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Survey of accounting Chapter 15 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass In a decentralized organization, decision making authority is - Answers delegated to individuals responsible for managing specific organization functions Responsibility center categories are - Answers Profit, investment, and cos...

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Survey of accounting Chapter 15 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

In a decentralized organization, decision making authority is - Answers delegated to individuals
responsible for managing specific organization functions

Responsibility center categories are - Answers Profit, investment, and cost

An organizational unit that incurs expenses, but does not generate revenue is called a(n) ________
center - Answers cost

An organizational unit that incurs expenses and generates revenue is called a(n) ________ center -
Answers profit

An organizational unit that is responsible for revenues, expenses, and capital expenditures is a(n)
________ center - Answers Investment

Delegating decision-making authority to individuals responsible for managing specific organization
functions is referred to as ________ - Answers decentralization

The controllability concept states that managers should ________ - Answers be evaluated only on the
revenues and costs they control

Cost, profit, and investment are all categories of ________ centers - Answers responsibility

Managers are usually held responsible for items over which they have _______ rather than absolute
control - Answers predominant

Master budget is frequently called a(n) ________ budget because it remains unchanged even if the
actual volume of activity differs from the planned volume - Answers Static

Investment centers normally appear at the upper levels of an organization chart - Answers True

A budget that shows revenues and costs at a variety of volume levels is a(n) ________ budget - Answers
flexible

Crucial to an effective responsibility accounting system is the ______ concept. - Answers controllability

An organizational unit that controls identifiable revenue or expense items is a(n) ________ center -
Answers responsibility

Flexible budgets ________ - Answers Use the same per-unit standard amounts as the static budget, can
be prepared for any number of units sold, and show the same fixed costs as the static budget

Managers are usually held responsible for items that they have ________ control over - Answers
predominant

The difference between the standard and the actual amount is called a(n) ________ - Answers variance

, The master budget is frequently called a(n) ________ budget because it remains unchanged - Answers
Static

Sales variances are unfavorable when actual sales ______. - Answers are less than expected sales

A budget that shows revenues and costs at a variety of volume levels is a ______ budget. - Answers
flexible

Cost variances are favorable when actual costs ________ - Answers are less than standard costs

The only difference between a flexible budget and a static budget is the expected number of units sold -
Answers True

The difference between the standard and the actual amount is called a(n) _______ - Answers variance

The difference between sales on the static budget and sales on a flexible budget based is a _______
variance - Answers Sales volume

Sales variances are favorable when actual sales ________ - Answers exceed expected sales

Cost variances are unfavorable when actual costs ________ - Answers exceed standard costs

The difference between the cost on the static budget and the cost on a flexible is a(n) ________ _______
volume variance - Answers Variable cost

Volume variances are typically the responsibility of ________ managers - Answers marketing

The difference between costs on the static budget and costs on a flexible budget is a _______ variance -
Answers Costs volume

Unfavorable variable cost volume variances ________ - Answers -focus solely on the cost component of
the income statement



-should be assessed in conjunction with other variances



-may occur in conjunction with favorable revenue variances

The difference between the budgeted fixed costs and the actual fixed costs is called a(n) ________
variance - Answers spending

When marketing managers refer to making the numbers, they usually mean reaching the sales volume
in the ______ budget - Answers Master

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