Listed below are nine technical accounting terms introduced or emphasized in this chapter:

Cost-volume-profit analysis

Contribution margin ratio

Variable cost

Break-even point

Activity base

Cost driver

Margin of safety

High-low method

Contribution margin

Required:

Each of the following statements may (or may not) describe one of these technical terms. In the space provided beside each statement, indicate the accounting term described, or answer "None" if the statement does not correctly describe any of the terms.

____ (a) The amount by which sales revenue exceeds total variable cost expressed as a percentage of sales. ____ (b) The amount by which sales volume exceeds the break-even point. ____ (c) The study of financial statements by a potential investor or creditor as a means of evaluating the profitability and solvency of a business. ____ (d) A type of activity that has a causal effect in the occurrence of a particular cost. ____ (e) The level of sales at which revenue equals operating expenses. ____ (f) A cost that responds to changes in sales volume by less than a proportionate amount. ____ (g) A mathematical technique used to determine the fixed and variable elements of a mixed or semi-variable cost.