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Accounting test

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Information about the company's financial result (profit or loss) can be found in:

a)

Balance sheet and Income Statement

b)

Statement of cash flows and Balance Sheet

c)

Statement of retained earnings

2.

A relevant cost is a ... cost that differs between the decision alternatives

a)

future

b)

present

c)

past

3.

Payment of dividends is:

a)

ouflow

b)

cost

c)

neither cos or outflow

d)

cost and outflow

4.

An intangible asset is:

a)

a fax

b)

a printer

c)

a computer

d)

a computer software

5.

The purchase of 2-year treasury bonds should be recorded as:

a)

financial cost

b)

financial income

c)

long-term financial assets

d)

financial assets for reselling

6.

During its first month of business, Jones started 15 000 units and completed 10 000 units, leaving 5 000 units in process 30 percent complete. How many equivalent units of production did Jones have for the month?

a)

10 000

b)

11 500

c)

13 500

d)

15 000

7.

Now assume that Jones incurred $ 27 600 in production costs for the 11 500 equivalent units. What was Jones' cost per equivalent unit for the period

a)

$2,40

b)

$2,76

c)

$2,90

d)

$1,84

8.

Which method will produce the highest value for work in process and finished goods inventories?

a)

Variable costing

b)

Absorption costing

c)

They produce the same values for these inventories

d)

It depends...

9.

Which method will produce the highest retained earnings? (Hint: remember the balance sheet equation)

a)

Depends...

b)

No differences in retained earnings under the two methods

c)

Variable costing

d)

Absorption costing

10.

The net operating income under absorption costing was $120 000 and under variable costing it was $90 000 because of higher expenses. Where is the missing $30 000 under absorption costing?

a)

It is in the ending inventories

b)

It represents taxes that have been saved

c)

It has disappeared into an accounting black hole

d)

The $30 000 wasn't a real cost, so nothing is really missing

11.

Users of accounting information

a)

managers

b)

owners

c)

shareholders

d)

potential investors

e)

accountants

12.

Of what consists Balance Sheet

a)

Assets

b)

Liabilities

c)

Stockholders' Equity

d)

Revenue

e)

Expenses

13.

Which refers to Financial Accounting

a)

Its focus is on reporting to external parties

It provides financial statements based on

generally accepted accounting principles

It measures and records business transactions

b)

Information for decision

making and control of an

organization’s operations

c)

It measures and reports financial and

nonfinancial information that helps

managers make decisions to fulfill the

goals of an organization

d)

Published financial

statements and other

reports

14.

Which refers to Managerial Finance

a)

Published financial

statements and other

reports

b)

Information for decision

making and control of an

organization’s operations

c)

Its focus is on reporting to external parties

d)

It provides financial statements based on

generally accepted accounting principles

15.

Pick internal users

a)

Employees

b)

Lenders and suppliers

c)

Management and employees

d)

Customers

16.

Who establishes generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. companies?

a)

International Accounting Standard Board

b)

U.S. Accounting Association

c)

Financial Accounting Standard Board

d)

Managerial Accounting Standard Board in U.S.

17.

What does stockholders' equity represent in a corporation?

a)

the economic resources of a company

that are expected to benefit the company’s future

operations

b)

the present obligations to

pay cash, transfer assets, or provide services to

other entities in the future

c)

the amount that stockholders invest

in the business

d)

the claims of the owners of a

corporation to the assets of the

business

18.

What is the term used for the amount over par value when the value received for stocks is greater than par value?

a)

an amount per share that when multiplied by the number of shareholders becomes the corporation's common shares amount

b)

it is the minimum amount that can be reported as contributed capital

c)

an amount per share that when multiplied by the number of common shares becomes the corporation’s common stock amount

d)

it is the maximum amount that can be reported as contributed capital

19.

How many years of information does comparative balance sheet typically present?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

five

d)

ten

20.

Income Statement consists of:

a)

Costs

b)

Expenses

c)

Revenues

d)

Fees earned

21.

... represent the accumulated earnings generated by a business's income- producing activities less amounts that have been paid out to the stockholders

(a)  

22.

Cash flows are the ... and outflows of cash

into and out of a business

(a)  

23.

Cash Flows from (pick wrong one)

a)

Investing Activities

b)

Operating Activities

c)

Managing Activities

d)

Financing Activities

24.

CPA firms have economic incentives to perform credible audits (refers to)

a)

Bank credit

b)

Reputation

c)

Bonuses

d)

Lawsuit

e)

Public stock price

25.

To which concept refers the description: requires

that the amounts recorded in the

accounting records be based on

objective evidence

a)

Business entity concept

b)

Cost concept

c)

Objectivity concept

d)

Unit of Measure concept

26.

Under the (a)   concept,

amounts are initially recorded

in the accounting records at

their cost or purchase price.

27.

The Accounting Equation

a)

Owner’s Equity = Liabilities + Assets

b)

Assets = Liabilities + Owner’s Equity

c)

Liabilities = Assets + Owner’s Equity

d)

Owner's Equity = Assets - Liabilities

28.

An

economic event or condition that

directly changes an entity’s

financial condition or its results

of operations

a)

business exchange

b)

accounting principle

c)

accounting event

d)

business transaction

29.

Under which title should you account it:

On November 30, 2019, NetSolutions paid creditors on account, $950.

a)

Cash (A), Accounts payable (L)

b)

Accounts receivable (A), Accounts payable (OE)

c)

Cash (A), Accounts payable (OE)

d)

Accounts receivable (A), Fees earned (OE)

30.

It reports

the revenues and expenses for

a period of time, based on the

matching concept. What does it stands for?

a)

Financial Statement

b)

Income Statement

c)

Statement of Owner's Equity

31.

Net income or net

loss appears on...

a)

Statement of Owner's Equity

b)

Income Statement

c)

Both Income Statement and Statement of Owner's Equity

d)

None of the above

32.

Units produced, Machine hours, Km driven, Labor hours

What do them refer to?

a)

Cost Pools

b)

Cost Drivers

c)

Cost Objects

d)

Cost Groups

33.

... (Plural form) can

not be conveniently

or economically

traced to cost pools

or cost objects

(a)  

34.

The assignment of indirect

costs to cost pools and cost

objects, using cost drivers

(allocation bases), is called

...

(a)  

35.

Which is NOT a cost driver type?

a)

activity-based

b)

structural

c)

volume-based

d)

time-based

e)

executional

36.

Structural type of cost driver:

a)

Short-term operational decisions:

-Workforce involvement

-Production process design

-Supplier relationships

b)

Identified using activity analysis,

a detailed description of specific

activities and the relationship

between the activity and costs

c)

Relationship between costs and

volume measures such as units

produced, direct labor hours,

or quantity of materials used

d)

Involves strategic plans and decisions:

-Scale

-Experience

-Technology

-Complexity

37.

Inventory Cost Flow Formula

a)

Cost Added - Beginning Inventory Balance

=

Cost Transferred Out - Ending Inventory Balance

b)

Beginning Inventory Balance

=

Cost Transferred Out - Ending Inventory Balance + Cost Added

c)

Ending Inventory Balance - Beginning Inventory Balance

=

Cost Transferred Out - Cost Added

d)

Beginning Inventory Balance + Cost Added

=

Cost Transferred Out + Ending Inventory Balance

38.

... cannot be changed by any decision. They are

not differential costs and should be ignored when

making decisions

(a)  

39.

Attributes of Cost Information for Decision Making

a)

Controllability

b)

Timeliness

c)

Cost versus Value

d)

Management risk preferences

e)

Accuracy

40.

Cost allocation

a)

where a cost cannot be directly

assigned to a cost object

b)

where a cost can be directly assigned

to a cost object

41.

The Strategic Role of Cost Allocation

a)

Provide the right incentive for managers to make decisions that are consistent with the goals of top management

b)

Determine accurate departmental and product costs for evaluating the cost efficiency of departments and the profitability of products

c)

Motivate managers to exert a high level of effort to achieve the goals of top management

d)

Fairly determine the rewards earned by the managers for their effort and skill, and for the effectiveness of their decision making

42.

A traditional volume-based overhead costing system, whether plant-wide or departmental, often leads to ... product costs

(a)  

43.

Reciprocal method of Allocating Service Department Costs

a)

Service department costs are allocated to other service departments and to production departments, usually starting with the service department that provides the greatest amount of service to other departments.Once a service department’s costs are allocated, other service department costs are not allocated back to it

b)

Interdepartmental services are given full recognition rather than partial recognition as with the step method

c)

Cost of services between service departments are ignored and all costs are allocated directly to user departments.

44.

Job costing would be implemented to:

a)

Chemical plants

b)

Film-producing companies

c)

Food processors

d)

Textile companies

45.

Process costing would be implemented to:

a)

Petroleum products manufacturers

b)

Custom furniture manufacturers

c)

Glass factories

d)

Advertising agencies

46.

Which one is correct?

a)

POHR = (Budgeted factory overhead amount for the year) / (Expected level of cost driver for the year)

b)

POHR = (Budgeted factory overhead amount for the year) x (Expected level of cost driver for the year)

c)

POHR = (Expected level of cost driver for the year) - (Budgeted factory overhead amount for the year)

d)

POHR = (Expected level of cost driver for the year) x (Budgeted factory overhead amount for the year)

47.

In Process Costing, what Conversion refers to?

a)

Direct labor combined with factory overhead

b)

Direct materials combined with direct labor

c)

Factory overhead combined with direct materials

48.

Treats all manufacturing costs as product costs,

and non-manufacturing costs as period costs

a)

Absorption Costing

b)

Variable Costing

49.

It is used for internal planning and

control only; it’s not consistent with legal

requirements

a)

Absorption Costing

b)

Variable Costing

50.

In Absorption Costing, Fixed Manufacturing Overhead refers to?

a)

Product Costs

b)

Period Costs

51.

Net operating income is not affected by changes in production using ... costing

(a)  

52.

Advantages of Variable Costing

a)

Doesn’t understate the importance of fixed costs

b)

Management finds it easy to understand.

c)

Consistency with external reporting

d)

Consistent with standard costs and flexible budgeting

e)

Consistent with CVP analysis

53.

Production Volume Variance =

a)

(Denominator level – Actual level) × Budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead rate

b)

Budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead – (Fixed manufacturing overhead allocated using budgeted cost per output unit allowed for actual output produced)

c)

(Fixed manufacturing overhead allocated using budgeted cost per output unit allowed for actual output produced) + Budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead

d)

(Denominator level + Actual level) × Budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead rate

54.

Changes in Manufacturing and Business

a)

advances in manufacturing technology

b)

changes in the competitive environment

c)

expansions in product diversity

d)

increases in factory overhead amounts and categories

55.

ABC is

a)

Activity-Based Costing

b)

Account-Based Costing

c)

Allocation of Basic Costs

56.

Which are Unit-level activites?

a)

machine setup, purchase ordering, production scheduling

b)

security, safety, maintenance, plant management

c)

direct materials, direct labor hours, inserting a component

d)

product design, parts administration, issuance of engineering change orders, expediting

57.

Pick the right one

a)

Cost / Activity Consumption = Activity Rate

b)

Activity Consumption / Cost = Activity Rate

c)

(Cost / Activity Consumption) * 100 = Activity Rate

d)

(Activity Consumption / Cost) * 100 = Activity Rate

58.

Pick the right one

a)

Activity Rate * Number of Activity = Total Overhead

b)

Total Overhead * Activity Rate = Number of Activity

c)

Number of Activity * Total Overhead = Activity Rate

59.

The CVP model is as follows:

a)

Operating profit = Sales - Total costs

b)

Sales = Fixed costs + Variable costs + Operating profit

c)

(Units sold x price) = Fixed costs + (Units sold x unit var. cost) + Operating profit

60.

Which one refers to The Contribution Margin Methods, B?E in sales units (Q)

a)

Y = F/M%

b)

Q = F/(p – v)

c)

p x Q = (v x Q) + F + N

p x Q = (v x Q) + F

d)

Y = [(v/p) x Y] + F + N

Y = [(v/p) x Y] + F

61.

A ... value for operating leverage indicates a higher risk in the sense that a given change in sales will have a relatively greater impact on profits

(a)  

62.

Pick the examples of relevant cost

a)

Original cost of old machine, $4 200

b)

Purchase price of a new machine, $7 000

c)

Power for either machine is expected to be $2,50/hour

d)

Current book value of old machine, $ 2 100

e)

Repairs to old machine would be $3 500 and would allow one more year of productivity

63.

Which refers to Strategic Analysis?

a)

Short-term focus

b)

Linked to the firm's strategy

c)

Product cost focus

d)

Considers all customer factors

64.

The assumption that the firm will attempt to set the selling price at a level where profits are maximized

a)

Economic theory

b)

Accounting theory

c)

Market theory

d)

Profit theory

65.

Market methods of setting prices:

a)

Demand-based concept

b)

Total cost concept

c)

Competition-based concept

d)

Product cost concept

e)

Variable cost concept