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Cost Accounting Equations And More

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. BE Units x SP -or- FC / CM%






2. Quantities of various products (services) that constitute total unit sales of a company






3. Goods Available for Sale - End Finished Goods






4. DM - DL - FOH






5. DL + DM






6. Total Rev - Total VC






7. Band of normal activity level or volume in which there is a specific relationship between the level of activity/volume and cost in question.






8. Cost incurred






9. Costs vary as the level of activity change. changes in total proportion to changes in the related level of total activity/volume (DM - DL)






10. Product and Period Costs






11. Product Cost / Units Produced






12. Sales Revenue - BE Revenue






13. Indirect and fixed costs related to the factory used for production.






14. COGM + Beg Finished Goods






15. Selling and Administrative






16. Beg Inv + Purchased DM - Cost of DM Available for use






17. Future orientation - helps managers make decisions - No GAAP - detailed information for Internal Users.






18. Costs that do not change regardless of the level of activity as long as it is with in the relevant range. (FO)






19. FC / CM per unit






20. Examines the behavior of total rev - total costs - Op Inc as changes occur in the output level - selling price - variable cost per unit - or the fixed costs of a product






21. Predicted cost






22. # of Units: H1 and L1 - Cost: H2 and L2 - VC per Unit: (H2 - L2 / (H1-L1) - FC: L2 - VCL -or- H2 - VCH - VCH: H1 x VC per Unit VCL: L1 x VC per Unit






23. Can be traced to the cost object in a cost-effective way (DM - DL)






24. Beg WIP Inv + Total Mnf Costs Incurred-End WIP Inv






25. The direct and variable costs that can be traced back to the cost object.






26. Advertising - Depreciation of Office Equipment - Shipping Costs






27. DM + DL + FOH






28. Budgeted Sales(units) - BE Sales (units)






29. When total revenue = total cost - Op Income = 0






30. VC per unit x Units Sold






31. Rev - COGS






32. The product being made






33. Describes the effects that FC have on changes in Op Income as changes occur in units sold (CM)






34. SP-VC (per unit)






35. CM per unit / SP






36. MoS in $ / Budgeted (actual) Revenue [Revenue would have to decrease by the MoS % to reach the BE Revenue]






37. Op Income - Income Taxes






38. A little fixed & a little variable






39. SP x Units Sold






40. Drives the cost of production. ex. labor hrs - materials - machine hours






41. Gross Profit - Sales & Admin Exp -or- Rev - VC - FC






42. DL + FOH






43. DM - DL - FO






44. Direct - Indirect - Mixed - Fixed - Variable - etc.






45. Follows GAAP rules - summarized information for external users.






46. DL + FOH






47. Pay for Print: $100 for first 500 copies - $0.06 for each copy over 500.






48. Y = FC + (VC Per Unit x Activity Measure or Unit)






49. Property tax - property insurance - and property rent






50. Can not be traced to the cost object in a cost-effective way (FO)