Which of the following costs change in total in direct proportion to a change in volume

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GOALS ACHIEVEMENT

1. variable cost
2. over the relevant range
3. step costs
4. the method of least squares
5. high-low method
6. false
7. unit contribution margin
8. horizontal axis
9. false
10. true
11. fixed cost
12. false
13. weighted contribution margin
14. a combination of the individual products in the same proportion as the predicted sales mix
15. true
16. remain fairly stable

FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. cost-volume-profit
2. Variable
3. relevant range
4. step
5. Committed, discretionary
6. Semivariable
7. Scattergraph
8. high-low
9. Contribution
10. operating income
11. target
12. units

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. c. Fixed costs are costs that do not change when the activity base fluctuates. Variable costs vary in direct proportion to a change in an activity base. Discretionary costs are costs which can be avoided. Discretionary costs are typically fixed in nature. Mixed costs are those costs which contain both variable and fixed elements. Mixed costs change in response to fluctuations in the activity base; however, the change is not directly proportional because of the presence of a constant fixed charge.

2. d. The phone bill would be a mixed cost because it includes a base or fixed amount plus a variable component. Variable costs vary in direct proportion to changes in the activity base. Fixed costs do not vary with the change in activity base. Fixed costs may be committed or discretionary. Committed costs are not easily changed. Discretionary costs can be avoided over time.

3. d. The per-unit fixed cost would decline as production increased. That is, total production divided into the constant fixed cost amount would result in a decreasing per unit fixed cost. A line sloping downward to the right would represent this situation.

4. b. Committed costs arise from an organization’s commitment to engage in operation and are governed mainly by past decisions that establish the present levels of capacity.

5. a. $114,000. Using the high-low method, the difference between the highest and lowest activity levels was 7,500 hours (20,000 minus 12,500). The difference in cost was $60,000 ($274,000 minus $214,000). These computations reveal a variable per-hour cost of $8.00 ($60,000 divided by 7,500 hours). At 20,000 direct labor hours total variable costs would amount to $160,000 (20,000 hours times $8.00 per hour), leaving fixed costs of $114,000 ($274,000 minus $160,000). During the slowest month, fixed costs would also be computed to be $114,000. Therefore, during July the expectation continues at $114,000 for fixed costs.

6. b. $2.00. The income plus the fixed costs incurred equals the contribution margin ($90,000 plus $20,000 equals $110,000). Therefore, total variable costs must have been $40,000 ($150,000 in sales minus $110,000 contribution margin equals $40,000 variable costs). If 20,000 units produced $40,000 of variable costs, then the per-unit variable cost must have been $2.00.

7. c. $1,750. The sales price per unit was $5,750 ($460,000 divided by 80 units). The variable cost per unit was $4,000. Contribution margin per unit was $1,750 ($5,750 minus $4,000).

8. c. $2,500,000. The contribution margin per unit is $1,000 ($2,500 sales price minus $1,500 variable cost). Dividing the $1,000,000 fixed cost by the $1,000 per-unit contribution margin yields required sales in units of 1,000. At $2,500 per unit, the 1,000 units sold would generate $2,500,000 of total sales.

9. c. $1,000,000. The total fixed cost of $540,000 must be divided by the weighted average contribution margin ratio. The contribution margin ratio for carpet is 60% of sales (1 minus .4) and the contribution margin ratio for padding is 50% of sales. The weighted average contribution margin ratio is 54% ((.4 times .6) plus (.6 times .5)). The $540,000 fixed cost divided by the .54 weighted average contribution margin ratio yields total sales in dollars of $1,000,000.

10. b. An increase in fixed cost with no change in variable cost would increase the number of units which must be produced and sold to achieve the break-even point. Changes in sales volume and production volume would not affect the break-even point.

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1.     Variable costs are costs that vary in total in direct proportion to changes in the activity level.True

False

2.     Variable costs are costs that vary on a per-unit basis with changes in the activity level.

True

False

3.     Direct materials and direct labor costs are examples of variable costs of production.

True

False

4.     Total variable costs change as the level of activity changes.

True

False

5.     Unit variable cost does not change as the number of units of activity changes.

True

False

6.     A mixed cost has characteristics of both variable and fixed costs.

True

False

7.     Rental charges of $40,000 per year plus $3 for each machine hour over 18,000 hours are an example of a fixed cost.

True

False

8.     If sales total $2,000,000, fixed costs total $800,000, and variable costs are 60% of sales, the contribution margin ratio is 40%.

True

False

9.     If sales total $2,000,000, fixed costs total $800,000, and variable costs are 60% of sales, the contribution margin ratio is 60%.

True

False

10.  The dollars available from each unit of sales to cover fixed cost and profit are the unit variable cost.

True

False

11.  If employees accept a wage contract that increases the unit contribution margin, the break-even point will decrease.

True

False

12.  If yearly insurance premiums are increased, this change in fixed costs will result in an increase in the break-even point.

True

False

13.  If the property tax rates are increased, this change in fixed costs will result in a decrease in the break-even point.

True

False

14.  Only a single line, which represents the difference between total sales revenues and total costs, is plotted on the profit-volume chart.

True

False

15.  Even if a business sells six products, it is possible to estimate the break-even point.

True

False

16.  The adoption of variable costing for managerial decision making is based on the premise that fixed factory overhead costs are related to productive capacity of the manufacturing plant and are normally not affected by the number of units produced.

True

False

17.  Assuming no other changes, operating income will be the same under both the variable and absorption costing methods when the number of units manufactured equals the number of units sold.

True

False

18. Which of the graphs in Figure 21-1 illustrates the nature of a mixed cost?

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a. Graph 4

b. Graph 3

c. Graph 2

d. Graph 1

19.  In an absorption costing income statement, the manufacturing margin is the excess of sales over the variable cost of goods sold.

True

False

20.  If the volume of sales is $6,000,000 and sales at the break-even point amount to $4,800,000, the margin of safety is 25%.

True

False

21.  A low operating leverage is normal for highly automated industries.

True

False

22. Which of the following activity bases would be the most appropriate for gasoline costs of a delivery service?

a. number of trucks in service

b. total miles driven

c. number of packages picked up

d. number of truck drivers

23. Which of the following activity bases would be the most appropriate for food costs of a hospital?

a. number of MRIs taken

b. quantity of prescriptions filled

c. number of patients who stay in the hospital

d. number of nurses scheduled to work

24. Costs that vary in total in direct proportion to changes in an activity level are called

a. sunk costs

b. differential costs

c. variable costs

d. fixed costs

25. Which of the following describes the behavior of a variable cost per unit?

a. varies in direct proportion with the activity level

b. remains constant with changes in the activity level

c. varies in decreasing proportion with changes in the activity level

d. varies in increasing proportion with changes in the activity level

26. The budget procedure that requires all levels of management to start from zero in estimating sales, production, and other operating data is called zero-based budgeting.

True

False

27. The budget procedure that requires all levels of management to start from zero in estimating sales, production, and other operating data is called continuous budgeting.

True

False

28. Budgets are prepared in the Accounting Department and monitored by various department managers.

True

False

29. Once a static budget has been determined, it is changed regularly as the underlying activity changes.

True

False

30. Flexible budgeting requires all levels of management to start from zero and estimate sales, production, and other operating data as though operations were being started for the first time.

True

False

31. The first budget to be prepared is usually the sales budget.

True

False

32. The master budget of a small manufacturer would normally include all component budgets that impact on the financial statements.

True

False

33. The master budget of a small manufacturer would normally include all necessary component budgets except the budgeted balance sheet.

True

False

34. The master budget of a small manufacturer would normally include all necessary component budgets except the capital expenditures budget.

True

False

35. The first budget to be prepared is usually the production budget.

True

False

36. If Division Inc. expects to sell 200,000 units in the current year, desires ending inventory of 24,000 units, and has 22,000 units on hand as of the beginning of the year, the budgeted volume of production for the year is 198,000 units.

True

False

37. If Division Inc. expects to sell 200,000 units in the current year, desires ending inventory of 24,000 units, and has 22,000 units on hand as of the beginning of the year, the budgeted volume of production for the year is 202,000 units.

True

False

38. The budgeted volume of production is normally computed as the sum of (1) the expected sales volume and (2) the desired ending inventory.

True

False

39. The budgeted volume of production is based on the sum of (1) the expected sales volume and (2) the desired ending inventory, less (3) the estimated beginning inventory.

True

False

40. After the sales budget is prepared, the capital expenditures budget is normally prepared next.

True

False

41. The cash budget presents the expected inflow and outflow of cash for a specified period of time.

True

False

42. The cash budget is affected by the sales budget, the various budgets for manufacturing costs and operating expenses, and the capital expenditures budget.

True

False

43. The cash budget summarizes future plans for acquisition of fixed assets.

True

False

44. The capital expenditures budget details future plans for acquisition of fixed assets.

True

False

45. When management seeks to achieve personal departmental objectives that may work to the detriment of the entire company, the manager is experiencing

a. padding

b. budgetary slack

c. cushions

d. goal conflict

46. Budgeting supports the planning process by encouraging all of the following activities except

a. requiring all organizational units to establish their goals for the upcoming period

b. improving overall decision making by considering all viewpoints, options, and cost-reduction possibilities

c. directing and coordinating operations during the period

d. increasing the motivation of managers and employees by providing agreed-upon expectations

47. The budget process involves doing all of the following except

a. periodically comparing actual results with the goals

b. executing plans to achieve the goals

c. establishing specific goals

d. dismissing all managers who fail to achieve operational goals specified in the budget

48. A formal written statement of management's plans for the future, expressed in financial terms, is a

a. budget

b. gross profit report

c. responsibility report

d. performance report

49. The capital expenditures budget is part of the planned investing activities of a company.

True

False

50. Budgets need to be fair and attainable for employees to consider the budget important in their normal daily activities. Which of the following is not considered a human behavior problem?

a. allowing employees the opportunity to be a part of the budget process

b. setting goals among managers that conflict with one another

c. allowing goals to be so low that employees develop a "spend it or lose it" attitude

d. setting goals too tightly making it difficult to meet performance expectations

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Which costs are in direct proportion to the level of production activity?

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Which type of cost changes in total in direct proportion to changes in activity level multiple choice question differential variable fixed opportunity?

Answer and Explanation: A cost that changes in proportion to changes in volume of activity is called c) a variable cost.

Which cost changes with the level of activity?

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Which costs changes in direct proportion to a change in volume?

Answer and Explanation: A cost that changes in proportion to changes in volume of activity is called c) a variable cost. Variable costs are those tied directly to production and rise and fall depending on what work a business does.

Which of the following costs changes in total in direct proportion to a change in the activity level?

Option (A) Variable cost is the correct answer . As the level of the production activity changes (increases or decreases), the variable cost will also increase or decrease. Examples of variable costs include the cost of raw materials in production, direct labor, utility cost, and sales commission.

What type of costs change in proportion to the volume?

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