Break Even analysis
Ch. 5 topics
Variable vs. Absorption Costing
Activity Based Costing
Segments
100

Sales - Variable expenses = ?

Contribution margin

100

total sales - break even sales

Margin of safety

100

Variable costing treats fixed manufacturing overhead as a: _______________

Period cost

100

Activity Based Costing is an extension of:

Job order costing

100

a fixed cost that supports the operations of more than one segment but is not traceable in whole or in part to any one segment

Common fixed cost

200

Equation for Contribution Margin Ratio

Contribution Margin / Sales

200

variable expenses / sales = ?

variable expense ratio

200

unit cost for variable cost includes direct material, direct labor, and _________?

Variable manufacturing overhead

200

An event that causes the consumption of overhead resources

Activity

200

any part or activity of an organization about which a manager seeks cost, revenue, or profit data

a segment

300

Fixed expenses / CM ratio

Unit sales (revenue) to break even

300
Margin of safety may be presented in dollars, in numbers of units, and as a percentage of_________?

sales

300

typically, the income under absorption costing ends up being ___________ than variable costing

higher

300

A "cost bucket" in which costs related to a single activity measure are accumulated

activity cost pool

300

the best gauge of long run profitability of a segment

segment margin

400

# of units to break even formula method

unit sales to break even = fixed expenses / CM per unit

400

In a CVP graph, the starting point for the total expenses on the Y-axis is the ____________

Fixed expenses

400

Cost of goods sold is calculated as __________

Unit product cost * number of units sold

400

An allocation base in an activity-based costing system

Activity measure

400

Format used for Segment income statements

Contribution Margin Format

500

The calculation for company-wide break-even sales differs from normal break-even calculations when we are analyzing segments because you must include ______ in the numerator?

Common + traceable fixed expenses

500
The equation for calculating increase in net operating income using degree of operating leverage

% increase in sales * degree of operating leverage

500

The calculation to find the fixed manufacturing cost per unit (under absorption costing) uses the number of units _______________

produced

500

The assignment of costs from activities to individual products using a rate

Second state allocation

500

The sum of segment break-evens and company-wide break evens are not equal because segment break-evens do not consider ____________

common fixed costs

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