IVY MBA Managerial Accounting – Final Prep
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1. What is Contribution Margin? - ANSWER The difference between net sales revenue
and cost ( Net Sales Revenue - Variable Cost)
2. Unit Contribution Margin - ANSWER net sales rev per unit (net sales/units) -
Contribution margin per unit (Contribution margin/units)
3. Contribution Margin Ratio - ANSWER Contribution Margin/ Net Sales Revenue
4. What is Contribution Margin? - ANSWER It is called contribution margin because it is
the amount that contributes to covering the fixed costs and then to providing operating
income. Contribution margin is often expressed in total.
5. Differences between Traditional Income Statement and contribution Margin Income
Statement. - ANSWER Traditional Income Statement.
-classifies costs by function; that is, costs are classified as either product costs or period
costs.
-Product costs accumulate in the inventory account until the product is sold, and then goes
COGS.
-GAAP standard Income Statement
-does not always provide enough information for managers
,Contribution Margin Income statement
-classifies cost by behavior; that is, costs are classified as either variable costs or fixed costs.
-Variable and Fixed Costs Include Period and Product Costs
-Highlights Contribution margin instead of Gross Profit
6. CVP Analysis Assumptions - ANSWER - Price per unit stats the same regardless of
volume
- All costs can be identified as fixed, variable, and mixed, and mixed costs can be
separated into their separate components
- Volume changes are the only thing that affects mixed and variable costs
- Fixed Costs don't change in the relevant range
- Units Produced = Units Sold
- although real conditions change CVP is still useful for planning
7. Break-Even Point - ANSWER The point in which a company's net income is zero.
8. Break Even Point Formula
Break Even Point Desired Profit
Break Even Point Sales Dollars - ANSWER 1. Fixed Cost / Contribution Margin
2. Desired Profit + Fixed Cost / Contribution Margin
Fixed Cost / Contribution Margin Ratio {contribution margin per unit / Net sales Rev Per
Unit}
9. In Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) analysis, the margin of safety measures... - ANSWER how
much sales can fall before the company reaches its break-even point. It shows the
"cushion" or risk buffer a business has under the CVP assumptions—constant selling
price, clear cost behavior, fixed costs remaining unchanged, volume as the only cost
driver, and no inventory changes.
, 10. Margin of Safety formula - ANSWER Actual (Or Budgeted) Sales - Break Even Sales
11. Margin of Safety Percentage Formula - ANSWER Margin of Safety / Budgeted Sales
12. Degree of Operating Leverage Formula - ANSWER Contribution Margin / Operating
Income
13. Cost Structure - ANSWER A company's proportion of fixed costs to variable costs
14. Benefits of Budgeting - ANSWER Requires managers to plan how to increase sales
and how to cut costs
Promotes coordination and communication, such as communicating the importance of cost-
reduction goals
Provides a benchmark that motivates employees and helps managers evaluate how well
employees contributed to the sales growth and cost-reduction goals
15. Budgeting Objectives - ANSWER Develop strategies—overall, long-term business
goals
Plan—budget for specific actions to achieve goals
Direct—carry out the plans
Control—feedback to identify corrective action (if necessary)
16. Strategic Budgets are for.. - ANSWER ~Long Term Goals.
~Span for 3-10 years.
17. Operational Budgets are for.. - ANSWER ~Short Term Goals
Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027
Includes Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED
100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!!
Current Update!!
1. What is Contribution Margin? - ANSWER The difference between net sales revenue
and cost ( Net Sales Revenue - Variable Cost)
2. Unit Contribution Margin - ANSWER net sales rev per unit (net sales/units) -
Contribution margin per unit (Contribution margin/units)
3. Contribution Margin Ratio - ANSWER Contribution Margin/ Net Sales Revenue
4. What is Contribution Margin? - ANSWER It is called contribution margin because it is
the amount that contributes to covering the fixed costs and then to providing operating
income. Contribution margin is often expressed in total.
5. Differences between Traditional Income Statement and contribution Margin Income
Statement. - ANSWER Traditional Income Statement.
-classifies costs by function; that is, costs are classified as either product costs or period
costs.
-Product costs accumulate in the inventory account until the product is sold, and then goes
COGS.
-GAAP standard Income Statement
-does not always provide enough information for managers
,Contribution Margin Income statement
-classifies cost by behavior; that is, costs are classified as either variable costs or fixed costs.
-Variable and Fixed Costs Include Period and Product Costs
-Highlights Contribution margin instead of Gross Profit
6. CVP Analysis Assumptions - ANSWER - Price per unit stats the same regardless of
volume
- All costs can be identified as fixed, variable, and mixed, and mixed costs can be
separated into their separate components
- Volume changes are the only thing that affects mixed and variable costs
- Fixed Costs don't change in the relevant range
- Units Produced = Units Sold
- although real conditions change CVP is still useful for planning
7. Break-Even Point - ANSWER The point in which a company's net income is zero.
8. Break Even Point Formula
Break Even Point Desired Profit
Break Even Point Sales Dollars - ANSWER 1. Fixed Cost / Contribution Margin
2. Desired Profit + Fixed Cost / Contribution Margin
Fixed Cost / Contribution Margin Ratio {contribution margin per unit / Net sales Rev Per
Unit}
9. In Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) analysis, the margin of safety measures... - ANSWER how
much sales can fall before the company reaches its break-even point. It shows the
"cushion" or risk buffer a business has under the CVP assumptions—constant selling
price, clear cost behavior, fixed costs remaining unchanged, volume as the only cost
driver, and no inventory changes.
, 10. Margin of Safety formula - ANSWER Actual (Or Budgeted) Sales - Break Even Sales
11. Margin of Safety Percentage Formula - ANSWER Margin of Safety / Budgeted Sales
12. Degree of Operating Leverage Formula - ANSWER Contribution Margin / Operating
Income
13. Cost Structure - ANSWER A company's proportion of fixed costs to variable costs
14. Benefits of Budgeting - ANSWER Requires managers to plan how to increase sales
and how to cut costs
Promotes coordination and communication, such as communicating the importance of cost-
reduction goals
Provides a benchmark that motivates employees and helps managers evaluate how well
employees contributed to the sales growth and cost-reduction goals
15. Budgeting Objectives - ANSWER Develop strategies—overall, long-term business
goals
Plan—budget for specific actions to achieve goals
Direct—carry out the plans
Control—feedback to identify corrective action (if necessary)
16. Strategic Budgets are for.. - ANSWER ~Long Term Goals.
~Span for 3-10 years.
17. Operational Budgets are for.. - ANSWER ~Short Term Goals
