COST ACCOUNTING
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ISBN: 9781323694008
Author: Horngren
Publisher: PEARSON C
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Chapter 7, Problem 7.17MCQ
All of the following statements regarding standards are accurate except:
- a. Standards allow management to budget at a per-unit level.
- b. Ideal standards account for a minimal amount of normal spoilage.
- c. Participative standards usually take longer to implement than authoritative standards.
- d. Currently attainable standards take into account the level of training available to employees.
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The costs referred to as “controllable costs” are
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b. Costs which are likely to respond to the amount of attention devoted to them by a specified manager.
c. Costs which are governed mainly by past decisions that established the present levels of operating and organizational capacity and which only change slowly in response to small changes in capacity.
d. Costs which fluctuate in total in response to small changes in the rate of utilization of capacity.
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It should be based on activities over which managers have control or influence.
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It should be timely.
It should be consistent in its application.
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The measurements must not favor the manager over the goals of the entire organization. Often, managers have the ability to make decisions that favor their individual units but that may be detrimental to the overall performance of the organization.
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Standard costs (e.g., how much should be paid for each unit of input) are benchmarks for measuring performance.
Managers should investigate only unfavorable variances.
Variance analysis enhances responsibility accounting.
A variance is the difference between the budgeted amount and actual amount.
Chapter 7 Solutions
COST ACCOUNTING
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