ACC 560 Week 8 Quiz – Strayer NEW
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Week 8 Quiz 7:
Chapter 11
TRUE-FALSE STATEMENTS
1. Inventories cannot be valued at standard cost in financial
statements.
Ans: LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
2. Standard cost is the industry average cost for a particular
item.
Ans: LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost
Management
3. A standard is a unit amount, whereas a budget is a total amount.
Ans: LO: 1, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost
Management
4. Standard costs may be incorporated into the accounts in the
general ledger.
Ans: LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost
Management
5. An advantage of standard costs is that they simplify costing of
inventories and reduce clerical costs.
Ans: LO: 2, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost
Management
6. Setting standard costs is relatively simple because it is done
entirely by accountants.
Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Decision Modeling, AICPA PC: None, IMA:
Cost Management
7. Normal standards should be rigorous but attainable.
Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost
Management
8. Actual costs that vary from standard costs always indicate
inefficiencies.
Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost
Management
9. Ideal standards will generally result in favorable variances for
the company.
Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost
Management
10. Normal standards incorporate normal contingencies of production
into the standards.
Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost
Management
11. Once set, normal standards should not be changed during the
year.
Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost
Management
12. In developing a standard cost for direct materials, a price
factor and a quantity factor must be considered.
Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost
Management
13. A direct labor price standard is frequently called the direct
labor efficiency standard.
Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost
Management
14. The standard predetermined overhead rate must be based on direct
labor hours as the standard activity index.
Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost
Management
15. Standard cost cards are the subsidiary ledger for the Work in
Process account in a standard cost system.
Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost Management
16. A variance is the difference between actual costs and standard
costs.
Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost
Management
17. If actual costs are less than standard costs, the variance is
favorable.
Ans: LO: 3, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB:
Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Cost
Management
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