ACCT420-Cost Accounting Mid-Term Examination
ACCT420-Cost Accounting Mid-Term Examination
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ACCT420-Cost Accounting
Mid-Term Examination Review
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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Answer the following questions using the information below:
The Ranger Company uses the high-low method to estimate its cost function. The information for 2011 is provided below:
Machine-hours Costs
Highest observation of cost driver 2,000 $450,000
Lowest observation of cost driver 1,000 $ 250,000
1. What is the constant for the estimating cost equation?
2. Variable costs:
Answer the following questions using the information below:
Roiann and Dennett Law Office employs 12 full-time attorneys and 10 paraprofessionals. Direct and indirect costs are applied on a professional labor-hour basis that includes both attorney and paraprofessional hours. Following is information for 20X3:
Budget Actual
Indirect costs $270,000 $300,000
Annual salary of each attorney $100,000 $110,000
Annual salary of each paraprofessional $ 29,000 $ 30,000
Total professional labor-hours 50,000 dlh 60,000 dlh
3. How much should the client be billed in an actual costing system if 200 professional labor-hours are used?
Answer the following questions using the information below:
Nancy’s Niche sells a single product. 8,000 units were sold resulting in $80,000 of sales revenue, $20,000 of variable costs, and $10,000 of fixed costs.
4. The contribution margin percentage is:
5. If variable costs decrease by $1 per unit, the new breakeven point is:
6. If a change is made in one parameter of CVP analysis, it is an example of:
Answer the following questions using the information below:
Roosevelt Cabinetry, Inc., manufactures standard sized modular cabinet units for kitchens and other applications within the home. Its costing system utilizes two cost categories, direct materials and conversion costs. Each product must pass through the rough cut department and the finish department. Direct materials are added at the beginning of production. Conversion costs are allocated evenly throughout production.
Data for Finish Department for March 2012 are:
Work in process, beginning inventory, 25% converted 1,000 units
Units started during February 1,400 units
Work in process, ending inventory 300 units
Costs for Finish department for March 2012 are:
Work in process, beginning inventory:
Direct materials $300,000
Conversion costs $200,000
Direct materials costs added during February $420,000
Conversion costs added during February $1,600,000
7. What is the unit cost per equivalent unit of the beginning inventory in the Finishing Department?
A. $1,100.00 B. $500.00 C. $800.00 D. $300.00
8. If a company would like to increase its degree of operating leverage it should:
9. The focus of ABC systems is on:
A. long-term decisions B. short-term decisions
C. special-pricing decisions D. make-or-buy decisions
10. Which of the following is NOT a sign that a “smoothing out” costing system exists?
11. Standard costing is popular among companies that:
A. manufacture textiles or ceramics
B. produce a product that uses few direct materials items, and has relatively few operational activities
C. produce masses of similar or identical products
D. All of these answers are correct.
12. Using activity-cost rates rather than department indirect-cost rates to allocate costs results in different product costs when:
Answer the following questions using the information below:
Mertens Company provides the following ABC costing information:
Activities Total Costs Activity-cost drivers
The above activities are used by Departments A and B as follows:
Department A Department B
Account inquiry hours 2,000 hours 4,000 hours
Account billing lines 400,000 lines 200,000 lines
Account verification accounts 10,000 accounts 8,000 accounts
Correspondence letters 1,000 letters 1,600 letters
13. How much of the account inquiry cost will be assigned to Department A?
A. $80,000 B. $200,000
C. $40,000 D. None of these answers are correct.
Answer the following questions using the information below:
The Cuckoo Clock Shop manufactures clocks on a highly automated assembly line. Its costing system uses two cost categories, direct materials and conversion costs. Each product must pass through the Assembly Department and the Testing Department. Direct materials are added at the beginning of the production process. Conversion costs are allocated evenly throughout production. Cuckoo Clock Shop uses weighted-average costing.
Data for the Assembly Department for June 2013 are:
Work in process, beginning inventory 250 units
Direct materials (100% complete)
Conversion costs (50% complete)
Costs for June 2013:
Work in process, beginning inventory:
Direct materials $90,000
Conversion costs $135,000
Direct materials costs added during June $500,000
Conversion costs added during June $500,000
14. What amount of conversion costs are assigned to the ending Work-in-Process account for June?
A. $70,555.50 B. $63,225.25 C. $50,978.32 D. $90,074
Answer the following questions using the information below:
The Rest-a-Lot chair company manufacturers a standard recliner. During February, the firm’s Assembly Department started production of 75,000 chairs. During the month, the firm completed 80,000 chairs, and transferred them to the Finishing Department. The firm ended the month with 10,000 chairs in ending inventory. There were 15,000 chairs in beginning inventory. All direct materials costs are added at the beginning of the production cycle and conversion costs are added uniformly throughout the production process. The FIFO method of process costing is used by Rest-a-Lot. Beginning work in process was 30% complete as to conversion costs, while ending work in process was 80% complete as to conversion costs.
Beginning inventory:
Direct materials $24,000
Conversion costs $35,000
Manufacturing costs added during the accounting period:
Direct materials $168,000
Conversion costs $278,000
15. What were the equivalent units for conversion costs during February?
A. 79,500 B. 75,000 C. 83,500 D. 85,000
Answer the following questions using the information below:
The Morgan Models company manufactures replica plastic airplane and motorized vehicle models. During October, the firm’s Assembly Department started production of 60,000 models. During the month, the firm completed 66,000 models, and transferred them to the Finishing Department. The firm ended the month with 22,000 models in ending inventory. There were 28,000 models in beginning inventory. All direct materials costs are added at the beginning of the production cycle and conversion costs are added uniformly throughout the production process. The FIFO method of process costing is used by Morgan. Beginning work in process was 25% complete as to conversion costs, while ending work in process was 50% complete as to conversion costs.
Beginning inventory:
Direct materials costs $39,200
Conversion costs $30,800
Manufacturing costs added during the accounting period:
Direct materials costs $90,000
Conversion costs $280,000
16. What is the cost of the goods transferred out during October?
A. $375,000 B. $340,000 C. $363,000 D. $330,000
17. Luke employs 25 professional cleaners. Budgeted costs total $1,800,000 of which $1,050,000 is direct costs. Budgeted indirect costs are $750,000 and actual indirect costs were $793,800. Budgeted professional labor-hours are 1,000,000 and actual hours were 1,008,000. What is the budgeted direct cost-allocation rate?
A. $1.80 per hour B. $1.7857 per hour
C. $1.05 per hour D. $0.75 per hour
18. Annual cost rates are preferred over actual cost rates for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A. budgeted costs allow managers to have cost information on a timely basis
B. budgeted-cost rates can be used to allocate direct or indirect costs
C. budgeted costs may be subject to short-run fluctuations
D. budgeted indirect-cost rates are known prior to the inception of a new job
Answer the following questions using the information below:
Gibson Manufacturing is a small textile manufacturer using machine-hours as the single indirect-cost rate to allocate manufacturing overhead costs to the various jobs contracted during the year. The following estimates are provided for the coming year for the company and for the Winfield High School band jacket job.
Company Winfield High School Job
Direct materials $40,000 $1,000
Direct labor $10,000 $200
Manufacturing overhead costs $30,000
Machine-hours 100,000 mh 900mh
19. What is the bid price for the Winfield High School job if the company uses a 40% markup of total manufacturing costs?
A. $2,310 B. $2,058 C. $588 D. $1,680
20. What is the appropriate journal entry if $100,000 of materials were purchased on account for the month of August?
A. Materials Control 100,000
Accounts Payable Control 100,000
B. Manufacturing Allocated 100,000
Accounts Receivable Control 100,000
C. Manufacturing Overhead Control 100,000
Accounts Receivable Control 100,000
D. Work-in-Process Control 100,000
Accounts Payable Control 100,000
Answer the following questions using the information below:
Apple Valley Corporation uses a job cost system and has two production departments, A and B. Budgeted manufacturing costs for the year are:
Department A Department B
Direct materials $700,000 $100,000
Direct manufacturing labor $200,000 $800,000
Manufacturing overhead $600,000 $400,000
The actual material and labor costs charged to Job #432 were as follows:
Total
Direct materials: $25,000
Direct labor:
Department A $ 8,000
Department B $12,000
$20,000
Apple Valley applies manufacturing overhead costs to jobs on the basis of direct manufacturing labor cost using departmental rates determined at the beginning of the year.
21. For Department B, the manufacturing overhead allocation rate is:
A. 200% B. 50% C. 100% D. 300%
Answer the following questions using the information below:
Presented below are the production data for the first six months of the year for the mixed costs incurred by Gallup Company.
January $4,890 4,100
February 4,024 3,200
March 6,480 5,300
April 8,840 7,500
May 5,800 4,800
June 7,336 6,600
Gallup Company uses the high-low method to analyze mixed costs.
22. How would the cost function be stated?
A. y = $440 + $1.12X B. y = $7,850 + $0.132X
C. y = $3,562.30 + $0.144X D. y = $107.20 + $1.12
23. The cost function y = 150 + 10X: 46
A. has an intercept of 150 B. has a slope coefficient of 150
C. represents a fixed cost D. is a nonlinear
24. The cause and- effect relationship might arise as a result of which of the following:
A. knowledge of operations.
B. a contractual arrangement.
C. a physical relationship between the level of activity and costs.
D. All of the above.
25. The ideal database contains:
A. reliably measured observations
B. numerous cost driver observations
C. cost driver observations spanning a wide range
D. All of these answers are correct.
26. For a manufacturing-sector company, the cost of factory depreciation is classified as a:
A. period cost B. direct manufacturing labor cost
C. direct material cost D. manufacturing overhead cost
Answer the following questions using the information below:
For last year, Lewisburn Manufacturing reported the following:
| Revenue | $420,000 |
| Beginning inventory of direct materials, January 1 | 22,000 |
| Purchases of direct materials | 146,000 |
| Ending inventory of direct materials, December 31 | 16,000 |
| Direct manufacturing labor | 18,000 |
| Indirect manufacturing costs | 40,000 |
| Beginning inventory of finished goods, January 1 | 35,000 |
| Cost of goods manufactured | 104,000 |
| Ending inventory of finished goods, December 31 | 36,000 |
| Operating costs | 140,000 |
27. How much of the above would be considered period costs for Lewisburn Manufacturing?
A. $390,000 B. $104,000 C. $246,000 D. $140,000
28. Cost accounting provides all of the following EXCEPT:
A. nonfinancial information regarding the cost of operational efficiencies
B. pricing information from marketing studies
C. financial information regarding the cost of acquiring resources
D. information for management accounting and financial accounting
29. Responsibilities of a CFO include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. preparing federal, state, and international tax returns
B. providing financial reports to shareholders
C. managing short-term and long-term financing
D. investing in new equipment
30. For manufacturing firms, inventoriable costs include:
A. plant supervisor salaries
B. costs of dealing with customers after the sale
C. distribution costs
D. research and development costs
31. Which of the following does NOT affect the direct/indirect classification of a cost?
A. the materiality of the cost in question
B. the level of budgeted profit for the next year
C. available technology to gather information about the cost
D. the design of the operation
32. Product costs used for external reporting generally include:
A. design costs plus manufacturing costs B. all costs incurred along the value chain
C. manufacturing costs only D. All of these answers are correct.
33. Which of the following is NOT one of the questions management accountants might attempt to help answer in the formulation of strategy?
A. Does the strategy comply with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)?
B. Will adequate cash be available to implement the strategy?
C. What substitute products exist in the marketplace?
D. Who are our most important customers?
TRUE/FALSE. Mark ‘A’ on the Scantronif the statement is true and ‘B’ if the statement is false.
34. Financial accounting is broader in scope than management accounting.
35. Customers are demanding increased levels of performance in all aspects of the value chain and the supply chain.
36. The degree of operating leverage at a specific level of sales helps the managers calculate the effect that potential changes in sales will have on operating income.
37. To perform cost-volume-profit analysis, a company must be able to separate costs into fixed and variable components.
38. ABC systems always provide decision-making benefits that exceed implementation costs.
39. Estimating the degree of completion for the calculation of equivalent units is usually easier for conversion costs than it is for direct materials.
40. The weighted-average process costing method does NOT distinguish between units started in the previous period but completed during the current period and units started and completed during the current period.
41. If indirect-cost rates were based on actual short-term usage, periods of lower demand would result in lower costs per unit.
42. In some variations of normal costing, organizations use budgeted rates to assign direct costs as well as indirect costs to jobs.
43. A flat or slightly sloped regression line indicates a strong relationship.
44. Inventoriable costs are reported as an expense when incurred and expensed on the income statement when the product is sold.
45. Assigning direct costs poses more problems than assigning indirect costs.
