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Management Sciences 5307 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Management Sciences focuses on the planning, organizing, leading, and controlling of resources to achieve organizational goals.This subject is highly important for competitive exams, academic study, and professional careers in the business and public sectors.

The hierarchy which is based on different types of cost allocation and drivers, to categorize cost pool activity is classified as __________?
A cost hierarchy
B price hierarchy
C activity hierarchy
D purpose hierarchy
Correct Answer: cost hierarchy
The corporate sustaining costs and distribution channel costs are also classified as _________?
A indirect costs
B variable costs
C fixed costs
D direct costs
Correct Answer: fixed costs
The type of costs that cannot be traced for individual products but help in supporting an organization are classified as ___________?
A individual sustaining costs
B facility sustaining costs
C sustained tracing
D support tracing
Correct Answer: facility sustaining costs
If the sales volume variance is $8500 and the static budget amount is $2000, then the flexible budget amount would be ___________?
A $6,500
B $6,600
C $6,700
D $6,800
Correct Answer: $6,500
The cost pool category, which have the similar cause and effect relationship, with each cost driver uses as an allocation base is classified as __________?
A heterogeneous price pool
B homogenous cost pool
C heterogeneous cost pool
D homogenous price pool
Correct Answer: homogenous cost pool
If the static budget amount is $6200 and the flexible budget amount is $4500, then the sales volume variance will be __________?
A $6,200
B $1,700
C $17,000
D $4,500
Correct Answer: $1,700
In activity based costing system, the description of activity can be classified as __________?
A activity list
B activity dictionary
C active purpose
D both A and B
Correct Answer: both A and B
The difference between actual result and corresponding amount of flexible budget, on the basis of actual level of output is classified as __________?
A sales mix variance
B sales volume variance
C flexible budget variance
D static budget variance
Correct Answer: flexible budget variance
The costs of all the activities for a group of products, rather than individual product can be classified as ___________?
A activity level costs
B input level costs
C batch level costs
D output level costs
Correct Answer: batch level costs
In customer cost hierarchy, the cost of activities related to specific channel of distribution is classified as ___________?
A discretionary channel costs
B corporate-sustaining costs
C distribution-channel costs
D engineered resource costs
Correct Answer: distribution-channel costs