of return used to calculate the present value of the future cash flows is more than 12%.
D)The desired rate of return used to calculate the present value of the future cash flows is equal to 12%.
Q3) An 8-year project is estimated to cost $400,000 and have no residual value.If the straight-line depreciation method is used and the average rate of return is 5%, determine the estimated annual net income.
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Chapter 11: Cost Allocation and Activity-Based Costing
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Q1) If the budget estimates that a desk lamp will require 1 hours of finishing and 2 hours of production, what is the total amount of factory overhead the Kaumajet Factory will allocate to desk lamps using the multiple production department factory overhead rate method with an allocation base of direct labor hours, if 26,000 units are produced?
A)$540,000
B)$187,200
C)$475,000
D)$288,600
Q2) Which of the following is not a factory overhead allocation method?
A)single plantwide rate
B)multiple departmental rates
C)factory costing
D)activity-based costing
Q3) Product costing consists of only direct materials and direct labor.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A single plantwide overhead rate method is very expensive to apply.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Lean Principles, Lean Accounting, and Activity Analysis
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Q1) Materials inspection
A)Value-added
B)Non-value-added
Q2) The lean philosophy views inventory as a necessary buffer to protect against process problems.
A)True
B)False
Q3) It is easier to quantify costs of controlling quality than the costs of failing to control quality.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a lean system, the work in process and raw materials inventory accounts are combined.
A)True
B)False
Q5) manufacturing deals with several suppliers in hopes of finding the best price.
A)Traditional
B)Lean
C)Economic
D)Productivity improvement
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Chapter 13: Statement of Cash Flows
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Q1) Issuance of bond payable
A)Operating activities
B)Financing activities
C)Investing activities
D)Schedule of noncash financing and investing
Q2) sale of land
A)increase cash from operating activities
B)decrease cash from operating activities
C)increase cash from investing activities
D)decrease cash from investing activities
E)increase cash from financing activities
F)decrease cash from financing activities
G)noncash investing and financing supplement
Q3) Purchase of the stock of another company as investment
A)Operating activities
B)Financing activities
C)Investing activities
D)Schedule of noncash financing and investing
Q4) The cash flows from operating activities are reported by the direct method on the statement of cash
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Chapter 14: Financial Statement Analysis
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Q1) requires a restatement of prior-period financial statements
A)discontinued operations
B)extraordinary items
C)change from one generally accepted accounting principle to another
D)horizontal analysis
E)vertical analysis
F)common-sized financial statements
G)current position analysis
H)profitability analysis
Q2) An advantage of the current ratio is that it considers the makeup of the current assets.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A company reports the following:
Sales $1,200,000
Average accounts receivable net 50,000
Determine the a accounts receivable turnover, and b number of days' sales in receivables.Round your answer to one decimal place.
Q4) The following data are available for Martin
Q5) Define solvency and profitability.How are they alike?
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