Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Test 2

        Help!  

Terms
Definition
Activity index   the activity that causes changes in the behavior of costs.  
🗑
Break-even point   level of activity at which total revenues equal total costs. Fixed costs/ contribution margin per unit = break-even point in units.  
🗑
Contribution margin   amount of revenue remaining after deducting variable costs.  
🗑
Contribution margin per unit   amount of revenue remaining per unit after deducting variable costs; calculated as unit selling price minus unit variable cost.  
🗑
Contribution margin ratio   the contribution margin per unit divided by the unit selling price.  
🗑
Cost behavior analysis   the study of how specific costs respond to changes in the level of business activity.  
🗑
Cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis   the study of the effects of changes in costs and volume on a company's profits.  
🗑
Cost-volume-profit (CVP) graph   A graph showing the relationship between costs, volume, and profits.  
🗑
CVP income statement   classifies costs as variable or fixed and computes a contribution margin.  
🗑
Fixed costs   costs that remain the same in total regardless of changes in the activity level. s activity cha  
🗑
High-low method   classifies mixed costs into fixed and variable components; changein total costs/highminus low activity level= Variable cost per unit.  
🗑
Margin of safety   the difference between actual or expected sales and sales at the break-even point.  
🗑
Mixed costs   costs that contain both a variable element and a fixed element  
🗑
Relevant range   range of the activity index over which the company expects to operate during the year.  
🗑
Target net income   The income objective for individual product lines  
🗑
Variable costs   costs that vary in total directly and proportionately with changes in the activity level.  
🗑
Incremental analysis   The process of identifying the financial data that change under alternative courses of action.  
🗑
Joint costs   For joint products, all costs incurred prior to the point at which the two products are separately identifiable (known as the split-off point).  
🗑
Joint products   Multiple end-products produced from a single raw material and a common production process.  
🗑
Opportunity cost   The potential benefit that may be obtained from following an alternative course of action.  
🗑
Relevant costs   Those costs and revenues that differ across alternatives  
🗑
Sunk cost   A cost that cannot be changed by any present or future decision  
🗑
Theory of constraints   A specific approach used to identify and manage constraints in order to achieve the company's goals.  
🗑
Budget   Formal written statement of management's plans for a specified future time period, expressed in financial terms.  
🗑
Budget committee   A group responsible for coordinating the preparation of the budget.  
🗑
Budgetary slack   Managers intentionally underestimate budgeted revenues or overestimate budgeted expenses in order to make it easier to achieve budgetary goals  
🗑
Budgeted balance sheet   A projection of financial position at the end of the budget period.  
🗑
Budgeted income statement   This budget indicates the expected profitability of operations for the budget period.  
🗑
Cash budget   Anticipated cash flows  
🗑
Direct labor budget   Contains the quantity (hours) and cost of direct labor necessary to meet production requirements.  
🗑
Direct materials budget   The quantity and cost of direct materials to be purchased  
🗑
Financial budgets   the capital expenditure budget, the cash budget, and the budgeted balance sheet. These budgets focus primarily on the cash resources needed to fund expected operations and planned capital expenditures.  
🗑
Long-range planning   Identifies long-term goals, selects strategies to achieve those goals, and develops policies and plans to implement the strategies.  
🗑
Manufacturing overhead budget   The expected manufacturing over-head costs for the budget period.  
🗑
Master budget   A set of interrelated budgets that constitutes a plan of action for a specified time period.  
🗑
Merchandise purchases budget   The estimated cost of goods to be purchased to meet expected sales.  
🗑
Operating budgets   Individual budgets that result in the preparation of the budgeted income statement.  
🗑
Participative budgeting   advantages of participative budgeting are, first, that lower-level managers have more detailed knowledge of their specific area and thus should be able to provide more accurate budgetary estimates.  
🗑
Production budget   The units that must be produced to meet anticipated sales  
🗑
Sales budget   Sales forecast  
🗑
Sales forecast   Potential sales for the industry and the company's expected share of such sales.  
🗑
Selling and administrative expense budget   This budget projects anticipated selling and administrative expenses for the budget period.  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: kinah1