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Cost Accounting Mcqs – MCQs
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1.
What term describes the budgeting approach that emphasizes estimating the costs of all activities required to create and sell products or services?
budgeting based on costs
activity based budgeting
budgeting centered on production
material cost budgeting
operational budgeting
2.
What is the name of the budget that remains accessible throughout a designated future timeframe?
time-based budget
group budget
terminated budget
rolling budget
3.
Within the context of master budgeting, which factors are considered the cost drivers for manufacturing overhead expenses?
direct labor hours in production
hours spent on equipment setup
planned labor hours
both direct labor hours and setup hours
4.
Which type of cost is affected by the actions of a responsibility center manager?
managerial cost
impact cost
department cost
controllable cost
variable cost
5.
What term describes the extent of decision-making power granted to lower-level managers?
distribution of authority
concentration of control
autonomy
alignment
none of the above
6.
What term is used to describe decision making that is ineffective or flawed?
ineffective decision making
aligned decision making
misaligned decision making
both ineffective and misaligned decision making
7.
Which management style is characterized by the least amount of managerial freedom and the highest level of restrictions?
complete independence
full centralization
complete decentralization
total alignment
none of the above
8.
What is the term for the organizational approach where decision-making authority is delegated to lower-level managers?
decentralization
centralization
independent work
alignment
9.
What term describes the goods or services exchanged between various divisions within the same organization?
portable goods
nonfunctional items
intermediate product
regional product
internal merchandise
10.
What term describes decision-making approaches within company subunits that are strongly interconnected?
incongruent decision making
functional decision making
congruent decision making
duplication decision making
11.
What term describes the physical or mental energy applied to accomplish a specific objective?
drive
alignment of goals
effort
independence
initiative
12.
Given an opportunity cost of $45 per barrel and an incremental cost of $65 per barrel, what is the lowest acceptable transfer price?
$45
$110
$20
$65
None of the above
13.
What term describes the scenario where teams and individuals collaborate effectively to accomplish a shared objective?
inspiration
goal congruence
exertion
independence
coordination
14.
Which of the following approaches are commonly used to establish transfer prices?
Transfer prices based on market rates
Transfer prices calculated from costs
Transfer prices agreed upon through negotiation
All of the above methods
15.
When determining the transfer price, the per unit opportunity cost to the selling division is included with the incremental cost incurred at the transfer point to compute the ____________.
lowest possible operating expense
highest operating expense
highest acceptable transfer price
lowest acceptable transfer price
16.
Which concept is characterized by managers having the greatest level of independence and facing the fewest restrictions?
Complete independence
Full central control
Complete decentralization
Total alignment
17.
What term describes the amount one division charges another for goods or services provided internally?
cost of division independence
transfer price
performance fee
labor expense
internal billing rate
18.
What is the term for the methods used to gather and utilize information to guide decision-making and planning within an organization?
consumer oversight framework
corporate oversight mechanism
monetary oversight system
management control systems
operational governance model
19.
What is the term for the pricing approach that employs two distinct methods to determine the transfer price of products between different divisions?
dual pricing
functional pricing
congruent pricing
optimal pricing
20.
What term describes the drive to accomplish a specific objective along with the effort to reach it?
motivation
alignment of goals
exertion
independence
initiative
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