QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ The management function that pertains to keeping the activities
of the enterprise on track is: Answer: controlling
◉ The salary of a plant manager would be considered a: Answer:
product cost
◉ Costs may be classified into three categories according to how
they respond to changes in activity: Answer: variable, fixed, and
mixed
◉ ____________ cost: per unit cost remains the same with changes in
activity. Answer: variable
◉ Which costs in total vary directly and proportionately with
changes in activity? Answer: variable
◉ Which cost in total remain the same with changes in activity?
Answer: fixed
, ◉ Fixed costs per unit costs vary _____________ with changes in
activity. Answer: inversely
◉ __________ costs are part fixed and part variable. Answer: mixed
◉ Sales - _______________________ = contribution margin Answer:
variable costs
◉ Contribution Margin - __________________ = Net Income Answer: fixed
costs
◉ The break-even point can be expressed in _____________ or
_______________. Answer: units or dollars
◉ The break-even point can be calculated in three ways: Answer:
mathematically, contribution margin, CVP graph
◉ Rather than breaking even, managers usually set an income
objective call _____________ ________ _____________. Answer: Target Net
Income
◉ _________________________ is where contribution = fixed costs, total
sales - total costs (fixed + variable), and net income is zero. Answer:
Break-even Point