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1) Ashley Bradshaw is the manager of one department in a large store. In this capacity, which of
the following kinds of information would she be interested in?
A) Economic data
B) Financial data
C) Nonfinancial data
D) Financial, economic, and nonfinancial data
Answer: D
Explanation: Managers rely on financial, economic, and nonfinancial data to make decisions and
evaluate performance.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Users and Types of Information
Learning Objective: 01-01 Distinguish between managerial and financial accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Knowledge Application
AICPA: FN Decision Making; BB Industry
Answer: C
Explanation: Managerial accounting is concerned with unregulated financial, economic, and
nonfinancial data, which pertains more to the sub-units of the organization, that is current and
future oriented, and that is designed primarily to meet the information needs of insiders.
Financial accounting information is characterized by objectivity, reliability, consistency, and
accuracy.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Information Characteristics
Learning Objective: 01-01 Distinguish between managerial and financial accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Knowledge Application
AICPA: FN Decision Making; BB Industry
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Answer: B
Explanation: Financial accounting deals with regulated, historical financial information that
pertains to the whole company and is designed primarily to meet the information needs of
outsiders.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Information Characteristics
Learning Objective: 01-01 Distinguish between managerial and financial accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Knowledge Application
AICPA: FN Decision Making; BB Industry
Answer: D
Explanation: The value-added principle means that management accountants are free to engage
in any information gathering and reporting activity so long as the activity adds value in excess of
its cost.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Regulation
Learning Objective: 01-01 Distinguish between managerial and financial accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Knowledge Application
AICPA: FN Decision Making; BB Industry
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5) Select the incorrect statement regarding the relationship between type of user and type of
information.
A) Middle managers need more nonfinancial, or operational data than do senior executives.
B) Assembly line supervisors need more immediate feedback on performance than do senior
executives.
C) Senior executives need less aggregated information than do lower-level managers.
D) Senior executives use general economic information as well as financial information.
Answer: C
Explanation: Senior executives need more aggregated information than do lower-level
managers.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Users and Types of Information
Learning Objective: 01-01 Distinguish between managerial and financial accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Knowledge Application
AICPA: FN Decision Making; BB Industry
Answer: C
Explanation: Financial accounting deals with regulated, historical, financial information that
pertains to the whole company and is designed primarily to meet the information needs of
outsiders. Managerial accounting is concerned with unregulated financial, economic, and
nonfinancial data, which pertains more to the sub-units of the organization, that is current and
future oriented, and that is designed primarily to meet the information needs of insiders.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Regulation
Learning Objective: 01-01 Distinguish between managerial and financial accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Knowledge Application
AICPA: FN Decision Making; BB Industry
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