管理会计习题与答案(共22页).doc

精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Management Accounting, 6e (Atkinson et al.)Chapter 1 How Management Accounting Information Supports Decision MakingObjective 11) Management accounting is subject to the rules formulated by standard setters such as the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).Answer: FALSEExplanation: Financial accounting is subject to the rules of the FASB.Diff: 1Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking2) Management accounting information is primarily oriented to external stakeholders, such as investors, creditors, regulators, and tax authorities.Answer: FALSEExplanation: Management accounting information is primarily oriented to management.Diff: 1Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking3) The International Accounting Standards Board sets the guidelines used for management accounting.Answer: FALSEExplanation: Financial accounting must be consistent with the rules of the IASB.Diff: 1Terms: International Accounting Standards BoardObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking4) A good management accounting system can become a source of competitive advantage for a company.Answer: TRUEDiff: 1Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking5) Management accounting information is sometimes predictive and forward looking.Answer: TRUEDiff: 1Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking6) Management accounting has no prescribed rules about its content, how the content is to be developed, and how the content is to be presented.Answer: TRUEDiff: 2Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking7) The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board sets cost accounting standards for all federal government activities.Answer: TRUEDiff: 2Terms: Government Accounting Standards BoardObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking8) Management accounting measures can provide advance warnings of problems.Answer: TRUEDiff: 1Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking9) Information about customer satisfaction is an example of financial information.Answer: FALSEExplanation: Information about customer satisfaction is an example of nonfinancial information.Diff: 1Terms: nonfinancial informationObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking10) Management accounting information can be used for all of the following EXCEPT:A) calculate the cost of a product or service.B) evaluate the performance of a company.C) project materials needs.D) evaluate the market price of the stock.Answer: DDiff: 2Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking11) Which of the following types of information are used in management accounting? A) financial informationB) nonfinancial informationC) information focused on the long termD) All of the above are correct.Answer: DDiff: 1Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking12) Management accounting:A) is both retrospective, providing feedback about past operations, and also prospective, incorporating forecasts and estimates about future events.B) is primarily oriented to external stakeholders.C) must be consistent with rules formulated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).D) provides information that is generally available only on a quarterly or annual basis.Answer: ADiff: 2Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking13) Which of the following descriptors refer to management accounting information?A) It is only retrospective, reporting and summarizing in financial terms the results of past decisions and transactions.B) It is driven by rules.C) It is prepared for shareholders.D) It is oriented to meeting the decision making needs of employees and managers inside the organization.Answer: DDiff: 2Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking14) Which of the following would be considered management accounting information?A) Budgeted production for the year 2011.B) Budgeted Balance Sheet.C) Analysis of trend in stock prices.D) Both budgeted production for the year of 2011, and the budgeted balance sheet.Answer: DDiff: 1Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking15) Management accounting information includes all of the following EXCEPT:A) tabulated results of customer satisfaction surveys.B) the cost of producing a product.C) the percentage of units produced that is defective.D) market price of the stock.Answer: DDiff: 2Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking16) Management accounting reports might include information about:A) customer complaints.B) net income for the year on budgeted income statement.C) total assets on budgeted balance sheet.D) All of the above are correct.Answer: DDiff: 2Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking17) The person MOST likely to use management accounting information is a(n):A) banker evaluating a credit application.B) shareholder evaluating a stock investment.C) governmental taxing authority.D) assembly department supervisor.Answer: DDiff: 2Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking18) Which of the following is NOT a function of a management accounting system?A) strategic developmentB) financial reportingC) controlD) product costingAnswer: BDiff: 2Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking19) Financial accounting:A) focuses on the future and includes activities such as preparing next year's operating budget.B) does not need to comply with GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles).C) is primarily oriented to external stakeholders, such as investors, creditors, regulators and tax authorities.D) is prepared for the use of department heads and other employees.Answer: CDiff: 1Terms: financial accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking20) The person MOST likely to use ONLY financial accounting information is a:A) factory shift supervisor.B) vice president of operations.C) current shareholder.D) department manager.Answer: CDiff: 2Terms: financial accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking21) Historically, management accounting innovations have been developed by:A) the International Accounting Standards Board.B) the Cost Accounting Standards Board.C) Academic accountants.D) Managers.Answer: DDiff: 2Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking22) In general, it was not until the 1970s that management accounting systems:A) were improved because of demands by the FASB and the SEC.B) stagnated and proved inadequate.C) started to develop innovations in costing and performance-measurement systems due to intense pressure from overseas competitors.D) started to address the decision-making needs of managers.Answer: CDiff: 2Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking23) Financial accounting information:A) provides a signal that something is wrong.B) identifies what is wrong.C) explains what is wrong.D) simply summarizes information but gives no indication that anything is wrong.Answer: ADiff: 2Terms: financial accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking24) The regulatory authority responsible for formulating rules of United States GAAP is:A) the Financial Accounting Standards Board.B) the Cost Accounting Standards Board.C) the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board.D) the International Accounting Standards Board.Answer: ADiff: 1Terms: financial accounting, FASBObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking25) Management accounting information is BEST described as:A) providing a signal that something is wrong.B) identifying and helping to explain what is wrong.C) simply summarizing information, but giving no indication that anything is wrong.D) measuring overall organizational performance.Answer: BDiff: 1Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinking26) Compare and contrast the users and uses of management accounting and financial accounting.Answer: Management accounting provides information to internal decision makers of the business such as line supervisors, division managers and top executives. Its purpose is to help managers plan, organize, control and make operating decisions by predicting future results and evaluating performance.Financial accounting provides information to external decision makers such as investors and creditors. Its purpose is to present a fair picture of the financial condition of the company for use by these parties in making investing and credit decisions.Diff: 2Terms: management accounting, financial accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinkingMAL: This question is not available in MyAccountingLab.27) What is the purpose of management accounting?Answer: Management accounting gathers short-term and long-term financial and nonfinancial information to plan, coordinate, motivate, improve, control, and evaluate success factors of an organization. Management accounting converts data into usable information that supports planning, organizing, and control decision making.Diff: 2Terms: management accountingObjective: 1AACSB: Reflective thinkingMAL: This question is not available in MyAccountingLab.Objective 21) During the history of management accounting, innovations were developed to address the decision-making needs of managers.Answer: TRUEDiff: 2Terms: management accountingObjective: 2AACSB: Reflective thinking2) A key element in any organization's strategy is to identify its target customers and to deliver what those target customers want.Answer: TRUEDiff: 1Terms: strategyObjective: 2AACSB: Reflective thinking3) Management accounting innovations are usually developed by academics.Answer: FALSEExplanation: Management accounting innovations are usually developed by management accountants in the field.Diff: 2Terms: management accountingObjective: 2AACSB: Reflective thinking4) The first modern industry to develop and use large quantities of financial statistics to assess and monitor organizational performance was:A) steel companies.B) lumber companies.C) the railroads.D) automobile companies.Answer: CDiff: 2Terms: financial informationObjective: 2AACSB: Reflective thinking5) Which of the following companies is a service company?A) Lands' EndB) Schwinn BicyclesC) Orkin Pest ControlD) British PetroleumAnswer: CDiff: 1Terms: service companiesObjective: 2AACSB: Reflective thinking6) Historically, service companies have:A) operated in less competitive environments than manufacturing companies.B) enjoyed global customer demand.C) used management accounting information in much the same way as manufacturing companies.D) competed by managing costs to provide the best service at the lowest price.Answer: ADiff: 2Terms: service companiesObjective: 2AACSB: Reflective thinking7) The Hawthorne study revealed that:A) individuals alter their behavior when they know they are being studied.B) groups alter their behavior when they know they are being studied.C) People react when they are being measured.D) All of the above are correct.Answer: DDiff: 2Terms: nonfinancial information, Hawthorne studyObjective: 2AACSB: Reflective thinking8) _ helped develop the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle.A) HawthorneB) Deming.C) CarnegieD) FordAnswer: DDiff: 2Terms: plan-do-check-act cycleObjective: 2AACSB: Reflective thinking9) Describe the steps in the PDCA cycle.Answer: The Plan step of the PCDA cycle defines the organization's purpose and selects the focus and scope of its strategy. The Do step of the PDCA cycle involves the implementation of a chosen course of action. In this setting, management accounting information gets communicated to front-line and support employees to inform their daily decisions and work activities. The check step in the PDCA cycle includes two components measuring and monitoring ongoing performance and taking short-term actions based on the measured performance. In the Act step of the PDCA cycle, managers take actions to lower costs, change resource allocations, improve the quality, cycle time and flexibility of processes, modify the product mix, change customer relationships, and redesign and introduce new products.Diff: 3Terms: plan-do-check-act cycleObjective: 2AACSB: Reflective thinkingMAL: This question is not available in MyAccountingLab.10) What role has the increasingly competitive business environment played in the development of management accounting?Answer: The competitive environment has changed dramatically. There has been a deregulation movement in North America and Europe during the 1970s and 1980s that changed the ground rules under which service companies operate.In addition, organizations encountered severe competition from overseas companies that offered high-quality products at low prices. There has been an improvement of operational control systems such that information is more current and provided more frequently. Employees need better management accounting information and accurate and timely information to improve the activities they perform and to make decisions. Employees also want innovations in management accounting information. Nonfinancial information has become a critical feedback measure. Finally, the focus of many firms is now on measuring and managing activities.Diff: 3Terms: financial accounting, management accountingObjective: 2AACSB: Reflective thinkingMAL: This question is not available in MyAccountingLab.Objective 31) At the highest level strategic planning involves choosing a strategy that provides the best fit between the organization's environment and its internal resources in order to achieve the organization's objectives.Answer: TRUEDiff: 2Terms: strategyObjective: 3AACSB: Reflective thinking2) Quality is the degree of conformance between what the customer is promised and what the customer receives.Answer: TRUEDiff: 1Terms: qualityObjective: 3AACSB: Reflective thinking3) Government and nonprofit organizations, as well as profit-seeking enterprises, are feeling the pressures for improved performance.Answer: TRUEDiff: 1Terms: government and nonprofit organizationsObjective: 3AACSB: Reflective thinking4) Management accounting informatio