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Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts Flashcards

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What are the classifications of manufacturing costs?

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  1. Direct Materials
  2. Direct Labor
  3. Factory Overhead
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Define Direct Materials

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Raw materials that become an integral part of the product and that can be conveniently traced directly to it

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Define Direct Labor

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Those labor costs that can be easily traced to individual units of product

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Define Manufacturing Overhead

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Manufacturing costs that cannot be easily traced directly to specific units produced (Ex. Indirect Materials or Labor)

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What are the Non-Manufacturing Costs

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  1. Selling Costs
  2. Administrative Costs
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Define Selling Costs

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Costs necessary to secure the order and deliver the product

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Define Administrative Costs

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All executive, organizational, and clerical costs

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Define Product Costs

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Product Costs include direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead

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Define Period Costs

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Period Costs include all selling costs and administrative costs

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Are product costs inventoriable?

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Yes, since they go through Inventory first (Balance Sheet), then goes to the Cost of Goods Sold (Income Statement)

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Are period costs inventoriable?

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No, they go straight directly to expenses (Income Statement)

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What is the formula for prime cost?

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Direct Material + Direct Labor

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What is the formula for conversion cost?

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Direct Labor + Manufacturing Overhead

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What are the Cost Classifications for Predicting Cost Behavior?

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  1. Variable Cost
  2. Fixed Cost
  3. Mixed Cost
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What is a total variable cost?

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Total variable cost increase and decrease in proportion to changes in the activity level

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What is variable cost per unit?

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Variable cost per unit remains constant

17
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What is total fixed cost?

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Total fixed cost is not affected by changes in the activity level within the relevant range

18
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What is fixed cost per unit?

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Fixed cost per unit decreases as the activity level rises and increases as the activity level falls

19
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What is the format for a traditional income statement?

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Sales - COGS = Gross Margin - Selling and Admin Exp = Net Operating Income

20
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What is the format for a contribution format income statement?

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Sales - Variable Expense = Contribution Margin - Fixed Expense = Net Operating Income

21
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What is a differential cost and revenue

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Costs and revenue that differ among alternatives

22
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What is a opportunity costs?

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The potential benefit that is given up when one alternative is selected over another

23
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What is a sunk cost?

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Sunk costs have already been incurred and cannot be changed now or in the future. These costs should be ignored when making decisions.

24
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What is a mixed cost?

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A mixed cost contains both variable and fixed elements.

25
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What are the kinds of analysis of mixed costs?

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  1. Account Analysis
  2. Engineering Approach
26
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Define what is account analysis

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In account analysis, each account is classified as either variable or fixed based on the analyst’s knowledge of how the account behaves

27
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Define what is engineering approach

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The engineering approach classifies costs based upon an industrial engineer’s evaluation of production methods, and material, labor, and overhead requirements

28
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The total mixed cost line can be expressed as an equation

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Y = a + bX
Y = the total mixed cost
a = the total fixed cost
b = the total variable cost per unit of activity
X = The level of activity

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What is Least-Squares Regression Method

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A method used to analyze mixed costs if a scattergraph plot reveals an approximately linear relationship between the X and Y variables

This method uses all of the data points to estimate the fixed and variable cost components of a mixed cost

30
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What is the goal of the least-squares regression method?

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The goal of this method is to fit a straight line to the data that minimizes the sum of the squared errors

31
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3 ways to separate mixed costs?

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  1. High-Low Method
  2. Least Squares Regression Method
  3. Scatter Graph/ Diagram Method

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