Chapter 4 Flashcards
Job costing information is used \_\_\_\_\_\_. A) to determine target customers B) to calculate the percentage of completion C) for internal financial reporting D) to enhance public relations
C) for internal financial reporting
Product costing information will include _____.
A) to increase profits
B) to increase sales and image of the company
C) for cost management
D) for efficient human resource management
C) for cost management
A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is a grouping of individual indirect cost items. A) cost allocation base B) cost assignment C) cost pool D) job-costing system
C) cost pool
Each indirect-cost pool of a manufacturing firm ______.
A) Utilizes a separate cost-allocation rate
B) is a subset of total direct costs
C) relates to multiple cost centers
D) utilizes the same cost-allocation rate for all costs incurred
A) Utilizes a separate cost-allocation rate
Directs costs ______.
A) are anything for which a measurement of costs is desired.
B) are costs related to a particular cost object that can be traced to that cost object in a cost-effective manner
C) focus specifically on the costing needs of the CFO
D) are costs related to a particular cost object that cannot be traced to that cost object in a cost-effective manner
B) are costs related to a particular cost object that can be traced to that cost object in a cost-effective manner
In a costing system, _____.
A) cost tracing allocates indirect costs
B) cost allocation assigns direct costs
C) a cost-allocation base can be either financial or nonfinancial
D) a cost object should be a product and not a department or a geographic territory
C) a cost-allocation base can be either financial or nonfinancial
Assigning direct costs to a cost object is called \_\_\_\_\_. A) cost allocation B) cost assignment C) cost pooling D) cost tracing
D) cost tracing
\_\_\_\_\_\_ is the process of distributing indirect costs to products A) Cost allocation B) Job cost recording C) Cost pooling D) Cost tracing
A) Cost allocation
A \_\_\_\_\_\_ links an indirect cost to a cost object A) cost- allocation base B) Cost Pool C) Cost assignment D) cost tracing
A) cost-allocation base
Which of the following includes both traced direct costs and allocated indirect costs? A) cost tracing B) cost pools C) cost assignments D) cost allocations
C) cost assignments
The cost allocation base ____.
A) is a grouping of individual indirect cost items
B) are costs related to a particular cost object that cannot be traced to that cost object in an economically feasible way.
C) is anything for which a measurement of costs is desired
D) is a systematic way to link an indirect cost or group of indirect costs to cost objects
D) is a systematic way to link an indirect cost or group of indirect costs to cost objects
Direct costs are allocated to the cost object using a cost-allocation method
FALSE
A cost object is anything for which a measurement of costs is desired.
True
Direct costs of a cost object are costs related to a particular cost object that can be allocated to that cost object in an economically feasible (cost-effective) way.
False
The cost-allocation base is a systematic way to link an indirect cost or group of indirect costs to cost objects.
True
Cost objects maybe be jobs, products, or customers.
TRUE
The cost driver of an indirect cost is often used as the cost-allocation base.
TRUE
Process costing is ______.
A) used to enhance employees’ job satisfaction
B) used by businesses to price unique products or identical products produced in batches
C) used by businesses to price identical products
D) used by businesses when manufacturing goods above normal capacity
C) used by businesses to price identical products
Process costing ________.
A) allocates all products costs, including materials, and labor
B) results in different costs for different units produced
C) is commonly used by general contractors who construct custom-built homes
D) is used exclusively in manufacturing
A) allocates all products costs, including materials, and labor
Job costing is _______.
A) used by businesses to price identical products
B) used by businesses to price unique products for different jobs
C) used to calculate equivalent units
D) used to calculate the percentage of work completed
B) used by businesses to price unique products for different jobs
Job costing _______.
A) cannot be used by the service industry.
B) records the flow of costs for each product or service
C) allocates an equal amount of cost to each unit made during a time period.
D) is used when each unit of output is identical
B) records the flow of costs for each product or service
Job-costing is likely to be used by \_\_\_\_\_\_. A) oil refining companies B) advertising agencies C) postal service companies D) beverage production companies
B) advertising agencies
Which of the following differentiates job costing from process costing?
A) Job costing is used when each unit of output is identical, and process costing deals with unique products.
B) Job costing is used when each unit of output is identical and not produced in batches, and process costing deals with unique products produced on large scale.
C) Process costing is used when each unit of output is identical, and job costing deals with unique products not produced in batches.
D) Job costing is used by manufacturing industries, and process costing is used by service industries.
C) Process costing is used when each unit of output is identical, and job costing deals with unique products not produced in batches.
Which of the following companies will use a process costing system? A) an oil refining company B) a manufacturer of ships C) a custom watch manufacturer D) an advertising firm
A) an oil refining company