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Cost Accounting Equations And More

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Advertising - Depreciation of Office Equipment - Shipping Costs






2. SP x Units Sold






3. CM per unit / SP






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






5. VC per unit x Units Sold






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






7. DM + DL + FOH






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






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






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






11. BE Units x SP -or- FC / CM%






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






13. DL + FOH






14. ∑xy = (FC)(∑x) + (VC)(∑x^2) - ∑y = (n)(FC) + (VC)(∑x) - solve for a & b - then write the formula/equation: y = FC + (VC x Units)






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






16. Beg Inv of DM (Jan 1) + Purchases of DM - End Inv of DM (Dec 31)






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






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






19. # 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






20. Product Cost / Units Produced






21. Amount by which budgeted (actual) revenue exceeds the BE Revenue.






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






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






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






25. 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






26. Rev - COGS






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






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






29. DL + FOH






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






31. The direct and variable costs related to the labor that goes into production.






32. SP-VC (per unit)






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






34. DM - DL - FOH






35. Cost incurred






36. CM / Op Income [Op Leverage is high when the entity has a high proportion of FC in its cost structure)






37. Product and Period Costs






38. The product being made






39. Goods Available for Sale - End Finished Goods






40. Total Rev - Total VC






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






42. Selling and Administrative






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






44. DL + DM






45. Property tax - property insurance - and property rent






46. Predicted cost






47. DM - DL - FO






48. Op Income - Income Taxes






49. COGM + Beg Finished Goods






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