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Cost Accounting-Budgeting

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The master budget reflects the impact of operating decisions, but not financing decisions.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Budgeting is used to help companies:

a)

plan to better satisfy customers

b)

anticipate potential problems

c)

focus on opportunities

d)

All of these answers are correct.

3.

Budgeted manufacturing overhead costs include all types of factory expenses EXCEPT:

a)

fixed items such as depreciation of manufacturing machinery

b)

variable items such as plant supplies

c)

indirect labor such as the salary of the plant supervisor

d)

direct labor and direct materials

4.

Who is responsible for the budget?

a)

Accountants

b)

Shareholders

c)

Investors

d)

Management

5.

What is NOT one of the benefits of budgeting

a)

Planning ahead

b)

Knowing the future will always be correct

c)

Creating early warning system

d)

Motivating personnel

6.

The two classes of budgets are:

a)

Operating & Financial

b)

Variable & Fixed

c)

Sales & Product

d)

Direct materials & Direct labor

7.

This budget shows both the quantity and cost of direct materials to be purchased.

a)

Production

b)

Direct materials

c)

Indirect materials

d)

Materials

8.
Why are budgets useful in the planning process?
a)
They provide management with information about the company's past performance.
b)
They help communicate goals and provide a basis for evaluation.
c)
They guarantee the company will be profitable if it meets its objectives.
d)
They enable the budget committee to earn their paycheck.
9.
Which one of the following is not a benefit of budgeting?
a)
It facilitates the coordination of activities.
b)
It provides definite objectives for evaluating performance.
c)
It provides assurance that the company will achieve its objectives.
d)
It requires all levels of management to plan ahead on a recurring basis.
10.
A common starting point in the budgeting process is
a)
expected future net income.
b)
past performance.
c)
to motivate the sales force.
d)
a clean slate, with no expectations.
11.
If there were 60,000 pounds of raw materials on hand on January 1, 120,000 pounds are desired for inventory at January 31, and 410,000 pounds are required for January production, how many pounds of raw materials should be purchased in January?
a)
350,000 pounds
b)
530,000 pounds
c)
290,000 pounds
d)
470,000 pounds
12.

Which of the following is always true with regard to the net present value (NPV) approach?

a)

The NPV and the IRR approaches will always rank projects in the same order

b)

The NPV and Payback approaches will always rank projects in the same approaches

c)

If a project is found to be acceptable under the NPV approach, it would also be acceptable under the internal rate of return (IRR) approach

d)

If a project is found to be acceptable under the NPV approach, it would also be acceptable under the payback approach

13.

This is a form of analysis defined by calculating how long it will take for the asset to "earn back" the money you invested in purchasing it.

a)

internal rate of return

b)

net present value

c)

payback method analysis

d)

tax accounting

14.

The present value of an asset's future cash flows minus its purchase price initial investment is

a)

Internal Rate of Return

b)

Payback

c)

Net Present Value

d)

Modified Internal Rate of Return

15.

Budgeting provides all of the following except:

a)

support for the management functions of planning and coordination

b)

a means to communicate the organization's short-term goals to its members

c)

an ethical framework for decision making

d)

a means to anticipate problems

16.

To prepare the cash budget, all of the following budgets are required except:

a)

budgeted balance sheet

b)

revenue budget

c)

capital expenditures budget

d)

cost of goods sold budget

17.

A (a)   is a detailed plan, expressed in quantitative term, that specifies how an organization will acquire and use resources during a particular period of time.

18.

The Gummy family budget $35 a month for a vacation. How much money will they have saved up if they continue to save this amount for 15 months?

a)

$525

b)

$225

c)

$550

d)

$50

19.

Depreciation is included as a cash flow

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Costs that do not change from month to month, you are obligated to pay them regardless of income variation

a)

variable expenses

b)

fixed expenses

c)

disposable income

d)

wealth