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A202 Chapter 8
Exam 2
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Accounting
Undergraduate 2
11/11/2011

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Variance
Definition
the difference between an actual result and a budgeted amount
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Favorable Variance
Definition
the performance exceeded expectations
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Unfavorable Variance
Definition
the performance fell short of expectations
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budget reconciliation report
Definition
a report that uses variances to reconcile the difference between master budget profit and actual profit
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flexible budget
Definition
a budget made for the actual level of sales, retaining all other plan assumptions in the master budget
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input price variance
Definition
profit effect associated with the difference between the budgeted and actual price of an input
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input quantity variance
Definition
profit effect associated with the difference between the budgeted and actual price of an input budgeted and actual input quantity used
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labor efficiency variance
Definition
see input quan variance
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labor rate variance
Definition
see input price variance
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master budget
Definition
the budget as prepared at the start of teh accounting period
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materials efficiency variances
Definition
see input quantity variance
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materials price variance
Definition
see input price variance
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sales price variance
Definition
the difference between actual revenues and flexible budgets revenues
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sales volume variance
Definition
the difference in profit between the flexible budget and master budget
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spending variance
Definition
the difference between budgeted fixed costs and actual fixed cost
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total profit variance
Definition
the difference between actual profit and master budget profit
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variance analysis
Definition
technique for determining why actual revenues, costs,, and profit differ from their budgeted amounts
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Control cost
Definition
1 prevention cost
2 appraisal cost
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cost of conformance
Definition
control cost
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prevention cost
Definition
1 training programs
2 quality design/engineering
3 supplier certification
4 field test
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appraisal cost
Definition
1 inspecting materials
2 product/process acceptance
3 production supervision
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failure cost
Definition
1 internal
2 external
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internal failure
Definition
1 scrap
2 rework
3 downtime
4 design changes
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external failure
Definition
1 legal costs
2 warranty work
3 returns
4 allowances for poor quality
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observable cost
Definition
available in accounting system
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hidden costs
Definition
not easily observed
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