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Accounting Final Exam Review CH18
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Accounting
Undergraduate 1
05/03/2010

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Term
managerial accounting
Definition
activity that provides financial and non financial information to an organization's managers and other decision makers
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direct materials
Definition
tangible components of a finished product
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direct labor
Definition
efforts of employees who physically convert materials to finished products. 15% of manufacturing costs in today's products.
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factory overhead
Definition
consists of all manufacturing costs that are not direct materials or direct labor
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prime costs
Definition
consists of direct materials and direct labor costs.
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conversion costs
Definition
consist of direct labor and overhead costs
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product costs
Definition
refer to expenditures necessary and integral to finished products. costs that are capitalized as inventory
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period costs
Definition
expenditures identified more with time period than with finished products
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fixed costs
Definition
does not change with changes in the volume of activity
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variable costs
Definition
changes in proportion to changes in the volume of activity
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direct costs
Definition
costs traceable to a single cost object
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indirect costs
Definition
costs that cannot be easily and cont-beneficially traced to a single cost object
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raw materials inventory
Definition
refers to the goods a company requires to use in making products
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goods in process inventory
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refers to the goods a company requires to use in making products
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finished goods inventory
Definition
consists of completed products ready for sale
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