True/False Questions True/False Questions
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1. ManagerManagerial accouial accounting plnting places lesaces less emphass emphasis on precis on precisioision and more empn and more emphasis ohasis onn flexibility and relevance than financial accounting.
flexibility and relevance than financial accounting. Answer:
Answer: True True AACSB: AACSB: Reflective Reflective Thinking Thinking AICPA AICPA BB: BB: Critical Critical Thinking Thinking AICPAAICPA FN:
FN: Measurement Measurement LO: LO: 1 1 Level: Level: MediumMedium 2.
2. ManagerManagerial accouial accounting is nting is not governot governed by genened by generallrally accepty accepted accounted accounting prining principlecipless (GAAP).
(GAAP). Answer:
Answer: True True AACSB: AACSB: Reflective Reflective Thinking Thinking AICPA AICPA BB: BB: Critical Critical Thinking Thinking AICPAAICPA FN:
FN: Decision Decision Making, Making, Measurement Measurement LO: LO: 1 1 Level: Level: EasyEasy 3.
3. FinanFinancial accocial accounting anunting and managed managerial accrial accountinounting reportg reports must be prs must be prepared iepared inn accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Answer:
Answer: False False AACSB: AACSB: Reflective Reflective Thinking Thinking AICPA AICPA BB: BB: Critical Critical ThinkingThinking AICPA
AICPA FN: FN: Measurement Measurement LO: LO: 1 1 Level: Level: EasyEasy 4.
4. When carrWhen carrying out thying out their direeir directing and motcting and motivatiivating activing activitiesties, managers mo, managers mobilibilize theze the organization's human and other
organization's human and other resources so that the organization's plans are carriedresources so that the organization's plans are carried out.
out. Answer:
Answer: True True AACSB: AACSB: Reflective Reflective Thinking Thinking AICPA AICPA BB: BB: Resource Resource Management,Management, Critical
Critical Thinking Thinking AICPA AICPA FN: FN: Decision Decision Making Making LO: LO: 2 2 Level: Level: EasyEasy 5.
5. When carWhen carrying ourying out plannit planning activng activitiesities, manager, managers rely on fs rely on feedback teedback to ensure to ensure that thehat the plan is actually carried out and is ap
plan is actually carried out and is appropriately modified as circumstances change.propriately modified as circumstances change. Answer:
Answer: False False AACSB: AACSB: Reflective Reflective Thinking Thinking AICPA AICPA BB: BB: Resource Resource ManagementManagement AICPA
AICPA FN: FN: Decision Decision Making Making LO: LO: 2 2 Level: Level: MediumMedium 6.
6. When carrWhen carrying out thying out their direeir directing and motcting and motivatiivating activing activitiesties, managers se, managers select a courslect a coursee of action and specify how the action will be implemented.
of action and specify how the action will be implemented. Answer:
Answer: False False AACSB: AACSB: Reflective Reflective Thinking Thinking AICPA AICPA BB: BB: Resource Resource ManagementManagement AICPA
7. Persons occupying staff positions provide support and assistance to other parts of the organization.
Answer: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Easy
8. Staff departments generally have direct authority over line departments in an organization.
Answer: False AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Medium
9. Informal relationships and channels of communication often develop that do not appear on the organization chart.
Answer: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management, Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Easy
10. The controller's position in a retail company is considered a line position rather than a staff position.
Answer: False AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Medium
11. The Chief Financial Officer of an organization should present facts and refrain from offering advice and personal opinion.
Answer: False AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Medium
12. A strategy is a game plan that enables a company to attract customers by distinguishing itself from competitors.
Answer: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Easy
13. A strategy requires effective use of Six Sigma improvement techniques.
14. A customer value proposition is essentially a reason for customers to choose a company's products over its competitors' products.
Answer: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Marketing AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Easy
15. Customer value propositions tend to fall into three broad categories--customer intimacy, operational excellence, and product leadership.
Answer: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Marketing AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Easy
16. Companies that adopt a customer intimacy strategy are in essence saying to their target customers, “The reason you should choose us is because we understand and respond to your individual needs better than our competitors.”
Answer: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Marketing AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Easy
17. Companies that choose an operational excellence strategy are in essence saying to their customers, “Choose us rather than our competitors because we strive for zero defects.”
Answer: False AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Marketing AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Medium
18. A value chain consists of the major business functions that add value to the company's products and services.
Answer: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Easy
19. Efforts designed to increase the rate of output should generally be applied to the workstation that is the constraint.
Answer: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 3 Level: Easy
20. The lean thinking model is a five step management approach that organizes resources such as people and machines around the flow of business processes and that pulls units through theses processes in response to customer orders.
Answer: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 3 Level: Easy
21. Supply chain management involves acquiring and bringing inside the company all of the processes that bring value to customers.
Answer: False AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 3 Level: Medium
22. An enterprise system integrates data across an organization into a single software system that enables all employees to have simultaneous access to a common set of data.
Answer: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Leveraging Technology AICPA FN: Leveraging Technology LO: 3 Level: Easy
23. Corporate governance is the legal framework that allows managers to control and direct lower-level workers on the job.
Answer: False AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 3 Level: Medium
24. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was intended to protect the interests of those who invest in publicly traded companies by improving the reliability and accuracy of corporate financial reports and disclosures.
Answer: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Legal AICPA FN: Measurement LO: 3 Level: Easy
25. The Standards of Ethical Conduct promulgated by the Institute of Management Accountants specifically states, among other things, that management accountants have a responsibility to disclose fully all relevant information that could be reasonably be expected to influence an intended user's understanding of the reports, comments
Multiple Choice Questions
26. Managerial accounting places considerable weight on: A) generally accepted accounting principles.
B) the financial history of the entity.
C) ensuring that all transactions are properly recorded.
D) detailed segment reports about departments, products, and customers.
Answer: D AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Measurement LO: 1 Level: Easy
27. The plans of management are often expressed formally in: A) financial statements.
B) performance reports. C) budgets.
D) ledgers.
Answer: C AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Measurement LO: 1 Level: Easy
28. The phase of accounting concerned with providing information to managers for use in planning and controlling operations and in decision making is called:
A) throughput time.
B) managerial accounting. C) financial accounting. D) controlling.
Answer: B AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Measurement LO: 1 Level: Easy
29. A staff position:
A) relates directly to the carrying out of the basic objectives of the organization. B) is supportive in nature, providing service and assistance to other parts of the
organization.
C) is superior in authority to a line position. D) none of these.
Answer: B AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Easy
30. For a manufacturing company, what type of position (line or staff) is each of the following? Manager of a Data Processing Department Manager of a Production Department A) Staff Staff B) Staff Line C) Line Staff D) Line Line
Answer: B AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Easy
31. A _______________ position in an organization is directly related to the achievement of the organization's basic objectives.
A) line
B) management C) staff
D) None of the above.
Answer: A AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Easy
32. ______________ is an example of a line position. A) Controller for a merchandising company
B) Chief financial officer of a merchandising company C) Store manager for Best Buy
D) Human resources manager for a community college
Answer: C AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Easy
33. Which of the following is NOT one of the three major customer value propositions discussed in the text?
A) customer intimacy B) discount pricing
C) operational excellence D) product leadership
34. Which of the following is NOT one of the five steps in the lean thinking model discussed in the text?
A) Continuously pursue perfection in the business process. B) Identify value in specific products/services.
C) Implement an enterprise system.
D) Create a pull system that responds to customer orders.
Answer: C AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 2 Level: Easy
35. One consequence of a change from a push to a properly implemented pull production system can be:
A) an increase in work in process inventories.
B) an extremely difficult cultural change due to enforced idleness when demand falls below production capacity.
C) an increased mismatch between what is produced and what is demanded by customers.
D) an increase in raw materials inventories.
Answer: B AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Industry, Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 3 Level: Hard
36. All of the following are characteristics of a pull production system EXCEPT:
A) Inventories are reduced to a minimum by purchasing raw materials and producing units only as needed to meet consumer demand.
B) Raw materials are released to production far in advance of being needed to ensure no interruptions in work flows due to shortages of raw materials.
C) Products are completed just in time to be shipped to customers.
D) Manufactured parts are completed just in time to be assembled into products. Answer: B AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Resource Management AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 3 Level: Medium
37. The five step framework used to guide Six Sigma improvement efforts includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Analyze. B) Control. C) Digitize. D) Measure.
38. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 contains all of the following provisions EXCEPT: A) The audit committee of the board of directors of a company must hire,
compensate, and terminate the public accounting firm that audits the company's financial reports.
B) Financial statements must be audited once every three years by the Government Accounting Office.
C) Both the CEO and CFO must certify in writing that their company's financial statements and accompanying disclosures fairly represent the results of operations. D) A company's annual report must contain an internal control report.
Answer: B AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Legal AICPA FN: Measurement LO: 3 Level: Medium
39. The Institute of Management Accountants' Standards of Ethical Conduct contains a policy regarding confidentiality that requires that management accountants:
A) refrain from disclosing confidential information acquired in the course of their work except when authorized by management.
B) refrain from disclosing confidential information acquired in the course of their work in all situations.
C) refrain from disclosing confidential information acquired in the course of their work except when authorized by management, unless legally obligated to do so. D) refrain from disclosing confidential information acquired in the course of their
work in all cases since the law requires them to do so.
Answer: C AACSB: Ethics AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 4 Level: Hard
40. Which of the following is NOT one of the Institute of Management Accountants' five Standards of Ethical Conduct?
A) Competence B) Confidentiality C) Independence D) Integrity
Answer: C AACSB: Ethics AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Decision Making LO: 4 Level: Medium
