Practice Exercises: Discussion Questions
Practice Exercises: Discussion Questions
Practice Exercises: Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
1. What are the major differences between managerial
accounting and financial accounting?
2. a. Differentiate between a department with line
responsibility and a department with staff responsibility.
b. In an organization that has a Sales Department
and a Personnel Department, among others,
which of the two departments has (1) line responsibility
and (2) staff responsibility?
3. What manufacturing cost term is used to describe
the cost of materials that are an integral part of the
manufactured end product?
4. Distinguish between prime costs and conversion
costs.
5. What is the difference between a product cost and
a period cost?
6. Name the three inventory accounts for a manufacturing
business, and describe what each balance
represents at the end of an accounting period.
7. In what order should the three inventories of a
manufacturing business be presented on the balance
sheet?
8. What are the three categories of manufacturing costs
included in the cost of finished goods and the cost
of work in process?
9. For a manufacturer, what is the description of the
account that is comparable to a merchandising business’s
cost of merchandise sold?
10. How does the Cost of Goods Sold section of the income
statement differ between merchandising and
manufacturing companies?
Practice Exercises
Management process OBJ. 1
Three phases of the management process are controlling, planning, and decision making.
Match the following descriptions to the proper phase.
Phase of management process Description
Controlling a. Monitoring the operating results of implemented plans and
comparing the actual results with expected results.
Planning b. Inherent in planning, directing, controlling, and improving.
Decision making c. Long-range courses of action.
Management process OBJ. 1
Three phases of the management process are planning, directing, and controlling. Match
the following descriptions to the proper phase.
Phase of management process Description
Planning a. Developing long-range courses of action to achieve goals.
Directing b. Isolating significant departures from plans for further investigation
and possible remedial action. It may lead to a revision of future
plans.
Controlling c. Process by which managers, given their assigned levels of
responsibilities, run day-to-day operations.
Example
Exercises
Chapter 16 Managerial Accounting Concepts and Principles 773
EE 16-1 p. 758
EE 16-1 p. 758
PE 16-1A
PE 16-1B
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Discussion Questions
1. What are the major differences between managerial
accounting and financial accounting?
2. a. Differentiate between a department with line
responsibility and a department with staff responsibility.
b. In an organization that has a Sales Department
and a Personnel Department, among others,
which of the two departments has (1) line responsibility
and (2) staff responsibility?
3. What manufacturing cost term is used to describe
the cost of materials that are an integral part of the
manufactured end product?
4. Distinguish between prime costs and conversion
costs.
5. What is the difference between a product cost and
a period cost?
6. Name the three inventory accounts for a manufacturing
business, and describe what each balance
represents at the end of an accounting period.
7. In what order should the three inventories of a
manufacturing business be presented on the balance
sheet?
8. What are the three categories of manufacturing costs
included in the cost of finished goods and the cost
of work in process?
9. For a manufacturer, what is the description of the
account that is comparable to a merchandising business’s
cost of merchandise sold?
10. How does the Cost of Goods Sold section of the income
statement differ between merchandising and
manufacturing companies?
Practice Exercises
Management process OBJ. 1
Three phases of the management process are controlling, planning, and decision making.
Match the following descriptions to the proper phase.
Phase of management process Description
Controlling a. Monitoring the operating results of implemented plans and
comparing the actual results with expected results.
Planning b. Inherent in planning, directing, controlling, and improving.
Decision making c. Long-range courses of action.
Management process OBJ. 1
Three phases of the management process are planning, directing, and controlling. Match
the following descriptions to the proper phase.
Phase of management process Description
Planning a. Developing long-range courses of action to achieve goals.
Directing b. Isolating significant departures from plans for further investigation
and possible remedial action. It may lead to a revision of future
plans.
Controlling c. Process by which managers, given their assigned levels of
responsibilities, run day-to-day operations.
Example
Exercises
Chapter 16 Managerial Accounting Concepts and Principles 773
EE 16-1 p. 758
EE 16-1 p. 758
PE 16-1A
PE 16-1B
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Discussion Questions
1. What are the major differences between managerial
accounting and financial accounting?
2. a. Differentiate between a department with line
responsibility and a department with staff responsibility.
b. In an organization that has a Sales Department
and a Personnel Department, among others,
which of the two departments has (1) line responsibility
and (2) staff responsibility?
3. What manufacturing cost term is used to describe
the cost of materials that are an integral part of the
manufactured end product?
4. Distinguish between prime costs and conversion
costs.
5. What is the difference between a product cost and
a period cost?
6. Name the three inventory accounts for a manufacturing
business, and describe what each balance
represents at the end of an accounting period.
7. In what order should the three inventories of a
manufacturing business be presented on the balance
sheet?
8. What are the three categories of manufacturing costs
included in the cost of finished goods and the cost
of work in process?
9. For a manufacturer, what is the description of the
account that is comparable to a merchandising business’s
cost of merchandise sold?
10. How does the Cost of Goods Sold section of the income
statement differ between merchandising and
manufacturing companies?
Practice Exercises
Management process OBJ. 1
Three phases of the management process are controlling, planning, and decision making.
Match the following descriptions to the proper phase.
Phase of management process Description
Controlling a. Monitoring the operating results of implemented plans and
comparing the actual results with expected results.
Planning b. Inherent in planning, directing, controlling, and improving.
Decision making c. Long-range courses of action.
Management process OBJ. 1
Three phases of the management process are planning, directing, and controlling. Match
the following descriptions to the proper phase.
Phase of management process Description
Planning a. Developing long-range courses of action to achieve goals.
Directing b. Isolating significant departures from plans for further investigation
and possible remedial action. It may lead to a revision of future
plans.
Controlling c. Process by which managers, given their assigned levels of
responsibilities, run day-to-day operations.
Example
Exercises
Chapter 16 Managerial Accounting Concepts and Principles 773
EE 16-1 p. 758
EE 16-1 p. 758
PE 16-1A
PE 16-1B
Copyright 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or
eChapter(s). Editorial review has
deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it.