Questions
1. ABC Co anticipates adding 100 new stores in the next year to its existing 500...

1. ABC Co anticipates adding 100 new stores in the next year to its existing 500 stores. If last year's sales growth of 15% is expected to repeat, how would you derive a sales growth percentage forecast?

Select an answer:

  • past year sales growth percentage plus percentage increase in new stores
  • past year sales volume plus percentage increase in new stores
  • past year sales growth percentage plus anticipated sales volume for the next year
  • past year sales volume plus anticipated percentage increase in sales for the next year

2. When you are forecasting expenses, what assumption can you generally rely on?

Select an answer:

  • cost of goods sold will remain constant as a percentage of sales if sales increase

depreciation expense will increase at the same rate sales increase

operating expenses will decrease in dollars as sales increase

cost of goods sold will decrease as a percentage of sales if sales increase

3. ABC Co. anticipates a 50% increase in sales volume for the next year as a result of expanding capacity. What financial statement item will change at a different percentage rate than its sales volume increase?

Select an answer:

  • cash

depreciation expense

accounts receivable

operating assets

4. Why would a company's property, plant, and equipment expense increase from Year 1 to Year 2 at a higher rate than its sales volume increase?

Select an answer:

  • property, plant, and equipment expense always increases at a rate twice that of sales volume increase

the company has to invest in new property, plant, or equipment to achieve its sales volume increase

property, plant, and equipment expense always increases at a rate three times that of sales volume increase

property, plant, and equipment expense will increase because sales volume increase lowers depreciation expense

5. Although most businesses utilize computerized records, they are still based on journals and ledgers. What does a ledger contain differently than a journal?

Select an answer:

  • business events by category or account

payments made in chronological order

year-end income and depreciation

cash collections in chronological order

6. If you have a small sideline business selling homemade items over the internet, what would be the least complicated software for you to use if you only needed to create an income statement?

Select an answer:

  • QuickBooks

Quicken

EXCEL spreadsheet

mint.com

7. Of the three types of books kept by large companies, in which book does the company keep summary reports provided to banks and investors?

Select an answer:

  • tax

managerial

journal

financial

8. What type of internal control is intended to avoid adjustments to books in order to cover up a theft?

Select an answer:

  • separation of duties

perceived opportunity

internal checks

physical safeguards

9. Consider ABC Co. has a P/E ratio of 40 and earnings per share of $2.00. How would a potential investor estimate price per share if the average P/E ratio in ABC's industry is 20?

Select an answer:

  • Price-Earnings Ratio 40 x earnings per share $2.00 equals estimated price per share of $80.00

Price-Earnings Ratio 40 / earnings per share $2.00 equals estimate price per share of $20.00

Price-Earnings Ration 20 / earnings per share $2.00 equals estimated price per share of $10.00

Price-Earnings Ratio 20 x earnings per share $2.00 equals estimated price per share of $40.00

10. What is the price-earnings (P/E) ratio of the average public company in the United States across all industries?

Select an answer:

  • 15

1

less than 1

30

11. If ABC Co. is in an industry where the average price-to-sales ratio is 1.0, how could ABC achieve a higher price per share than its competitors?

Select an answer:

  • lower its return on equity

lower its profit per dollar of sales

have a higher expected sales growth

have a lower expected sales growth

12. To provide more credible income forecasts in order to sell the company, what would ABC Co. do to enhance its reputation for honesty and fair dealing?

Select an answer:

  • create relationships with banks and customers

construct forecasts for internal planning purposes

identify factors that lead to better forecasts

avoid relationships with banks and customers

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i) Imagine that sound is incident directly on the fluid(electrolyte in the inner ear. Calculate the...

i) Imagine that sound is incident directly on the fluid(electrolyte in the inner ear. Calculate the percentage of the sound energy that is reflected and the percentage that is transmitted into the fluid. ii) how is the human ear structured to overcome this impedance mismatch problem?

In: Physics

The manufacturer of aspirin claims that the proportion of headache suffers who get relief with just...

The manufacturer of aspirin claims that the proportion of headache suffers who get relief with just two aspirins is 53%. The probability is 90% that the sample percentage (for a sample of 400) will be contained within what symmetrical limits of the population percentage?

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Which one of the following is the most accurate method for estimating uncollectible accounts? Select one:...

Which one of the following is the most accurate method for estimating uncollectible accounts?

Select one:

a. Aging of Accounts Receivable

b. Indirect write-off method

c. Percentage of Accounts Receivable

d. Percentage of sales

In: Accounting

The two allowance methods used by companies in estimating uncollectible account receivable are percentage-of- sales and...

The two allowance methods used by companies in estimating uncollectible account receivable are percentage-of- sales and percentage-of-receivables.

In a paragraph provide which method you would recommend and why, if you were a financial executive for a company?

In: Accounting

The Backwoods American Company produces approximately 42,938 parkas annually. The quality-management program the company implemented was...

The Backwoods American Company produces approximately 42,938 parkas annually. The quality-management program the company implemented was able to improve the average percentage of good parkas produced by 1% each year, beginning with 76% good-quality parkas in 2012. Only about 6% of poor-quality parkas could be reworked.

Compute the product yield for each of the five years.

* Do not enter the percentages as decimals. Do not include the percent sign in your answers.
** Round your answers to the nearest integer, the tolerance is +/-2.

Year

% Good-quality *

Product yield **

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

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Given the following annual manufacturing costs and a rework cost of $13per parka, determine the manufacturing cost per good parka for each of the five years.

Round your answers to 2 decimal places, the tolerance is +/-0.01.

Year

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Manufacturing Cost

$420,900

$423,400

$424,700

$436,100

$435,500

Manufacturing cost per good parka

$

$

$

$

$

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Which of the following statements most closely describes the results of the quality management program over the five years?

quality increased with no effect on cost
the increased % of good quality increased product yield, thereby reducing the cost of manufacturing
both quality and cost increased
the cost of manufacturing initially increased, but as the quality management program took effect, costs began to decrease

In: Accounting

PA5-4 Predicting Cost Behavior, Calculating Contribution Margin and Contribution Margin Ratio, Calculating Profit [LO 5-1, 5-5]...

PA5-4 Predicting Cost Behavior, Calculating Contribution Margin and Contribution Margin Ratio, Calculating Profit [LO 5-1, 5-5]

Presidio, Inc. produces one model of mountain bike. Partial information for the company follows:

Required:
1. Complete Presidio’s cost data table. (Round your Cost per Unit answers to 2 decimal places.)

Bikes Produced and Sold 430 Units 870 Units 1606 Units
Total costs
Variable costs $137,600
Fixed costs per year
Total costs $137,600 $0 $0
Cost per unit
Variable cost per unit
Fixed cost per unit
Total cost per unit $0.00 $530.00 $0.00



2. Calculate Presidio’s contribution margin ratio and its total contribution margin at each sales level indicated in the cost data table assuming the company sells each bike for $600. (Round your Margin Ratio percentage answers to 2 decimal places (i.e. .1234 should be entered as 12.34%.))

430 Units 870 Units 1606 Units
Total Contribution Margin
Contribution Margin Ratio % % %


3. Calculate net operating income (loss) at each of the sales levels assuming a sales price of $600. (Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

430 Units 870 Units 1606 Units
Net Operating Income (Loss)

In: Accounting

Toledo Pump Company manufactures two different types of pumps: centrifugal and displacement. The Company uses an...

Toledo Pump Company manufactures two different types of pumps: centrifugal and displacement. The Company uses an activity-based costing system to allocate production overhead costs. The following are the estimated cost data for the period.

The number of units to be produced during the period are Centrifugal 1,800 units; Displacement 1,200 units.  

Raw materials and direct labor costs per unit are as follows:

Direct Costs per Unit

Centrifugal

Displacement

Raw Materials (cost per unit)

$120

$160

Direct Labor (cost per unit)

$90

$120

Production overhead costs for the period are as follows:

Category

Estimated Cost

Cost Driver

Use of Cost Driver

Unit-level overhead costs

$84,000

Number of units

Centrifugal: 1,800 units

Displacement: 1,200 units

Product-level overhead costs

$42,000

Number of parts

Centrifugal: 52 parts

Displacement: 68 parts

Facility-level overhead costs

$78,000

Specified percentage

Centrifugal: 60%

Displacement: 40%

Total

$204,000

Required:

  1. Compute the total cost for each of the two products (including raw materials, labor, and production overhead).

  2. Compute the costs per unit for each product (round amounts to two decimal places).

  3. What sales price should be set for each of the two products if Toledo Pump Company seeks to price its products at cost plus 35 percent.

In: Accounting

Luebke Inc. has provided the following data for the month of November. The balance in the...

Luebke Inc. has provided the following data for the month of November. The balance in the Finished Goods inventory account at the beginning of the month was $59,000 and at the end of the month was $30,700. The cost of goods manufactured for the month was $215,500. The actual manufacturing overhead cost incurred was $57,100 and the manufacturing overhead cost applied to Work in Process was $60,800. The company closes out any underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead to cost of goods sold. The adjusted cost of goods sold that would appear on the income statement for November is:

Multiple Choice

  • $240,100

  • $187,200

  • $243,800

  • $215,500

Question 2

Annenbaum Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. This month, the beginning inventory in the first processing department consisted of 1,400 units. The costs and percentage completion of these units in beginning inventory were:

Cost Percent
Complete
Materials costs $ 6,700 65%
Conversion costs $ 7,800 45%

A total of 8,500 units were started and 6,900 units were transferred to the second processing department during the month. The following costs were incurred in the first processing department during the month:

Cost
Materials costs $ 126,500
Conversion costs $ 208,000

The ending inventory was 50% complete with respect to materials and 35% complete with respect to conversion costs.

The cost per equivalent unit for materials for the month in the first processing department is closest to:

Multiple Choice

  • $13.10

  • $13.70

  • $15.86

  • $12.28

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1. Which of the following is the step in which materials, labor, and overhead are detailed?...

1. Which of the following is the step in which materials, labor, and overhead are detailed?

Group of answer choices

A) allocating the costs to the units transferred out and the units partially completed

B) determining the equivalent units of production

C) determining the units to which costs are assigned

D) determining the cost per equivalent units

2. Activity-based costing is preferable in a system:

Group of answer choices

A) with multiple, diverse products

B) where management needs to support an increase in sales price

C) when multiple products have similar product volumes and costs

D) with a large direct labor cost as a percentage of the total product cost

3. Which of the following is a reason a company would implement activity-based costing?

Group of answer choices

A) They want to improve the data on which decisions are made.

B) A company only has one cost driver.

C) The additional data obtained through traditional allocation are not worth the cost.

D) The cost of record keeping is high.

4. Which is not a step in analyzing the cost driver for manufacturing overhead?

Group of answer choices

A) analyze the effect on manufacturing overhead

B) identify the cost

C) identify the correlation between the potential driver and manufacturing overhead

D) identify non-value-added costs

5.The most common budget is prepared for a ________.

Group of answer choices

A) month

B) week

C) quarter

D) year

In: Accounting