Exam 11: Decision Making and Relevant Information
Exam 1: The Manager and Management Accounting195 Questions
Exam 2: An Introduction to Cost Terms and Purposes224 Questions
Exam 3: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis208 Questions
Exam 4: Job Costing199 Questions
Exam 5: Activity-Based Costing and Activity-Based Management176 Questions
Exam 6: Master Budget and Responsibility Accounting226 Questions
Exam 7: Flexible Budgets, direct-Cost Variances, and Management Control180 Questions
Exam 8: Flexible Budgets, overhead Cost Variances, and Management Control176 Questions
Exam 9: Inventory Costing and Capacity Analysis211 Questions
Exam 10: Determining How Costs Behave190 Questions
Exam 11: Decision Making and Relevant Information218 Questions
Exam 12: Strategy, balanced Scorecard, and Strategic Profitability Analysis172 Questions
Exam 13: Pricing Decisions and Cost Management210 Questions
Exam 14: Cost Allocation, customer-Profitability Analysis, and Sales-Variance Analysis167 Questions
Exam 15: Allocation of Support-Department Costs, common Costs, and Revenues150 Questions
Exam 16: Cost Allocation: Joint Products and Byproducts151 Questions
Exam 17: Process Costing149 Questions
Exam 18: Spoilage, rework, and Scrap153 Questions
Exam 19: Balanced Scorecard: Quality and Time151 Questions
Exam 20: Inventory Management, just-In-Time, and Simplified Costing Methods151 Questions
Exam 21: Capital Budgeting and Cost Analysis151 Questions
Exam 22: Management Control Systems, transfer Pricing, and Multinational Considerations153 Questions
Exam 23: Performance Measurement, compensation, and Multinational Considerations151 Questions
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Contrafic's Kitchens is approached by Mr. Louis Cifer, a new customer, to fulfill a large one-time-only special order for a product similar to one offered to regular customers. The following per unit data apply for sales to regular customers:
Direct materials \ 546 Direct labor 360 Variable manufacturing support 54 Fixed manufacturing support 120 Total manufacturing costs 1,080 Markup (60\%) 648 Targeted selling price \ 1,728 Contrafic's Kitchens has excess capacity. Mr. Cifer wants the cabinets in cherry rather than oak, so direct material costs will increase by $60 per unit. The average marketing cost of Contrafic's Kitchens is $180 per order.
-Other than price,what other items should Contrafic's Kitchens consider before accepting this one-time-only special order?
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When replacing an old machine with a new machine,general administration costs are irrelevant.
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Linear programming is a tool that maximizes total contribution margin of a mix of products with multiple constraints.
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Coroid Manufacturers Inc. is approached by a European customer to fulfill a one-time-only special order for a product similar to one offered to domestic customers. The company has excess capacity. The following per unit data apply for sales to regular customers:
Variable costs: Direct materials \ 120 Direct labor 60 Manufacturing support 105 Marketing costs 45 Fixed costs: Manufacturing support 135 Marketing costs Total costs 510 Markup (50\%) 255 Targeted selling price \ 765
-What is the full cost of the product per unit?
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Qualitative factors are outcomes that can be easily measured in numerical terms,such as the costs of direct labor.
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Dynondo's Brakes manufactures three different product lines, Model X, Model Y, and Model Z. Considerable market demand exists for all models. The following per unit data apply:
Model X Model Y Model Z Selling price \ 50 \ 60 \ 70 Direct materials 6 6 6 Direct labor ( \ 12 per hour) 12 12 24 Variable support costs ( \ 4 per machine-hour) 4 8 8 Fixed support costs 10 10 10
-If there is excess capacity,which model is the most profitable to produce?
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For make-or-buy decisions,a supplier's ability to maintain secrecy of intellectual property is considered a(n) ________.
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Under the opportunity cost approach,the cost of each alternative includes the incremental costs and the opportunity cost.
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The best way to avoid misidentification of relevant costs is to focus on ________.
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Which of the following is true in a decision to keep or replace existing equipment?
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Explain what revenues and costs are relevant when choosing among alternatives.
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Dynondo's Brakes manufactures three different product lines, Model X, Model Y, and Model Z. Considerable market demand exists for all models. The following per unit data apply:
Model X Model Y Model Z Selling price \ 50 \ 60 \ 70 Direct materials 6 6 6 Direct labor ( \ 12 per hour) 12 12 24 Variable support costs ( \ 4 per machine-hour) 4 8 8 Fixed support costs 10 10 10
-Which model has the greatest contribution margin per machine-hour?
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John's 8-year-old Chevrolet Trail Blazer requires repairs estimated at $6,000 to make it roadworthy again. His wife, Sherry, suggested that he should buy a 5-year-old used Jeep Grand Cherokee instead for $6,000 cash. Sherry estimated the following costs for the two cars:
Trail Blazer Grand Cherokee Acquisition cost \ 25,000 \ 6,000 Repairs \ 6,000 - Annual operating costs (Gas, maintenance, insurance) \ 2,280 \ 2,100
-The cost NOT relevant for this decision is the ________.
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Computer Products produces two keyboards,Regular and Special.Regular keyboards have a unit contribution margin of $128,and Special keyboards have a unit contribution margin of $720.The demand for Regulars exceeds Computer Product's production capacity,which is limited by available machine-hours and direct manufacturing labor-hours.The maximum demand for Special keyboards is 80 per month.Management desires a product mix that will maximize the contribution toward fixed costs and profits. Direct manufacturing labor is limited to 1,600 hours a month and machine-hours are limited to 1,200 a month.The Regular keyboards require 20 hours of labor and 8 machine-hours.Special keyboards require 34 labor-hours and 20 machine-hours.
Let R represent Regular keyboards and S represent Special keyboards.The correct set of equations for the keyboard production process is ________.
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Southwestern Company needs 1,000 motors in its manufacture of automobiles.It can buy the motors from Jinx Motors for $1,250 each.Southwestern's plant can manufacture the motors for the following costs per unit:
Direct materials \ 500 Direct manufacturing labor 250 Variable manufacturing overhead 200 Fixed manufacturing overhead 350 Total \ 1,300 If Southwestern buys the motors from Jinx,70% of the fixed manufacturing overhead applied will not be avoided.
Required:
a.Should the company make or buy the motors?
b.What additional factors should Southwestern consider in deciding whether or NOT to make or buy the motors?
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Sarasota Bicycles has been manufacturing its own wheels for its bikes.The company is currently operating at 100% capacity,and variable manufacturing overhead is charged to production at the rate of 30% of direct labor cost.The direct materials and direct labor cost per unit to make the wheels are $3.00 and $3.60 respectively.Normal production is 200,000 wheels per year.
A supplier offers to make the wheels at a price of $8 each.If the bicycle company accepts this offer,all variable manufacturing costs will be eliminated,but the $84,000 of fixed manufacturing overhead currently being charged to the wheels will have to be absorbed by other products.
Required:
a.Prepare an incremental analysis for the decision to make or buy the wheels.
b.Should Sarasota Bicycles buy the wheels from the outside supplier? Justify your answer.
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