Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134128528
Author: Karen W. Braun, Wendy M. Tietz
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.4SE
Classify costs as direct or indirect (Learning Objective 3)
Classify each of the following costs as a direct cost or an indirect cost, assuming that the cost object is the Juniors Department (clothing and accessories for teenage and young women) in the Stow Kohl’s department store. (Kohl’s is a chain of department stores and has stores located across the United States.)
- a. Juniors Department sales clerks
- b. Cost of Juniors clothing
- c. Cost of hangers used to display the clothing in the store
- d. Electricity for the building
- e. Cost of radio advertising for the store
- f. Juniors clothing buyers’ salaries (these buyers buy for all the Juniors Departments of Kohl’s stores)
- g. Depreciation of the building
- h. Cost of costume jewelry on the mannequins in the Juniors Department
- i. Cost of bags used to package customer purchases at the main registers for the store
- j. The Stow Kohl’s store manager’s salary
- k. Cost of the security staff at the Stow store
- l. Manager of Juniors Department
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1. Which of the following represents the computation of direct materials cost per equivalent unit?
Total direct cost for the period divided by total equivalent units of direct materials.
Total equivalent units of direct materials divided by total direct cost for the period.
Total direct cost for the period divided by total units of direct materials.
Total units of direct materials divided by total direct cost for the period.
2. What is the conversion cost per equivalent unit, when the total conversion cost for the period is $1,225 and the total units of packaged drinking water produced during the same period is 5,000 gallons (70 percent complete).
$0.17 per gallon
$0.35 per gallon
$2.86 per gallon
None of these choices are correct.
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1. The first step in preparing a cost of production report is to _____.
compute equivalent units of production
determine the units to be assigned costs
determine the cost per equivalent unit
allocate costs to units transferred out and partially completed units
2. The last step in preparing a cost of production report is to _____.
compute equivalent units of production
determine the units to be assigned costs
determine the cost per equivalent unit
allocate costs to units transferred out and partially completed units
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O a. allocates applied manufacturing overhead cost to product cost.
O b. is normally used by companies which produce shoes.
O C. All the given answers are correct.
O d. uses the manufacturing accounts, including Manufacturing Overhead, Raw Materials, Work
in Process, and Finished Goods.
O e. assigns direct materials cost, direct labor cost, and manufacturing overhead costs to
products to compute product cost per unit.
Company XYZ made total sales revenue of $200,000. The variable manufacturing costs were
$75,000 while the fixed manufacturing costs were $20,000. The variable selling and administrative
expenses were $45,000 while the fixed selling and administrative expenses were $10,000. How
much was the total contribution margin ($)?
O a.
125,000
O b. 105,000
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Chapter 2 Solutions
Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
Ch. 2 - (Learning Objective 1) Which of the following...Ch. 2 - (Learning Objective 2) Which of the following is...Ch. 2 - (Learning Objective 3) A cost that can be traced...Ch. 2 - (Learning Objective 4) Period costs are often...Ch. 2 - (Learning Objective 4) Conversion costs consist of...Ch. 2 - (Learning Objective 4) Which of the following is...Ch. 2 - Prob. 7QCCh. 2 - (Learning Objective 5) Which of the following...Ch. 2 - Prob. 9QCCh. 2 - Prob. 10QC
Ch. 2 - Short Exercises S2-1 Identify types of companies...Ch. 2 - Identify type of company from balance sheets...Ch. 2 - Classify costs by value chain function (Learning...Ch. 2 - Classify costs as direct or indirect (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prime costs Cost objects Product costs Assigned...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.6SECh. 2 - Classify product costs and period costs (Learning...Ch. 2 - Classify a manufacturers costs (Learning Objective...Ch. 2 - Classify costs incurred by a dairy processing...Ch. 2 - Determine total manufacturing overhead (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prepare a retailers income statement (Learning...Ch. 2 - Compute Cost of Goods Sold for a merchandiser...Ch. 2 - Calculate direct materials used (Learning...Ch. 2 - Compute Cost of Goods Manufactured (Learning...Ch. 2 - Describe other cost terms (Learning Objectives 6...Ch. 2 - Classify costs as fixed or variable (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.17SECh. 2 - Classify costs along the value chain for a...Ch. 2 - Classify costs along the value chain for a...Ch. 2 - Value chain and sustainability efforts (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.21AECh. 2 - Construct an income statement using product and...Ch. 2 - Work backward to find missing amounts (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prepare a retailers income statement (Learning...Ch. 2 - Compute direct materials used and Cost of Goods...Ch. 2 - Compute Cost of Goods Manufactured and Cost of...Ch. 2 - Continues E2-26A: Prepare income statement...Ch. 2 - Determine whether information is relevant...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.29AECh. 2 - Classify costs along the value chain for a...Ch. 2 - Classify costs along the value chain for a...Ch. 2 - Value chain and sustainability efforts (Learning...Ch. 2 - Classify and calculate a manufacturers costs...Ch. 2 - Construct an income statement using product and...Ch. 2 - Work backward to find missing amounts (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.36BECh. 2 - Compute direct materials used and Cost of Goods...Ch. 2 - Compute Cost of Goods Manufactured and Cost of...Ch. 2 - Continues E2-38B: Prepare income statement...Ch. 2 - Determine whether information is relevant...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.41BECh. 2 - Classify costs along the value chain (Learning...Ch. 2 - Determine ending inventory balances (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prepare income statements (Learning Objective 5)...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.45APCh. 2 - Prob. 2.46APCh. 2 - Classify costs along the value chain (Learning...Ch. 2 - Determine ending inventory balances (Learning...Ch. 2 - Prepare income statements (Learning Objective 5)...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.50BPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.51BPCh. 2 - Calculate operating income (Learning Objective 5)...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.53ACT
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