Exam 24: Budgetary Control and Responsibility Accounting

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Trails and Paths Inc. had average operating assets of $6000000 and sales of $3000000 in 2016. If the controllable margin was $600000 the ROI was

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An advantage of the return on investment ratio is that no judgmental factors are involved.

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Management by exception

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A major aspect of budgetary control is the use of budget reports that compare _____________________ with _______________________.

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A static budget is appropriate in evaluating a manager's performance if

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Moss Corp. reported the following items for 2016: Instructions Compute the controllable margin for 2016.

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Monte Inc. recorded operating data for its Sandtrap division for the year. Monte requires its return to be 9%. Sales \ 1,000,000 Controllable margin 180,000 Total average assets 600,000 Fixed costs 60,000 How much is ROI for the year?

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A flexible budget is appropriate for Direct Labor Costs Manufacturing Overhead Costs A) No No B) Yes Yes C) Yes No D) No Yes

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The comparison of differences between actual and planned results

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If actual results are different from planned results the difference must always be investigated by management to achieve effective budgetary control.

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A flexible budget depicted graphically

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The terms "direct fixed costs" and "indirect fixed costs" are synonymous with "traceable costs" and "common costs" respectively.

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What budgeted amounts appear on the flexible budget?

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The master budget of Windy Co. shows that the planned activity level for next year is expected to be 50000 machine hours. At this level of activity the following manufacturing overhead costs are expected: Indirect labor \ 720,000 Machine supplies 180,000 Indirect materials 210,000 Depreciation on factory building 150,000 Total manufacturing overhead \ 1,260,000 A flexible budget for a level of activity of 60000 machine hours would show total manufacturing overhead costs of

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Management by exception

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The master budget is not used in the budgetary control process.

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Naples Inc. recorded operating data for its shoe division for the year. Sales \ 750,000 Contribution margin 135,000 Total fixed costs 90,000 Average total operating assets 300,000 How much is ROI for the year if management is able to identify a way to improve the contribution margin by $30000 assuming fixed costs are held constant?

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A static budget is changed only when actual activity is different from the level of activity expected.

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Danner Co. has three divisions which are operated as profit centers. Actual operating data for the divisions listed alphabetically are as follows. Operating Data Women's Shoes Men's Shoes Children's Shoes Contribution margin \ 280,000 (3) \ 220,000 Controllable fixed costs 130,000 (4) (5) Controllable margin (1) \ 90,000 96,000 Sales 800,000 480,000 (6) Variable costs (2) 330,000 250,000 Instructions (a) Compute the missing amounts. Show computations. (b) Prepare a responsibility report for the Women's Shoe Division assuming (1) the data are for the month ended June 30 2016 and (2) all data equal budget except variable costs which are $20000 over budget.

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Return on investment is calculated by dividing _________________________ by ________________________.

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