Quiz Ch1 Cost Accounting Updated
Quiz Ch1 Cost Accounting Updated
2- Management accounting information and reports do not have to follow set principles or
rules such as GAAP but should be useful to its audience and meet the cost/benefit test. ( )
3- Management accounting ensures communication of an organization's financial position
to investors, banks, and regulators. ( )
4- Cost accounting is the process of measuring, analyzing, and reporting financial and
nonfinancial information related to the costs of acquiring or using resources in an
organization. ( )
5- For management accounting, internal measurement and reporting are based on cost-
benefit analysis.
( )
6- Financial accounting provides an organization's past-oriented information such as the
previous years' financial statements. ( )
7- Cost management not only helps reduce costs but also improve customer satisfaction
and the quality of a firm's products. ( ).
8- The best-designed strategies are valuable, whether or not they are effectively
implemented. ( ).
9- Management accountants should have little or no role in deciding on a company's
strategy. ( ).
10- The key to a company's success is creating value for customers while differentiating
itself from its competitors. ( ).
2- In designing strategy, a company must match its opportunities in the marketplace with
________.
A) environmental friendly goals
B) its resources and capabilities
C) branding opportunities
D) the requirements of credit rating agencies
3-________ is the generation of, and experimentation with, ideas related to new products,
services, or processes.
A) Research and development
B) Design of products, services, or processes
C) Production
D) Marketing
4- That part of the value chain that includes ordering and shipping the product to retail
outlets is ________.
A) Customer service
B) Production
C) Marketing
D) Distribution
Good luck.