Question 1

Which of the following costs is not included in factory overhead?

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A)   Payroll taxes on the wages of supervisory factory workers.
B)   Indirect labor.
C)   Depreciation of manufacturing equipment.
D)   Manufacturing supplies used.
E)   Direct materials.F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 2

Under a just-in-time manufacturing system, large quantities of inventory are accumulated throughout the factory to be certain that needed components are available each time that they are needed.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Identify the three categories of manufacturing costs.

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Question 4

Product costs can be classified as one of three types: direct materials, direct labor, or overhead.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Whitman Products and Rockland Industries report the following information at December 31:  Required:
(a) Which company is a manufacturer? Explain.
(b) Prepare the Current Asset Section of the Balance Sheet for the manufacturer.

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Question 6

Cost concepts such as variable, fixed, mixed, direct and indirect apply only to manufacturers and not to service companies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Products that are in the process of being manufactured but are not yet complete are called:

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A)   Raw materials inventory.
B)   Conversion costs.
C)   Cost of goods sold.
D)   Goods in process inventory.
E)   Finished goods inventory.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 8

Period costs are incurred by purchasing merchandise or manufacturing finished goods.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

An out-of-pocket cost requires a future cash outlay and is relevant for decision making.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Materials that are used in support of the production process but are not clearly identified with units or batches of product are called:

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A)   Secondary materials.
B)   General materials.
C)   Direct materials.
D)   Indirect materials.
E)   Materials inventory.F) B) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 11

A manufacturer's inventory that is not completely finished is called __________________.

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Question 12

The management concept of customer orientation causes a company to spend large amounts on advertising to convince customers to buy the company's standard products.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Goods a company acquires to use in making products are called:

Accepted Answer

A)   Cost of goods sold.
B)   Raw materials inventory.
C)   Finished goods inventory.
D)   Goods in process inventory.
E)   Conversion costs.F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 14

Factory overhead includes selling and administrative expenses because they are indirect costs of a product.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A management concept that encourages all managers and employees to be in tune with the wants and needs of customers, and which leads to flexible product designs and production processes, is called:

Accepted Answer

A)   Continuous improvement.
B)   Customer orientation.
C)   Just-in-time.
D)   Theory of constraints.
E)   Total quality management.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 16

The process of identifying costs as direct or indirect is referred to as classifying costs by ____________.

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The answer of The process of identifying costs as direct...

Question 17

The management concept of customer orientation encourages a company to set up its production system to produce large quantities of the same product for all customers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The following information pertains to the Hewett Corporation. Calculate the cost of goods sold for the period:

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A)   $250,000.
B)   $290,000.
C)   $242,000.
D)   $258,000.
E)   $246,000.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

A company's prime costs total $3,000,000 and its conversion costs total $7,000,000. If direct materials are $1,000,000 and factory overhead is $5,000,000, then direct labor is:

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A)   $4,000,000.
B)   $14,000,000.
C)   $2,000,000.
D)   $1,000,000.
E)   $3,000,000.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

All of the following statements regarding manufacturing costs are True except:

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A)   Direct material costs that increase with production are called variable costs.
B)   The reporting of fixed and variable costs separately is not helpful to managers in analyzing cost behavior.
C)   When overhead costs vary with production, they are called variable costs.
D)   When overhead costs don't vary with production, they are called fixed overhead.
E)   Overhead can be both variable and fixed.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Exam 18: Managerial Accounting Concepts and Principles

A management concept that encourages all managers and employees to be in tune with the wants and needs of customers, and which leads to flexible product designs and production processes, is called:

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Under a just-in-time manufacturing system, large quantities of inventory are accumulated throughout the factory to be certain that needed components are available each time that they are needed.

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The management concept of customer orientation encourages a company to set up its production system to produce large quantities of the same product for all customers.

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The process of identifying costs as direct or indirect is referred to as classifying costs by ____________.

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Materials that are used in support of the production process but are not clearly identified with units or batches of product are called:

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Which of the following costs is not included in factory overhead?

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An out-of-pocket cost requires a future cash outlay and is relevant for decision making.

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Identify the three categories of manufacturing costs.

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Cost concepts such as variable, fixed, mixed, direct and indirect apply only to manufacturers and not to service companies.

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A manufacturer's inventory that is not completely finished is called __________________.

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Product costs can be classified as one of three types: direct materials, direct labor, or overhead.

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Products that are in the process of being manufactured but are not yet complete are called:

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A company's prime costs total $3,000,000 and its conversion costs total $7,000,000. If direct materials are $1,000,000 and factory overhead is $5,000,000, then direct labor is:

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The management concept of customer orientation causes a company to spend large amounts on advertising to convince customers to buy the company's standard products.

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Whitman Products and Rockland Industries report the following information at December 31: Required: (a) Which company is a manufacturer? Explain. (b) Prepare the Current Asset Section of the Balance Sheet for the manufacturer.

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The following information pertains to the Hewett Corporation. Calculate the cost of goods sold for the period:

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Factory overhead includes selling and administrative expenses because they are indirect costs of a product.

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Goods a company acquires to use in making products are called:

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All of the following statements regarding manufacturing costs are True except:

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Period costs are incurred by purchasing merchandise or manufacturing finished goods.

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