Cost Accounting 101 Practice Test: Flexible Budgets, Direct-Cost Variances, and Management Control — Flashcards

Management control is the process of ensuring that resources are used efficiently and effectively to achieve an organization's goals. It involves overseeing operations and comparing output to projected output. 

Here's some information about flexible budgets and direct-cost variances:
Flexible budgets: A flexible budget is a financial plan that adjusts to changes in revenue, expenses, or production levels. It's also known as a variance budget. 

To create a flexible budget, you can:
Identify fixed costs
Identify variable costs
Gather actual numbers
Create a flexible budget
Direct-cost variances

A direct-cost variance is the difference between actual and expected costs. Direct costs include the materials and labor used to produce a product. Direct-cost variances can be further divided into price variances and efficiency variances.