Deck 6: Variable Costing and Segment Reporting: Tools for Management

Question 1

Under the LIFO inventory flow assumption,if the number of units in inventories increase between the beginning and end of the period,absorption costing net operating income will generally be greater than variable costing net operating income.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A company has two divisions,each selling several products.If segment reports are prepared for each product,the division managers' salaries should be considered as common fixed costs of the products.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Segment margin is sales less variable expenses less traceable fixed expenses.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

All other things the same,if a division's traceable fixed expenses decrease then the division's segment margin will decrease.

Question 5

The salary paid to a store manager is not a traceable fixed expense of the store.

Question 6

Variable costing is more compatible with cost-volume-profit analysis than is absorption costing.

Question 7

Variable costing net operating income is usually closer to the net cash flow of a period than is costing absorption net operating income.

Question 8

Under variable costing,fixed manufacturing overhead is treated as a product cost.

Question 9

Assuming the LIFO inventory flow assumption,when production exceeds sales for the period,absorption costing net operating income will exceed variable costing net operating income.

Question 10

When reconciling variable costing and absorption costing net operating income,fixed manufacturing overhead costs deferred in inventory under absorption costing should be deducted from variable costing net operating income to arrive at the absorption costing net operating income.

Question 11

Net operating income computed using absorption costing will always be less than net operating income computed using variable costing.

Question 12

Under variable costing,an increase in fixed manufacturing overhead will affect the unit product cost.

Question 13

Under absorption costing,a portion of fixed manufacturing overhead cost is released from inventory when production volume exceeds sales volume.

Question 14

Absorption costing treats all fixed costs as product costs.

Question 15

Absorption costing treats all manufacturing costs as product costs.

Question 16

Variable manufacturing overhead costs are treated as product costs under both absorption and variable costing.

Question 17

Under variable costing,all variable production costs are treated as product costs.

Question 18

Under the absorption costing method,a company can increase profits simply by increasing the number of units produced.

Question 19

Under variable costing,only variable production costs are treated as product costs.

Question 20

Lean production should result in reduced inventories.If lean production is successfully implemented,the difference in net operating income computed under the absorption and variable costing methods should be reduced.

Question 21

Which of the following will usually be found on an income statement prepared using absorption costing?

Question 22

Generally speaking,net operating income under variable and absorption costing will:

A) always be equal.
B) never be equal.
C) be equal only when production and sales are equal.
D) be equal only when production exceeds sales.

Question 23

A cost that would be included in product costs under both absorption costing and variable costing is:

A) supervisory salaries.
B) factory rent.
C) variable manufacturing costs.
D) variable selling expenses.

Question 24

A reason why absorption costing income statements are sometimes difficult to interpret is that:

A) they omit variable expenses entirely in computing net operating income.
B) they shift portions of fixed manufacturing overhead from period to period according to changing levels of inventories.
C) they include all fixed manufacturing overhead on the income statement each year as a period cost.
D) they ignore inventory levels in determining cost of goods sold.

Question 25

Allocating common fixed costs to segments on segmented income statements increases the usefulness of such statements.

Question 26

How would the following costs be classified (product or period)under variable costing at a retail clothing store?

Question 27

When computing the break even for a segment,the calculations include the company's common fixed expenses.

Question 28

In its first year of operations,Bronfren Corporation produced 800,000 sets and sold 780,000 sets of artificial tan lines.What would have happened to net operating income in this first year under the following costing methods if Bronfren had produced 20,000 fewer sets? (Assume that Bronfren has both variable and fixed production costs.)

Question 29

When using segmented income statements,the dollar sales for a company to break even equals the traceable fixed expenses divided by the overall CM ratio.

Question 30

Hayworth Corporation has just segmented last year's income statement into its ten product lines.The chief executive officer (CEO)is curious as to what effect dropping one of the product lines at the beginning of last year would have had on overall company profit.What is the best number for the CEO to look at to determine the effect of this elimination on the net operating income of the company as a whole?

A) the product line's sales dollars
B) the product line's contribution margin
C) the product line's segment margin
D) the product line's segment margin minus an allocated portion of common fixed expenses

Question 31

The costing method that treats all fixed costs as period costs is:

A) absorption costing.
B) job-order costing.
C) variable costing.
D) process costing.

Question 32

Common fixed expenses should not be allocated to business segments when performing break-even calculations and making decisions.

Question 33

If a cost must be arbitrarily allocated in order to be assigned to a particular segment,then that cost should be considered a common cost.

Question 34

When sales exceed production and the company uses the LIFO inventory flow assumption,the net operating income reported under variable costing generally will be:

A) less than net operating income reported under absorption costing.
B) greater than net operating income reported under absorption costing.
C) equal to net operating income reported under absorption costing.
D) higher or lower because no generalization can be made.

Question 35

Assuming that direct labor is a variable cost,the primary difference between the absorption and variable costing is that:

A) variable costing treats only direct materials and direct labor as product cost while absorption costing treats direct materials, direct labor, and the variable portion of manufacturing overhead as product costs.
B) variable costing treats direct materials, direct labor, the variable portion of manufacturing overhead, and an allocated portion of fixed manufacturing overhead as product costs while absorption costing treats only direct materials, direct labor, and the variable portion of manufacturing overhead as product costs.
C) variable costing treats only direct materials, direct labor, the variable portion of manufacturing overhead, and the variable portion of selling and administrative expenses as product cost while absorption costing treats direct materials, direct labor, the variable portion of manufacturing overhead, and an allocated portion of fixed manufacturing overhead as product costs.
D) variable costing treats only direct materials, direct labor, and the variable portion of manufacturing overhead as product costs while absorption costing treats direct materials, direct labor, the variable portion of manufacturing overhead, and an allocated portion of fixed manufacturing overhead as product costs.

Question 36

Segmented statements for internal use should not be prepared using the contribution format.

Question 37

Which of the following is true of a company that uses absorption costing?

A) Net operating income fluctuates directly with changes in sales volume.
B) Fixed production and fixed selling costs are considered to be product costs.
C) Unit product costs can change as a result of changes in the number of units manufactured.
D) Variable selling expenses are included in product costs.

Question 38

When unit sales are constant,but the number of units produced fluctuates and everything else remains the same,net operating income under variable costing will:

A) fluctuate in direct proportion to changes in production.
B) remain constant.
C) fluctuate inversely with changes in production.
D) be greater than net operating income under absorption costing.

Question 39

Which of the following costs at a manufacturing company would be treated as a product cost under variable costing?

A) direct material cost
B) property taxes on the factory building
C) sales manager's salary
D) sales commissions

Question 40

Net operating income computed under variable costing would exceed net operating income computed using absorption costing if:

A) units sold exceed units produced.
B) units sold are less than units produced.
C) units sold equal units produced.
D) the average fixed cost per unit is zero.

Question 41

A manufacturing company that produces a single product has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations:
What is the absorption costing unit product cost for the month?

A) $124 per unit
B) $132 per unit
C) $113 per unit
D) $143 per unit

Question 42

Badoni Corporation has provided the following data for its two most recent years of operation:
The net operating income (loss)under variable costing in Year 2 is closest to:

A) $180,000
B) $195,000
C) $59,000
D) $7,000

Question 43

When using data from a segmented income statement,the dollar sales for a segment to break even is equal to:

A) Traceable fixed expenses ÷ Segment CM ratio
B) Common fixed expenses ÷ Segment CM ratio
C) (Traceable fixed expenses + Common fixed expenses) ÷ Segment CM ratio
D) Non-traceable fixed expenses ÷ Segment CM ratio

Question 44

The impact on net operating income of a small change in sales for a segment is best predicted by using:

A) the contribution margin ratio.
B) the segment margin.
C) the ratio of the segment margin to sales.
D) net sales less segment fixed costs.

Question 45

Mccrone Corporation has provided the following data for its two most recent years of operation:
The net operating income (loss)under variable costing in Year 1 is closest to:

A) $380,000
B) $340,000
C) $180,000
D) $172,000

Question 46

A manufacturing company that produces a single product has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations:
What is the total period cost for the month under absorption costing?

A) $61,200
B) $133,000
C) $34,000
D) $194,200

Question 47

Beamish Inc.,which produces a single product,has provided the following data for its most recent month of operations:
There were no beginning or ending inventories.The absorption costing unit product cost was:

A) $93 per unit
B) $97 per unit
C) $136 per unit
D) $194 per unit

Question 48

Shun Corporation manufactures and sells a hand held calculator.The following information relates to Shun's operations for last year:
What is Shun's absorption costing unit product cost for last year?

A) $4.10 per unit
B) $4.55 per unit
C) $5.85 per unit
D) $6.30 per unit

Question 49

Foggs Corporation has provided the following data for its two most recent years of operation:
The unit product cost under absorption costing in Year 2 is closest to:

A) $40.00
B) $21.00
C) $67.00
D) $61.00

Question 50

Rhea Corporation has provided the following data for its two most recent years of operation:
The net operating income (loss)under absorption costing in Year 2 is closest to:

A) $6,000
B) $99,000
C) ($2,000)
D) $71,000

Question 51

A company produces a single product.Variable production costs are $21 per unit and variable selling and administrative expenses are $4 per unit.Fixed manufacturing overhead totals $30.000 and fixed selling and administration expenses total $36.000.Assuming a beginning inventory of zero,production of 6,000 units and sales of 5,600 units,the dollar value of the ending inventory under variable costing would be:

A) $10,000
B) $8,400
C) $12,000
D) $14,400

Question 52

Bitonti Corporation has provided the following data for its most recent year of operation:
The unit product cost under absorption costing is closest to:

A) $34.00
B) $21.00
C) $13.00
D) $39.00

Question 53

Homeyer Corporation has provided the following data for its two most recent years of operation:
The net operating income (loss)under absorption costing in Year 1 is closest to:

A) $102,000
B) $30,000
C) $176,000
D) $208,000

Question 54

A manufacturing company that produces a single product has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations:
What is the variable costing unit product cost for the month?

A) $59 per unit
B) $83 per unit
C) $87 per unit
D) $55 per unit

Question 55

Higado Confectionery Corporation has a number of store locations throughout North America.In income statements segmented by store,which of the following would be considered a common fixed cost with respect to the stores?

A) store manager salaries
B) store building depreciation expense
C) the cost of corporate advertising aired during the Super Bowl
D) cost of goods sold at each store

Question 56

Kray Inc.,which produces a single product,has provided the following data for its most recent month of operations:
There were no beginning or ending inventories.The variable costing unit product cost was:

A) $91 per unit
B) $67 per unit
C) $69 per unit
D) $61 per unit

Question 57

Mullee Corporation produces a single product and has the following cost structure:
The absorption costing unit product cost is:

A) $149 per unit
B) $65 per unit
C) $63 per unit
D) $128 per unit

Question 58

A manufacturing company that produces a single product has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations:
What is the total period cost for the month under variable costing?

A) $149,600
B) $60,000
C) $88,000
D) $89,600

Question 59

Allocating common fixed expenses to business segments:

A) may cause managers to erroneously discontinue business segments.
B) may cause managers to erroneously keep business segments that should be dropped..
C) ensures that all costs are covered.
D) helps managers make good decisions.

Question 60

Stoneberger Corporation produces a single product and has the following cost structure:
The variable costing unit product cost is:

A) $128 per unit
B) $125 per unit
C) $202 per unit
D) $131 per unit

Question 61

The following data pertain to last year's operations at Clarkson,Incorporated,a company that produces a single product:
What was the absorption costing net operating income last year?

A) $44,000
B) $48,000
C) $50,000
D) $49,000

Question 62

Silver Corporation produces a single product.Last year,the company's variable production costs totaled $7,500 and its fixed manufacturing overhead costs totaled $4,500.The company produced 3,000 units during the year and sold 2,400 units.There were no units in the beginning inventory.Which of the following statements is true?

A) Under variable costing, the units in the ending inventory will be costed at $4.00 each.
B) The net operating income under absorption costing for the year will be $900 lower than the net operating income under variable costing.
C) The ending inventory under variable costing will be $900 lower than the ending inventory under absorption costing.
D) Under absorption costing, the units in ending inventory will be costed at $2.50 each.

Question 63

Croft Corporation produces a single product.Last year,the company had a net operating income of $160,000 using absorption costing and $149,000 using variable costing.The fixed manufacturing overhead cost was $10 per unit.There were no beginning inventories.If 43,000 units were produced last year,then sales last year were:

A) 32,000 units
B) 40,000 units
C) 41,900 units
D) 54,000 units

Question 64

Truo Corporation produces a single product.Last year,the company had net operating income of $100,000 using variable costing.Beginning and ending inventories were 13,000 units and 18,000 units,respectively.If the fixed manufacturing overhead cost was $4 per unit both last year and this year,what would have been the net operating income using absorption costing?

A) $80,000
B) $100,000
C) $120,000
D) $172,000

Question 65

Miscavage Corporation has two divisions: the Beta Division and the Alpha Division.The Beta Division has sales of $580,000,variable expenses of $301,600,and traceable fixed expenses of $186,500.The Alpha Division has sales of $510,000,variable expenses of $178,500,and traceable fixed expenses of $222,100.The total amount of common fixed expenses not traceable to the individual divisions is $235,500.What is the company's net operating income?

A) $374,400
B) $201,300
C) $609,900
D) ($34,200)

Question 66

Last year,Tinklenberg Corporation's variable costing net operating income was $52,400 and its inventory decreased by 1,400 units.Fixed manufacturing overhead cost was $8 per unit for both units in beginning and in ending inventory.What was the absorption costing net operating income last year?

A) $41,200
B) $11,200
C) $63,600
D) $52,400

Question 67

Bellue Inc.manufactures a single product.Variable costing net operating income was $96,300 last year and its inventory decreased by 2,600 units.Fixed manufacturing overhead cost was $1 per unit for both units in beginning and in ending inventory.What was the absorption costing net operating income last year?

A) $2,600
B) $93,700
C) $96,300
D) $98,900

Question 68

Carroll Corporation has two products,Q and P.During June,the company's net operating income was $25,000,and the common fixed expenses were $37,000.The contribution margin ratio for Product Q was 30%,its sales were $200,000,and its segment margin was $21,000.If the contribution margin for Product P was $80,000,the segment margin for Product P was:

A) $62,000
B) $59,000
C) $62,000
D) $41,000

Question 69

Younie Corporation has two divisions: the South Division and the West Division.The corporation's net operating income is $26,900.The South Division's divisional segment margin is $42,800 and the West Division's divisional segment margin is $29,900.What is the amount of the common fixed expense not traceable to the individual divisions?

A) $56,800
B) $69,700
C) $72,700
D) $45,800

Question 70

Sipho Corporation manufactures a single product.Last year,the company's variable costing net operating income was $90,900.Fixed manufacturing overhead costs released from inventory under absorption costing amounted to $21,900.What was the absorption costing net operating income last year?

A) $69,000
B) $90,900
C) $21,900
D) $112,800

Question 71

A manufacturing company that produces a single product has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations:
What is the net operating income for the month under variable costing?

A) $15,200
B) $(6,600)
C) $10,200
D) $5,000

Question 72

A manufacturing company that produces a single product has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations:
The total contribution margin for the month under variable costing is:

A) $64,200
B) $249,900
C) $225,400
D) $98,000

Question 73

A company that produces a single product had a net operating income of $65,000 using variable costing and a net operating income of $95,000 using absorption costing.Total fixed manufacturing overhead was $60,000 and production was 10,000 units.This year was the first year of operations.Between the beginning and the end of the year,the inventory level:

A) decreased by 5,000 units
B) increased by 5,000 units
C) decreased by 30,000 units
D) increased by 30,000 units

Question 74

A manufacturing company that produces a single product has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations:
What is the net operating income for the month under absorption costing?

A) $11,900
B) $(20,200)
C) $14,600
D) $2,700

Question 75

Kaaua Corporation has provided the following data for its two most recent years of operation:
Which of the following statements is true for Year 2?

A) The amount of fixed manufacturing overhead deferred in inventories is $534,000
B) The amount of fixed manufacturing overhead released from inventories is $78,000
C) The amount of fixed manufacturing overhead released from inventories is $534,000
D) The amount of fixed manufacturing overhead deferred in inventories is $78,000

Question 76

Simila Corporation has provided the following data for its most recent year of operation:
Which of the following statements is true?

A) The amount of fixed manufacturing overhead released from inventories is $459,000
B) The amount of fixed manufacturing overhead deferred in inventories is $56,000
C) The amount of fixed manufacturing overhead released from inventories is $56,000
D) The amount of fixed manufacturing overhead deferred in inventories is $459,000

Question 77

Pungent Corporation manufactures and sells a spice rack.Shown below are the actual operating results for the first two years of operations:
Pungent's selling price and unit variable cost and total fixed cost were the same for both years.What is Pungent's variable costing net operating income for Year 2?

A) $48,000
B) $50,000
C) $54,000
D) $56,000

Question 78

A manufacturing company that produces a single product has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations:
The total gross margin for the month under absorption costing is:

A) $72,500
B) $95,100
C) $20,000
D) $57,500

Question 79

Corbel Corporation has two divisions: Division A and Division B.Last month,the company reported a contribution margin of $60,000 for Division A.Division B had a contribution margin ratio of 40% and its sales were $300,000.Net operating income for the company was $40,000 and traceable fixed expenses were $80,000.Corbel Corporation's common fixed expenses were:

A) $140,000
B) $60,000
C) $100,000
D) $80,000

Question 80

Last year,Kirsten Corporation's variable costing net operating income was $63,400.Fixed manufacturing overhead costs released from inventory under absorption costing amounted to $10,700.What was the absorption costing net operating income last year?

A) $10,700
B) $74,100
C) $63,400
D) $52,700