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1、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 ac

2、counting 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: Managemen

3、t 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 w

4、ith 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 thinkin

5、g5) 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

6、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: Ref

7、lective 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 abou

8、t 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

9、 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) i

10、nformation 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 estimat

11、es 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 accounting

12、Objective: 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

13、.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

14、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 follow

15、ing 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 m

16、ight 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

17、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 follo

18、wing 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 prepa

19、ring 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.Ans

20、wer: 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 account

21、ingObjective: 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

22、: 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 f

23、rom 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 wro

24、ng.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) t

25、he 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 signa

26、l 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) Compa

27、re 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

28、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 m

29、aking 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 f

30、inancial 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 accountingObjec

31、tive: 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

32、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: FALS

33、EExplanation: 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 organiz

34、ational 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 Control

35、D) 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

36、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 studi

37、ed.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)

38、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. Th

39、e 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

40、 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, c

41、hange 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 man

42、agement 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

43、 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 i

44、mprove 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 accoun

45、ting, 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

46、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 th

47、inking3) 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 information allows managers to com

48、pare actual and planned costs and to identify areas and opportunities for process improvement.Answer: TRUEDiff: 1Terms: management accountingObjective: 3AACSB: Reflective thinking5) Management accounting can provide information on customer satisfaction.Answer: TRUEDiff: 2Terms: management accounting

49、Objective: 3AACSB: Reflective thinking6) Planning activities include all of the following EXCEPT:A) estimate the cost and profit consequences from a course of action.B) evaluating the quality of the service provided.C) projecting labor requirements.D) budgeting.Answer: BDiff: 2Terms: plan-do-check-a

50、ct cycleObjective: 3AACSB: Reflective thinking7) The most important factor in successful organizations is:A) weaknesses.B) competition.C) strategy.D) definition of quality.Answer: CDiff: 2Terms: strategyObjective: 3AACSB: Reflective thinking8) A key element of any organization's strategy is iden

51、tifying:A) its potential shareholders.B) its target customers.C) competitor's products.D) employee needs.Answer: BDiff: 3Terms: strategyObjective: 3AACSB: Reflective thinking9) Explain the role of management accounting in helping an enterprise develop and implement its strategy.Answer: The organ

52、ization needs management accounting information to help implement the strategy, allocate resources for the strategy, communicate the strategy, and link employees and operational processes to achieve the strategy. As the strategy gets executed, management accounting information provides feedback abou

53、t where it is working and where it is not, and guides actions to improve the performance from the strategy.Diff: 2Terms: management accounting, strategyObjective: 3AACSB: Reflective thinkingMAL: This question is not available in MyAccountingLab.Objective 41) Quality expert, W. Edwards Deming, helped

54、 develop and disseminate the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle.Answer: TRUEDiff: 2Terms: plan-do-act cycleObjective: 4AACSB: Reflective thinking2) Many organizations start the planning stage by re-affirming or updating its mission statement.Answer: TRUEDiff: 2Terms: plan-do-check-act cycleObjective: 4A

55、ACSB: Reflective thinking3) Operating profit is an example of nonfinancial information.Answer: FALSEExplanation: Operating profit is an example of financial information.Diff: 1Terms: financial informationObjective: 4AACSB: Reflective thinking4) The check step in the PDCA cycle includes two component

56、s measuring and monitoring ongoing performance and taking short-term actions based on the measured performance.Answer: TRUEDiff: 2Terms: plan-do-check-act cycleObjective: 4AACSB: Reflective thinking5) Which of the following best represents the Plan step in the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle?A) Take actions to lower costs, change resource allocations, improve the quality, cycle time and flexibility of processes, modify the produ