Which phrase best describes the current role of the managerial accountant?

(A) Managerial accountants prepare the financial statements for an organization.
(B) Managerial accountants facilitate the decision-making process within an organization.
(C) Managerial accountants make the key decisions within an organization.
(D) Managerial accountants are primarily information collectors.

Which of the following statements regarding marginal costing is incorrect?

(A) It is a useful long-term planning technique.
(B) It assumes that fixed costs remain fixed over relevant activity ranges.
(C) It assumes that other costs vary in proportion to activity.
(D) It assumes that costs can be classified as variable or fixed.

When a business is faced with a limiting factor (one which limits the activity of an entity) and there is a choice to be made between options to follow, which of the following statements describes the optimal course of action?

(A) Choose the option which gives the highest unit profit.
(B) Choose the option which gives the highest unit contribution.
(C) Aim to achieve a balance of activities covering all of the options.
(D) Choose the option which gives highest contribution per unit of limiting factor.

If there has been an over recovery of overheads, at the end of the accounting period the amount concerned should be?

(A) Debited to the company profit and loss account.
(B) Credited to the company profit and loss account.
(C) Carried forward to the next accounting period as a cost saving.
(D) Used to reduce next period‘s overhead recovery rate.

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