Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134128528
Author: Karen W. Braun, Wendy M. Tietz
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 4QC
(Learning Objective 3) Which of the following is true?
- a. ABC is only applicable to manufacturers.
- b. Value-added activities are also referred to as waste activities.
- c. ABM refers to using activity-based cost information to make decisions.
- d. The goal of ABM is to decrease the amount of value-added activities.
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First: Activity-based management seeks to eliminate waste by allocating costs to products that waste resources. Second: In activity-based costing, nonmanufacturing costs as well as manufacturing costs may be assigned to products.
a. Only the first statement is true
b. Only the second statement is true
c. Both statements are true
d. Both statements are false
2. The internal cost analysis process involves the following in what order? (A) Identify the links between the process and check for opportunities to lower costs, (B) Identify the value creating processes and the cost of each, (C) Identify the cost driver for each process and the cost per activity level.
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Chapter 4 Solutions
Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 1) Cost distortion is more...Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 2) The first step in computing...Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 2) Activities incurred...Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 3) Which of the following is...Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 3) The potential benefits of...Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 4) Lean operations are...Ch. 4 - Prob. 7QCCh. 4 - (Learning Objective 4) Concerning lean operations,...Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 5) Which of the following is...Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 5) Which of the following...
Ch. 4 - Understanding key terms (Learning Objectives 1, 2,...Ch. 4 - Use departmental overhead rates to allocate...Ch. 4 - Compute departmental overhead rates (Learning...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.4SECh. 4 - Prob. 4.5SECh. 4 - Calculate a job cost using ABC (Learning Objective...Ch. 4 - Classifying costs within the cost hierarchy...Ch. 4 - Classifying costs within the cost hierarchy...Ch. 4 - Determine the usefulness of refined costing...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.10SECh. 4 - Identifying costs as value-added or...Ch. 4 - Identify lean production characteristics (Learning...Ch. 4 - Identify the DOWNTIME activities at a manufacturer...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.14SECh. 4 - Classifying costs of quality (Learning Objective...Ch. 4 - Quality initiative decision (Learning Objective 5)...Ch. 4 - Assess the impact of a quality initiative...Ch. 4 - Identify ethical standards violated (Learning...Ch. 4 - Compare traditional and departmental cost...Ch. 4 - Compute activity rates and apply to jobs (Learning...Ch. 4 - Apply activity cost allocation rates (Learning...Ch. 4 - Using ABC to bill clients at a service firm...Ch. 4 - Compare traditional and ABC allocations at a...Ch. 4 - Compare traditional and ABC allocations on a job...Ch. 4 - Use ABC to allocate manufacturing overhead...Ch. 4 - Continuation of E4-25A: Determine product...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.27AECh. 4 - Classify costs and make a quality-initiative...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.29AECh. 4 - Compare traditional and departmental cost...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.31BECh. 4 - Prob. 4.32BECh. 4 - Prob. 4.33BECh. 4 - Compare traditional and ABC cost allocations at a...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.35BECh. 4 - Prob. 4.36BECh. 4 - Prob. 4.37BECh. 4 - Prob. 4.38BECh. 4 - Classify costs and make a quality-initiative...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.40BECh. 4 - Prob. 4.41APCh. 4 - Use ABC to compute full product costs (Learning...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.43APCh. 4 - Prob. 4.44APCh. 4 - Prob. 4.45APCh. 4 - Prob. 4.46BPCh. 4 - Prob. 4.47BPCh. 4 - Comprehensive ABC implementation (Learning...Ch. 4 - Using ABC in conjunction with quality decisions...Ch. 4 - Comprehensive ABC (Learning Objectives 2 3)...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.51SCCh. 4 - Discussion Questions 1. Explain why departmental...Ch. 4 - ABC in Real Companies Choose a company in any of...Ch. 4 - Value-Added versus Non-Value-Added at a Restaurant...Ch. 4 - Ethics involved with ABC and hazardous waste costs...
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