Ch. 8 Acct – Flashcards
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Managers should consider which of the following when deciding whether to outsource a product or service?
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All of the above
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In a special sales order decision, incremental fixed costs that will be incurred if the special order is accepted are considered to be:
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relevant to the decision
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Fixed costs that may be avoided in the future are referred to as
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relevant costs
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Companies with production constraints and irrelevant fixed costs will be more profitable when they maximize production of the product with the highest
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contribution margin per unit of the constraint
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In pricing a product, managers should consider which of the following?
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None of the above
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All of the following are considerations for discontinuing a product or product line, except
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not having any free capacity
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Bear Country Granola is considering selling premium granola. It already sells regular for $6.75/pound and would sell premium for $9.50/pound. The cost for organic grains for the premium granola would be $1.15/pound. A cost that would to be considered in the decision would be
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the cost of refining the regular granola
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A "constraint" is best described by which of the following?
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A factor that restricts production or sales of a product
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A manager should always reject a special order if
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the special order price is less than the variable costs of the order
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Which of the following is a sunk cost?
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Purchase price of vehicle to be traded in
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Which of the following pairs are characteristics of price-takers?
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Target costing and heavy competition
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All of the following are outsourcing considerations, except
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How do our fixed costs compare to the outsourcing cost?
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An "opportunity cost" is best described by which of the following?
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Benefits foregone by choosing a particular alternative course of action
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Fixed costs that are allocated among all departments are known as
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common fixed costs
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Fixed costs that continue to exist even after a product line is discontinued are called
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unavoidable fixed costs
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Which of the following describes the products and services of companies that are price-setters?
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They tend to be unique
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In a sell of process further decision, the company should process further if
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the extra cost of processing further is less than the extra revenue