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The following partially completed process cost summary describes the July production activities of Ashad Company. Its production output is sent to its warehouse for shipping. All direct materials are added to products when processing begins. Beginning work in process inventory is 20% complete with respect to conversion.

Prepare its process cost summary using the weighted-average method. (Round "Cost per EUP" to 2 decimal places.)

Please provide accurate answers to the followings with appropriate graphs:

Please write your responses clearly and elaborate your answers with graphs and equations to get full credit.

PART A

Q.1 The following table gives the short-run and long-run total costs for various levels of output of Consolidated National Acme, Inc.

1. Which column, TC 1 or TC2, gives long-run total cost, and which gives the short-run total cost? How do you know? Explain.
2. Use the column which you identify in question 1 a) as the short-run total cost column to find the short-run total fixed cost, total variable cost, average fixed cost, average variable cost, and Marginal cost for each level of output in the table below.

3. Plot the data in question 1 b) and draw the curves for TFC, TVC, AFC, AVC, and MC. All the curves should be clearly drawn and labeled properly to get full credit.
4. Why the average cost and marginal cost are curves U Shaped? Discuss the relationship between the average and marginal cost.

A. Kleenway supermarket is comparing the two approaches to inventory management: Continuous review and periodic review: Use both approaches to evaluate the cost and recommend a method for Kleenway. Data given below.      

If there was no additional cost for continuous review, will that always be better than periodic review?             Yes or No     explain  

Luthan Company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate of $23.90 per direct labor-hour. This predetermined rate was based on a cost formula that estimated $286,800 of total manufacturing overhead cost for an estimated activity level of 12,000 direct labor-hours.

The company incurred actual total manufacturing overhead cost of $268,000 and 11,800 total direct labor-hours during the period.

Determine the amount of manufacturing overhead cost that would have been applied to all jobs during the period.

Exercise 9-44 (Algo) Activity-Based Costing versus Traditional Costing (LO 9-4, 5, 6)

Doaktown Products manufactures fishing equipment for recreational uses. The Miramichi plant produces the company’s two versions of a special reel used for river fishing. The two models are the M-008, a basic reel, and the M-123, a new and improved version. Cost accountants at company headquarters have prepared costs for the two reels for the most recent period. The plant manager is concerned. The cost report does not coincide with her intuition about the relative costs of the two models. She has asked you to review the cost accounting and help her prepare a response to headquarters.

Manufacturing overhead is currently assigned to products based on their direct labor costs. For the most recent month, manufacturing overhead was $296,000. During that time, the company produced 12,000 units of the M-008 and 2,600 units of the M-123. The direct costs of production were as follows:

Management determined that overhead costs are caused by three cost drivers. These drivers and their costs for last year were as follows:

Required:

a. How much overhead will be assigned to each product if these three cost drivers are used to allocate overhead? What is the total cost per unit produced for each product? (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.)

m-008 m-123

total over head

total unit cost

b. How much of the overhead will be assigned to each product if direct labor cost is used to allocate overhead? What is the total cost per unit produced for each product? (Round "Total unit cost" to 2 decimal places.)

   m-008 m-123

total over head

total unit cost

Jarvene Corporation uses the FIFO method in its process costing system. The following data are for the most recent month of operations in one of the company’s processing departments:

The cost of beginning inventory according to the company’s costing system was $7,875 of which $4,849 was for materials and the remainder was for conversion cost. The costs added during the month amounted to $180,742. The costs per equivalent unit for the month were:

Required:

1. Compute the total cost per equivalent unit for the month.

2. Compute the equivalent units of material and conversion in the ending inventory.

3. Compute the equivalent units of material and conversion that were required to complete the beginning inventory.

4. Compute the number of units started and completed during the month.

5. Compute the cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, conversion, and in total for the month.

6. Compute the cost of the units transferred to the next department for materials, conversion, and in total for the month.

1)

Compute the total cost per equivalent unit for the month. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

2)

Compute the equivalent units of material and conversion in the ending inventory.

3)

Compute the equivalent units of material and conversion that were required to complete the beginning inventory.

4)

Compute the number of units started and completed during the month.

5)

Compute the cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, conversion, and in total for the month. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

6)

Compute the cost of the units transferred to the next department for materials, conversion, and in total for the month. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

1) If a price that a perfectly competitive firm is able to get is above its average variable cost but below its average total cost then

a. The firm will suffer economic losses and should shut down immediately

b. The firm will be able to earn economic profit as soon as it can increase the size of its factory

c. The firm will suffer economic losses but should continue to operate

d. None of the above

2) In the short run, if price falls, the firm will respond by

a. Shutting down regardless of how high its variable costs are

b. Equating average variable cost to marginal revenue

c. Reducing output along its marginal cost curve as long as marginal cost curve as long as marginal revenue exceeds average variable cost

d. None of the above

3) Suppose a competitive firm is in equilibrium then the price of one of its inputs falls. What will happen?

a. The firm will hire more of the lower priced input

b. The firm will produce more output

c.The firm cost curves will downward

d. All of the above

4. A competitive industry will be in a long run equilibrium when

a. Each firm in the industry is earning zero economic profit

b. No entry or exit occurs

c.The total quantity produced at the prevailing price equals the total quantity consumers want to purchase

d. All of the above

5. In an increasing cost competitive industry, if prices rises above its long run equilibrium level which of the following will occur as the industry adjusts to a new long equilibrium ?

a. Firms will exit the industry

b. Economic profits will exits

c. Input prices will rise only when firms leave the industry

d. Price will return to its original level

6.The marginal revenue curve of a monopolist lies below the demand curve ( in the absence of price discrimination) becaus

a. The demand curve is unit elastic

b. The monopolist must lower price on all units sold in order to sell additional units

c. The monopolist is a price taker

d. The marginal revenue curve coincides with the average revenue curve

7. The demand curve for a monopolist's slopes downward because

a. Profit per unit declines

b. Demand elasticity is greater than one in the portion of the demand curve where the monopolist operates

c.It price discriminates

d. It faces the market demand curve

8. If a monopolist's is operating in the elastic portion of its demand curve then

a. An increase in price will increase total revenue

b. An increase in price will decrease total revenue

c. Marginal revenue is negative

d. An increase in price will leave total revenue unchanged

9. Marginal revenue is negative when

a. The demand curve is downward sloping

b. Demand curve is elastic

c. Demand curve is inelastic

d. Demand is unit elastic

10. The lerner index

a. Measures the monopoly power as the markup of price over average cost

b. Measures the monopoly power as the markup of price over marginal cost

c. Measures the market share of a firm

d. Measures the market capitalization of a firm

11. Compared to a competitive industry, ceteris paribus a standard monopoly firm

a. Sells more units and charges a higher price

b. Sells the same amount of units but at a higher price

c. Does not try to maximize profits as do firms in competitive industry

d. Restricts output and charges a higher price

12. A monopoly will produce the efficient rate of output if it

a. Engages in perfect price discrimination

b. Engages in no price discrimination

c. Engages in third degree price discrimination

d. Is regulates and average cost pricing is enforced

13. Which of the following types of mergers directly reduces the number of competitors in an industry?

a. Congolomerate

b. Horizontal

c. Vertical

d. Bivariate

14. Why do gas stations near airport often charge more for gasoline ?

a. They have higher costs

b. They are inconvenient

c. They face a smaller elasticity of demand

d. They must pay the airport agency for space

15. The deadweight loss due to monopoly restriction of output occurs over units of output

a. For which the willingness to pay would be greater than MC but don't get produces

b. For which the willingness to pay is greater than MC and do not get produced

c. Up until the profit maximizing level of output

d. For which the willingness to pay is less than MC but don't get produced

16. First degree discrimination

a. Is perfect because consumers benefit the most

b. Is called first degree because it does not apply to resale of products

c. Is also known as perfect price discrimination

d. Is the easiest form of price discrimination

Harris Company manufactures and sells a single product. A partially completed schedule of the company’s total costs and costs per unit over the relevant range of 52,000 to 92,000 units is given below: Required: 1. Complete the schedule of the company’s total costs and costs per unit as given in the relevant tab below. 2. Assume that the company produces and sells 82,000 units during the year at a selling price of $9.55 per unit. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the year.

Complete the schedule of the company’s total costs and costs per unit as given in the relevant tab below. (Round the per unit variable cost and fixed cost to 2 decimal places.)

Assume that the company produces and sells 82,000 units during the year at a selling price of $9.55 per unit. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the year.

Equivalent Units and Product Cost Report—FIFO Method

In its first month's operations (January 2016), Allred Company's Department 1 incurred charges of $165,000 for direct materials (10,000 units), $70,000 for direct labor, and $84,700 for manufacturing overhead. At month-end, 8,800 units had been finished and transferred out. The remaining units were finished with respect to material but only 25% complete with respect to conversion costs.

Assuming Allred uses the FIFO method and that materials are added at the beginning of the process and conversion costs occur evenly, compute the following:

b. The cost per equivalent unit for material and conversion.

c. The total cost assigned to the units transferred out.

d. The total cost assigned to the ending inventory.

e. Prove that your solutions to requirements (c) and (d) sum to the total costs to be accounted for.

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Factory Overhead Cost Variance Report

Tannin Products Inc. prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for the Trim Department for July of the current year, during which it expected to use 16,000 hours for production:

Tannin has available 20,000 hours of monthly productive capacity in the Trim Department under normal business conditions. During July, the Trim Department actually used 15,000 hours for production. The actual fixed costs were as budgeted. The actual variable overhead for July was as follows:

Construct a factory overhead cost variance report for the Trim Department for July. Enter all amounts as positive numbers. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Round your interim computations to the nearest cent, if required.