Assignment
Question 1 (1 point)
Which of the following is true about the differences between financial and managerial accounting?
Question 2 (1 point)
Elroy Rocket is entering his senior year as an accounting major and has a number of options for his summer break. His options for the 3 month break follow:
(1) Work full time at a local accounting firm making $2,550 per month.
(2) Take a summer class which will cost $800 and work half time making $1,100 per month.
(3) Take a class at a cost of $800 and not work at all during the summer.
Elroy’s incremental profit or loss if he chooses option 2 over option 1 would be
Question 3 (1 point)
Triton Company’s copy department, which does almost all of the photocopying for the sales department and the administrative department, budgets the following costs for the year, based on the expected activity of copies:
Salaries (fixed) | $92,000 |
Employee benefits (fixed) | 10,000 |
Depreciation of copy machines (fixed) | 10,000 |
Utilities (fixed) | 5,000 |
Paper (variable, 1 cent per copy) | 50,000 |
Toner (variable, 1 cent per copy) | 50,000 |
The costs are assigned to two cost pools, one for fixed and one for variable costs. The costs are then assigned to the sales department and the administrative department. Fixed costs are assigned on a lump-sum basis, 40 percent to sales and 60 percent to administration. The variable costs are assigned at a rate of 2 cents per copy.
Assuming the following copies were made during the year, 2,529,500 for sales and 3,159,250 for administration, calculate the copy department costs allocated to sales.
Question 4 (1 point)
Which organizational officer is directly responsible for managing a company’s cash and funds invested in various marketable securities?
Question 5 (1 point)
Mama Italiano Sauce is in the process of preparing a production cost budget for May. The actual costs in April were:
Mama Italian Sauce |
|
Production Cost Budget |
|
April 2008 |
|
Production – Jars of sauce |
20,000 |
Ingredient cost (variable) |
$16,000 |
Labor cost (variable) |
9,000 |
Rent (fixed) |
4,000 |
Depreciation (fixed) |
6,000 |
Other (fixed) |
1,000 |
Total |
$36,000 |
Using this information, prepare a budget for May stating the total amount for the May budget. Assume the budget will increase to 24,500 jars of sauce reflecting anticipated sales increase related to a new marketing campaign
Question 6 (1 point)
Consider the production cost information for Mama Italiano Sauce given below:
Mama Italian Sauce |
|
Production Cost Budget |
|
April 2008 |
|
Production – Jars of sauce |
20,000 |
Ingredient cost (variable) |
$16,000 |
Labor cost (variable) |
9,000 |
Rent (fixed) |
4,000 |
Depreciation (fixed) |
6,000 |
Other (fixed) |
1,000 |
Total |
$36,000 |
The company is currently producing and selling jars of sauce The jars of sauce sell for $4 per jar. The company is considering lowering the price to $3.70 per jar. Suppose this action will increase sales. What is the incremental costs associated with producing an extra 70,250 jars of sauce?
Question 7 (1 point)
Consider the production cost information for Mama Italiano Sauce given below:
Mama Italiano Sauce |
|
Production Cost Budget |
|
April 2008 |
|
Production – Jars of sauce |
20,000 |
Ingredient cost (variable) |
$16,000 |
Labor cost (variable) |
9,000 |
Rent (fixed) |
4,000 |
Depreciation (fixed) |
6,000 |
Other (fixed) |
1,000 |
Total |
$36,000 |
The company is currently producing and selling 250,000 jars of sauce annually. The jars of sauce sell for $4 per jar. The company is considering lowering the price to $3.70 per jar. Suppose this action will increase sales to 315,000 jars of sauce. What is the incremental revenue associated with the price reduction of sauce?
Question 8 (1 point)
Ceradyne projects its factory rent to be $6,000 in August when 8,600 units are expected to be produced. If rent is a fixed cost, and if production is expected to drop to 7,000 units in September, what is the expected cost of rent in September?