Indicate which of the following statements are more descriptive of management accounting than of financial accounting.
A: Recognized standards are used for presentation.
B: Information is tailored to the needs of individual decision makers.
C: Information is more widely distributed.
D: Emphasis is on expected future results.
A: Recognized standards are used for presentation.
B: Information is tailored to the needs of individual decision makers.
C: Information is more widely distributed.
D: Emphasis is on expected future results.
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- 中国大学MOOC: The following statements relate to financial accounting or to cost and management accounting: (i) The main users of financial accounting information are external to an organisation. (ii) Cost accounting is part of financial accounting and establishes costs incurred by an organisation. (iii) Management accounting is used to aid planning, control and decision making. Which of the statements are correct?
- Which TWO of the following statements regarding management accounting are correct? A: Management accounting tends to focus on the needs of external stakeholders. B: Management accounting information can be presented in any format. C: The main purpose of management accounting is to produce the statutory financial statements for the entity. D: Management accounting is carried out at the discretion of management.
- The following statements relate to financial accounting or to cost and management accounting: (i) The main users of financial accounting information are external to an organisation. (ii) Cost accounting is part of financial accounting and establishes costs incurred by an organisation. (iii) Management accounting is used to aid planning, control and decision making. Which of the statements are correct? A: (i) and (ii) only B: (i) and (iii) only C: (ii) and (iii) only D: (i), (ii) and (iii)
- Which of the following statements is false？（ ） A: Financial accounting information can be used for internal reporting purposes. B: Cost accounting can only be used to provide inventory valuations for internal reporting. C: Management accounting provides information relevant to decision making, planning, control and evaluation of performances. D: Routine information can be used to make decisions regarding both the long term and the short term.
- Which of the following statements about financial statements and reporting standards is least accurate（） A: Reporting standards focus mostly on format and presentation and allow management wide latitude in assumptions. B: The objective of financial statements is to provide economic decision makers with useful information. C: Reporting standards ensure that the information in financial statements is useful to a wide range of users.