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Chapter 1
Managerial Accounting
Question | Answer |
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What is managerial accounting? | The field of accounting that focuses on providing information for internal decision makers |
Why is managerial accounting important? | It helps managers make decisions in order to be successful |
What is the purpose of an organizational chart? | helps show the relationship between departments and divisions and managers who are responsible for each section. |
What are the managerial accounting functions? | Planning (strategic or operational), directing, and controlling |
Who created the ethical standards of managers? | The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) |
What are the three categories of businesses? | Service, merchandising and manufacturing |
3 kinds of inventory that manufacturing companies have | Raw materials inventory, Work-in-Process inventory, and Finished Goods Inventory |
Raw Materials Inventory is materials used to | manufacture a product |
Work-in-Process Inventory consists of goods that have been | started in the manufacturing process but are not yet complete |
. Finished Goods Inventory represents | completed goods that have not yet been sold. |
What make up Direct Materials? | Raw materials used in production |
Direct Labor | Labor of employees working on the products |
Manufacturing overhead (MOH) consist of | indirect materials, indirect labor, and factory costs (rent, utilities, insurance, etc) |
Prime Costs combine... | Direct materials and direct labor |
Conversion costs combine | direct labor and MOH |
Direct materials, direct labor, and MOH make up product or period costs? | Product |
Period costs are non manufacturing costs, expenses include | taxes and interest |