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Cost Accounting
Chapter 2
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Accounting
Undergraduate 3
09/15/2010

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_______ reflects the monetary measure  of resources expended to attain an objective such as making a good or delivering a service.
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Cost
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Define Cost management system
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A set of formal methods developed for planning and controlling an organizations cost-generating activities relative to its strategy, goals, and objectives.

Term
Anything for which management wants to collect or accumulate costs is known as a(n)
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cost object
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__________ are conveniently and economically traceable to the cost object.
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Direct Costs
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Indirect costs cannot be economically traced to the cost object but instead must be 
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Allocated to the cost object
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Define Variable Cost
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A cost that varies in total and direct proportion to changes in activity
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A cost that remains constant in total within the relevant range of activity is considered a ______
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Fixed Cost
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A cost that has both a variable and a fixed component is known as
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a Mixed Cost
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What type of costs are related to making or aquiring the products or providing the services that directly generate the revenues of an entity?
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product cost
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_______ are related to business functions other than production, such as selling and administration.
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Period costs
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What is the major distinction of retail firms relative to service and manufacturing firms?
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Retailers have much lower degrees of conversion than the other two types of firms.
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