Learning Objective: 01-03 Understand cost classifications used to prepare financial statements: product costs and period costs.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
21) Depreciation on equipment a company uses in its selling and administrative activities would be classified as a period cost.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Cost Classifications for Preparing Financial Statements
Learning Objective: 01-03 Understand cost classifications used to prepare financial statements: product costs and period costs.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
22) Indirect costs, such as manufacturing overhead, are variable costs.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Cost Classifications for Predicting Cost Behavior
Learning Objective: 01-04 Understand cost classifications used to predict cost behavior: variable costs, fixed costs, and mixed costs.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
23) If the activity level increases, then one would expect the fixed cost per unit to increase as well.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Cost Classifications for Predicting Cost Behavior
Learning Objective: 01-04 Understand cost classifications used to predict cost behavior: variable costs, fixed costs, and mixed costs.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
24) A fixed cost is a cost whose cost per unit varies as the activity level rises and falls.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Cost Classifications for Predicting Cost Behavior
Learning Objective: 01-04 Understand cost classifications used to predict cost behavior: variable costs, fixed costs, and mixed costs.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
25) Cost behavior is considered curvilinear whenever a straight line is a reasonable approximation for the relation between cost and activity.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Cost Classifications for Predicting Cost Behavior
Learning Objective: 01-04 Understand cost classifications used to predict cost behavior: variable costs, fixed costs, and mixed costs.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
26) A decrease in production will ordinarily result in a decrease in fixed production costs per unit.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Cost Classifications for Predicting Cost Behavior
Learning Objective: 01-04 Understand cost classifications used to predict cost behavior: variable costs, fixed costs, and mixed costs.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
27) As activity decreases within the relevant range, fixed costs remain constant on a per unit basis.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Cost Classifications for Predicting Cost Behavior
Learning Objective: 01-04 Understand cost classifications used to predict cost behavior: variable costs, fixed costs, and mixed costs.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
28) The variable cost per unit depends on how many units are produced.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Cost Classifications for Predicting Cost Behavior
Learning Objective: 01-04 Understand cost classifications used to predict cost behavior: variable costs, fixed costs, and mixed costs.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement
29) In account analysis, an account is classified as either variable or fixed based on an analyst's prior knowledge of how the cost in the account behaves.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Cost Classifications for Predicting Cost Behavior
Learning Objective: 01-04 Understand cost classifications used to predict cost behavior: variable costs, fixed costs, and mixed costs.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking; FN Measurement