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Short Term Decision making

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Costs that a business must incur to perform an activity at a given level, but that it can avoid if the business reduces or discontinues the activity.

a)

Incremental costs

b)

Avoidable costs

c)

Opportunity costs

d)

Sunk costs

2.

Cost increases resulting from a higher volume of activity or from the performance of an additional activity

a)

Incremental costs

b)

Avoidable costs

c)

Opportunity costs

d)

Sunk costs

3.

The profits that a business forgoes by following a particular course of action

a)

Incremental costs

b)

Avoidable costs

c)

Opportunity costs

d)

Sunk costs

4.

Money that has already been spent and cannot be recovered. It is a cost that occurred in the past.

a)

Incremental costs

b)

Avoidable costs

c)

Opportunity costs

d)

Sunk costs

5.

Costs that will change as a result of a decision, that is will differ among the alternatives.

a)

Irrelevant costs

b)

Avoidable costs

c)

Opportunity costs

d)

Revevant costs

6.

Future costs that a business will incur for activities that are NOT necessary to carry out the decision

a)

Irrelevant costs

b)

Avoidable costs

c)

Opportunity costs

d)

Revevant costs

7.

Wages paid for factory labour used in producing a product?

a)

Fixed cost

b)

Variable cost

c)

Opportunity cost

d)

Sunk cost

8.

Raw materials used in making a product

a)

Fixed

b)

Variable

c)

Sunk

d)

Irrelevant

9.

Dara makes bracelets and sells them in her shop. Which is a fixed expense for Dara’s business?

a)

the cost of the beads

b)

the cost of the string

c)

the cost of advertising

d)

rent for her shop

10.

If Sam's Sandwiches use 25c of material for each sandwich, what will be their variable costs for 10 sandwiches

a)

10 x 0.25 = $2.50

b)

2.5 x 10 = $25

c)

25 x 10 = $250

d)

0.25/10 = 2.5c

11.
If you own a home, you must pay for electricity you use.  The amount you pay changes every month depending on how much you use. This is an example of a...
a)
FIXED cost.
b)
VARIABLE cost.
c)

OPPORTUNITY cost.

d)

SUNK cost.

12.

Your business rents a building on Main Street in Dewsbury.  Every month you pay exactly $750 to rent the building.  This is an example of a...

a)
FIXED cost.
b)
VARIABLE cost.
c)

OPPORTUNITY cost.

d)

SUNK cost.

13.
You own a restaurant and every month you must pay your water bill. However, you never know how much that bill will be because the amount changes based upon how much water your business uses.  This is a...
a)
FIXED cost.
b)
VARIABLE cost.
c)

OPPORTUNITY cost.

d)

SUNK cost.

14.

Rent, administrative costs, employee salary are examples of ...

a)

Variable costs

b)

Fixed costs

c)

Costs

d)

Prices

15.

Span has 10 workers. Each worker is paid $5,000.00 every month. Workers wages/salary is an example of a ___.

a)

Fixed Cost

b)

Variable Cost

c)

Incremental Cost

d)

Opportunity Cost

16.

Chris has 3 trucks. It costs her $1 for fuel for each kilometer (km) a truck covers. In May the trucks covered a total of 12 000 km and in June the trucks covered a total of 18 000 km. This is an example of a ___.

a)

Fixed Cost

b)

Variable Cost

17.

Which of the following would be an example of a fixed cost on a farm?

a)

Mortgage on the land

b)

Cost of seed

c)

Fuel to operate machinery

d)

Fertilizer

18.

An example of a variable cost would be:

a)

Depreciation of factory machinery

b)

Shop rent

c)

Sales staff commission

d)

Factory manager’s salary

19.

Which costs would NOT be relevant when decising to accept or reject a special order for a product

a)

Avoidable costs

b)

Direct materials

c)

Direct labour

d)

Variable overhead

20.

One of the costs of particular interest when deciding whether to drop a product is...

a)

Avoidable costs

b)

Fixed costs

c)

Irrelevant costs

d)

All of these are of particular interest

21.

The manager wants to know if we should buy or make a widget. Which of the costs sshown is NOT relevant in the decision?

a)

Direct materials

b)

Direct labour

c)

Variable overhead

d)

Fixed overhead

22.

The manager wants to know if we should buy or make a widget. We can buy the widgets for $1.80 each. Should we make or buy?

a)

Make it for $1.40 each which is cheaper than buying

b)

Buy for $1.80 which is cheaper than making for $2.20 each

c)

Make - we can make for $1.05 each which is cheaper than buying

d)

Buy for $2.20 which is cheaper than making for $1.80 each

23.

The manager wants to know if we should buy or make a widget. We can buy the widgets for $1.80 each. If we make, we will have to hire a machine for $500 per year. We need 1,000 widgets. Should we make or buy them?

a)

Buy for $1,800 total cost which is cheaper than making for $1,900

b)

Buy for $1,800 total cost which is cheaper than making for $2,200

c)

Make - we can make for $2,200 total cost which is cheaper than buying

d)

Buy for $2,200 total cost which is cheaper than making for $1,400