Management Accounting In Organizations(Cost Accounting ) Questions and Answers

Question 1. An organizational practice, according to which the decision making freedom is available to lower level managers is known as
  1.    decentralization
  2.    centralization
  3.    autonomy of effort
  4.    congruency
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> decentralization
Answer: (a).decentralization

Question 2. The products or services that are transferred between different subunits of a company are classified as
  1.    mobile products
  2.    dysfunctional products
  3.    intermediate product
  4.    territorial product
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> intermediate product
Answer: (c).intermediate product

Question 3. The means of collecting and using information, to coordinate decision and planning through an organization are termed as
  1.    customer control system
  2.    business control system
  3.    financial control system
  4.    management control systems
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> management control systems
Answer: (d).management control systems

Question 4. The minimum freedom for managers and maximum constraints are the main features of
  1.    total autonomy
  2.    total centralization
  3.    total decentralization
  4.    total congruency
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> total centralization
Answer: (b).total centralization

Question 5. The price charged by one subunit to supply products or services to another unit is called
  1.    subunit autonomy cost
  2.    transfer price
  3.    performance prices
  4.    effort cost
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> transfer price
Answer: (b).transfer price

Question 6. The difference of current assets and the working capital is equal to
  1.    current liabilities
  2.    long-term liabilities
  3.    residual assets value
  4.    net residual income
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> current liabilities
Answer: (a).current liabilities

Question 7. If the working capital is $265000 and the current liabilities are $378000, then the current assets can be
  1.    $113,000
  2.    $643,000
  3.    $743,000
  4.    $543,000
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> $643,000
Answer: (b).$643,000

Question 8. The sum of all the resources used to generate income is classified as
  1.    DuPont investment
  2.    return on investment
  3.    investment
  4.    investment turnover
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> investment
Answer: (c).investment

Question 9. An operating income is divided by the revenues to calculate
  1.    residual income
  2.    return on after-tax operating income
  3.    return on sales
  4.    return on investment
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> return on sales
Answer: (c).return on sales

Question 10. If the required rate of return is 13%, operating income is $375000 and the total investment is $2650000, then the residual income would be
  1.    $30,500
  2.    $20,500
  3.    $25,500
  4.    $32,500
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> $30,500
Answer: (a).$30,500