Management Accounting
Though the questions are True and False, the questions are so framed as to test the conceptual clarity on the part of the student.
Questions
Business firms will never price the sales at or below the marginal cost.
- True
- False
Marginal costing is one of the techniques to find out the behaviour of costs with the volume of output.
- True
- False
Breakeven Analysis helps the management to determine the volume of production, achieving the desired sales and profits.
- True
- False
Price fixation through marginal costing is an important aspect of management accounting.
- True
- False
Prime cost means the cost of direct materials and direct labour involved.
- True
- False
Breakeven point is the point at which the selling price covers the marginal cost.
- True
- False
Performance budget cannot be adopted in service organisations as well.
- True
- False
Budget is a good control mechanism in the hands of the management.
- True
- False
Budgeting means numerical expression of financial statement for a defined time period.
- True
- False
Zero Based Budgeting is an approach on the principle that all activities are started afresh each time the budget is formulated.
- True
- False
Variance Analysis is one of the budgetary control mechanisms.
- True
- False
Cost control and cost reduction are two different terminologies.
- True
- False
The prime function of management accounting is to assist the management in discharging its functions effectively.
- True
- False
Short term sources of funds can be utilized for long term applications.
- True
- False
Management accounting is designed for use in the operational needs.
- True
- False
Management accounting provides information to the management only for control purposes.
- True
- False
Budgetary control is not a management accounting tool.
- True
- False
Marginal costing, differential costing, standard costing and opportunity costing are tools of management accounting.
- True
- False
Management accountants help the management to adopt the management by exception.
- True
- False
Management accountant need not have direct contact with the top management.
- True
- False
Financial accounting is historic and management accounting is current and future.
- True
- False
Management accountant carries out appraisal of external economic and social factors influencing the business.
- True
- False
Management accountant is responsible for interpretation of financial statements.
- True
- False
Management accountants consider both the historical data and the projected data.
- True
- False
Management accountant is not responsible for classification and codification of accounts.
- True
- False