Figure 21-7
at the Beginning of the Year, Andrew Company

Multiple Choice

Figure 21-7
At the beginning of the year, Andrew Company initiated a quality improvement program. The program was successful in reducing scrap and rework costs. To help assess the impact of the quality improvement program, the following data were collected for the current and preceding years: $\begin{array}{lrr}&\text { Freceding Year } & \text { Current Year } \\\text { Sales } & £ 2,400,000 & £ 2,400,000 \\\text { Quality training } & 30,000 & 48,000 \\\text { Material inspections } & 7,000 & 8,000 \\\text { Scrap } & 48,000 & 30,000 \\\text { Rework } & 60,000 & 48,000 \\\text { Product inspection } & 10,000 & 12,000 \\\text { Product warranty } & 36,000 & 24,000\end{array}$
-Refer to Figure 21-7. For the current year, external failure costs are what percentage of sales?

A) 1.5350%
B) 1.1875%
C) 1.0000%
D) 0.8350%