Answer:
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Explanation:
Majer Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: Standard Quantity or HoursStandard Price or RateStandard Cost Per Unit Direct materials 6.3ounces$4.00per ounce$25.20 Direct labor 0.9hours$14.00per hour$12.60 Variable overhead 0.9hours$4.00per hour$3.60 The company reported the following results concerning this product in February. Originally budgeted output 5,200units Actual output 5,900units Raw materials used in production 33,300ounces Actual direct labor-hours 2,050hours Purchases of raw materials 33,800ounces Actual price of raw materials$37.10per ounce Actual direct labor rate$27.60per hour Actual variable overhead rate$5.50per hour The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. The variable overhead efficiency variance for February is:
Answer:
Variable overheads efficiency variance = $13,040 favorable
Explanation:
Variable overheads efficiency variance is the difference between the standard hours of actual output and actual hours valued at the standard variable overhead rate per hour
Hours
5,900munits should have taken (5,900× 0.9) 5,310
but did take 2050
efficiency variance in hours 3,260 favorable
Standard rate per hour $4.00
Variable overheads efficiency variance 13,040 favorable
Variable overheads efficiency variance = $13,040 favorable
any waste material on the floor should be
Answer:
Cleaned...it's waste
Refer to Exhibit 16-5. If a positive externality exists, then curve 1 represents the ____, curve 2 represents the ____, curve 3 represents the ____ and Q1 represents the ____.
Answer:
Curve 1 - Marginal private cost curve
Curve 2 - demand curve
Curve 3 - Marginal Social Benefit Curve
Q1 - Market Output
Explanation:
Marginal cost is the cost for one additional unit production. It is U shaped because when more units are produced the marginal cost will decline. When more units are produced and sold the marginal cost will be lower. There fore demand curve should be inclining when marginal cost needs to be lower.
Pharmicon, Inc., a pharmaceutical firm, discovered a complete cure for the common cold. The medicine could be put into a pill that would be taken once a day for a week. Knowing these results, directors of Pharmicon decided to delay the press release and bought thousands of shares of Pharmicon stock. After the purchases, Pharmicon issued a press release about the pill. The price of the stock skyrocketed. When the SEC found out about the purchases and the delay in the press release, it sued Pharmicon for violating Rule 10b-5. The court in this case would most likely rule in favor of Group of answer choices
Question Completion:
a. the SEC, because the information about the cure was material and was not disclosed to the public prior to the directors' purchase of the stock.
b.Pharmicon, because the information was not material.
c.the SEC, because owning company stock is a conflict of interest for the directors.
d.Pharmicon, because they issued a press release to the public
Answer:
Pharmicon, Inc.
The court in this case would most likely rule in favor of:
a. the SEC, because the information about the cure was material and was not disclosed to the public prior to the directors' purchase of the stock.
Explanation:
SEC's Rule 10b-5 forbids insider trading and, therefore, enables the SEC to sue individuals who use the privileged information they acquire about an entity's security to buy or sell the entity's securities. The information may be acquired illegally or legally, provided it is not publicly available. Insider trading exists when a professional breaches a fiduciary duty or betrays the trust and confidence reposed in him by trading on a security based on material, nonpublic information about the security.
Which of the following are normally recorded on a registration card?
A financial manager's goal of maximizing current or short-term earnings may not be appropriate because:___________.
A. it fails to consider the timing of the benefits.
B. increased earnings may be accompanied by unacceptably higher levels of risk.
C. earnings are subjective; they can be defined in various ways such as accounting or economic earnings.
D. all of the other answers are correct
Answer:
The correct answer is the option D: All of the other answers are correct.
Explanation:
To begin with, the fact that it is not reasonable to think in short periods of time when it comes to business management is because basically the short term earnings can be very subjective principally depending on how the company define it, being the accounting and the economic ways of doing it very different and impacting differently as well on the company's way of thinking. Moreover, a company's primary focus must always be on the long run due to the timing that the benefits really impact in the company's accounts and therefore in the pocket of the shareholders or owners.
You are considering investing in a bank account that pays a nominal annual rate of 7%, compounded monthly. If you invest $3,000 at the end of each month, how many months will it take for your account to grow to $150,000?
Answer:
44 months
Explanation:
RATE = 7%/12
PMT = -3000
PV = $0
FV = 150000
We solve for Nper using MsExcel.
No of months = NPER(Rate, -Pmt, Pv, Fv)
No of months = NPER(7%/12, -3000, 0, 150000)
No of months = 44.00213535
No of months = 44
So, it take 44 months for the account to grow to $150,000.
Flay Foods has always used the FIFO inventory costing method for both financial reporting and tax purposes. At the beginning of 2021, Flay decided to change to the LIFO method. As a result of the change, net income in 2021 was $87 million. If the company had used LIFO in 2020, its cost of goods sold would have been higher by $5 million that year. Flaya€™s records of inventory purchases and sales are not available for 2019 and several previous years. Last year, Flay reported the following net income amounts in its comparative income statements:
($ in millions) 2018 2019 2020
Net income $87 $89 $91
Required:
a. Prepare the journal entry at the beginning of 2021 to record the change in accounting principle. (Ignore income taxes.)
b. Briefly describe other steps Flay will take to report the change.
c. What amounts will Flay report for net income in its 2013–2019 comparative income statements?
Answer:
Flay Foods
a. Journal Entry:
January 2021
Debit Retained Earnings $5 million
Credit Income Summary (Cost of goods sold) $5 million
To record the increased cost of goods sold.
b. Flay will take the following steps to report the change in accounting principle:
1. Retrospectively restate the Cost of goods sold, increasing it by $5 million.
2. Reflect the reduction in Retained Earnings at the beginning of 2021.
3. Disclose the nature of this change and the reason for the change in the footnote to the financial statements of 2020.
4. Disclose its inability to reflect the change in accounting for other comparative financial statements other than 2020's.
c. The amounts that Flay will report for net income in its 2018 to 2019 comparative income statements are:
($ in millions) 2018 2019
Net income $87 $89
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
2021 Net Income, based on LIFO = $87 million
2020 Cost of goods sold, based on LIFO = $5 million higher
This would have reduced the Net income by $5 million
2020 Net income amounts in its comparative income statements:
($ in millions) 2018 2019 2020
Net income $87 $89 $91
Restatement:
Cost of goods sold (5)
Restated net income $87 $89 $86
b) A change in an Accounting Principle is applied retrospectively in the financial statements. This means that Flay must adjust all comparative amounts affected by the change in accounting policy for each prior period's financial statements presented if it is possible. It looks that the possibility for restatement is only limited to 2020 since Flay's records of inventory purchases and sales for previous years were not made available.
A firm has to choose between two technologies; both produce same output with one being labor intensive and other being capital intensive. The firm will use labor intensive technology when _________________. Select the correct answer below: wages are less than the interest rate total cost of labor is less than total cost of capital average variable cost is less than average fixed cost labor is more productive than capital
Answer:
total cost of labor is less than total cost
Explanation:
In the case when the firm would use the labor intensive technology at the time when the marginal product from labor intensive would be more than the marginal product of capital intensive this is due to the rise in the firm benefit as the firm would produce and sell more
The other thing is that the cost of labor intensive would be less than the capital intensive cost. This cost would benefit the organization with respect to the decision making
Wainwright Corporation had the following activities in 2020. Sale of land for $120,000. Purchase of inventory for $645,000. Purchase of treasury stock for $52,000. Purchase of equipment for $315,000. Issuance of common stock for $620,000. Sale of available-for-sale debt securities for $85,000. Compute the amount Wainwright should report as net cash provided (used) by investing activities in its 2020 statement of cash flows.
Answer:
net cash used by investing activities = $280,000
Explanation:
Cash flow from Investing Activities :
Proceeds from Sale of Land $120,000
Purchase of Equipment ($315,000)
Proceeds from Sale of debt securities ($85,000)
Net Cash used by Investing activities ($280,000)
therefore,
Wainwright should report as net cash used by investing activities in its 2020 statement of cash flows of $280,000
Copy Center pays an average wage of $13 per hour to employees for printing and copying jobs, and allocates $19 of overhead for each employee hour worked. Direct materials are assigned to each job according to actual cost. If Job M-47 used $365 of direct materials and took 15 direct labor hours of labor to complete, what is the total cost that should be assigned to the job
Answer:
See below
Explanation:
Given that:
Direct materials = $365
Direct labor = ($13 × 15) = $195
Factory overhead = ($19 × 15) = $285
Total cost is computed as
= Direct material + Direct labor + Factory overhead
= $365 + ($13 × 15) + ($19 × 15)
= $365 + $195 + $285
= $845
Therefore the total cost that should be assigned to the job is $845
ABC issues 1,000 shares of 6%, $100 par value preferred stock at the beginning of 2017. All remaining shares are common stock. The company was not able to pay dividends in 2017, but plans to pay dividends of $18,000 in 2018. Assuming the preferred stock is noncumulative, how much of the $18,000 dividend will be paid to preferred stockholders and how much will be paid to common stockholders in 2018
Answer and Explanation:
The computation of the dividend paid to preferred stockholder and common stockholder is given below;
Since the preference dividend would be
= 1,000 shares × $100 × 6%
= $6,000
For 2 years, it would be $12,000
Now the remaining shares left is
= $18,000 - $12,000
= $6,000
hence, the dividend paid to preferred stockholder and common stockholder is $12,000 and $6,000 respectively
Luker Corporation uses a process costing system. The company had $174,500 of beginning Finished Goods Inventory on October 1. It transferred in $851,000 of units completed during the period. The ending Finished Goods Inventory balance on October 31 was $172,200. The entry to account for the cost of goods manufactured during October is:
Answer:
See below
Explanation:
Given:
Beginning finished goods inventory
$174,500
Add: transfer units completed during the period
$851,000
Less: Ending finished goods inventory
($172,200)
Cost of goods sold
$853,300
Journal entry
Cost of goods sold Dr $853,300
-------------- Finished goods Cr $853,300
Cost of goods sold is only recorded when sales of products are made.
Stunning Motors, Ltd. makes economy autos for the world market. Stunning has decided to branch out and produce economical, fuel efficient motor bikes. They are exploring a joint venture With Bay Bikes, a Chinese motorbike company active in the Chinese market. In the meantime, before any formal agreement on a joint venture is reached, Bay Bikes is working with Stunning's R&D engineers to create a feasibility study on the Chinese market potential. This is an example of ___________
a. product differentiation
b. non-equity-based strategic alliance
c. sole proprietorship
d. entrepreneurial orientation
Answer:
b. non-equity-based strategic alliance
Explanation:
In the case of the non-equity strategic alliance, the organizations develop the agreement for sharing the resources without developing the distinct entity or equity i.e. shared.
Non-equity alliances are considered to be loose and not formal as compared to the partnership involving equity.
So as per the given situation, the option b is correct
Define corporate culture. What are the components of a good corporate culture? Why do you think that corporate culture has such a huge impact on the success of a company? Please share your thoughts.
Answer:
Corporate culture, also known as company culture, refers to a set of beliefs and behaviors that guide how a company’s management and employees interact and handle external business transactions.
Which of the following is not an advantage of delegating authority at Red Frog Events?
a
Delegation helps develop subordinates
b
Subordinates learn how to make decisions
c
Some managers are too disorganized to delegate appropriately
d
An event manager can get more work done
Answer:
c. Some managers are too disorganized to delegate appropriately
Explanation:
Generally, the advantage of delegating authority in a firm can be numerous. Hence, considering the question, the benefit of delegating authority at Red Frog Events is no different.
Therefore, considering the available options, the statement that is NOT an advantage of delegating authority at Red Frog Events is "Some managers are too disorganized to delegate appropriately."
In contrast, some of the advantages of delegating authority are:
1. Delegation helps develop subordinates: as subordinates take more authority in some cases, they grow in decision-making and overall growth.
2. Subordinates learn how to make decisions: as subordinates are allowed to make decisions, they learn to understand how to make proper decisions
3. An event manager can get more work done: when subordinates are delegated with authority, it helps the manager focus more on other areas that need his attention, thereby getting more work done.
For 2020, X Company's production budget was 3,500 units of finished product, and the budget for direct material costs was $24,080. Actual production in 2020 was 2,500 units of finished product, and actual direct material costs were $17,230. What was the static budget for direct material costs in 2020
Answer: $24,080
Explanation:
The Static budget is based on a particular level of production and once it is prepared, it does not change even if the assumptions used in the calculation of the budget changes.
In this case, the budgeted direct material cost is $24,080 for a production level of 3,500 units of finished goods. This material cost is therefore based on a certain production level which makes it the static budgeted amount for materials.
Riley has worked for Centrum Springs, Inc., for many years and has now been given the opportunity to advance in the company. His manager is retiring and hopes that Riley will take over for him. However, even though Riley is an experienced employee, there are many things that he still needs to learn. Riley has trained many new employees, but he has never held a management position. Riley needs to have a general understanding of what it takes to be a manager. There are many problems in Riley's department. There are no plans to fall back on in case the initial plan fails. Riley also will need to learn how to direct people in such a way that makes them want to do more than they absolutely have to. Riley feels that this is a great opportunity, and he is anxious to learn everything to be a great manager. He knows that if he performs well in this position, he will have the opportunity to move up the corporate ladder.
Refer to Centrum Springs, Inc. Riley's usual duties represent which of these areas?
a. Financial management
b. Operations management
c. Marketing management
d. Human resources management
e. Administrative management
Answer:
B. I hope i helped!
Explanation:
A telecom company assesses its developers more on their client support skills than their development skills. What would best describe the telecom company's performance management process?
Answer:
Contaminated
Explanation:
Performance management is the process by which the management of an organisation communicate and work together with employees to rate the employee's overall contribution to the organisation.
It is important to take a holistic view of contributions made by employees to gain an accurate insight into their performance.
In the given scenario where developers are assessed more on their client support skills than their development skills, the performance management process is contaminated because the employee's overall contribution is not being considered.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities would involve all of the following except:
A. The purchase of buildings.
B. The receipt of interest income on short-term investments.
C. The purchase of marketable securities.
D. The proceeds from the sale of equipment.
Answer:
B
Explanation:
there are three types of cash flows:
1. Investing cash flow - It involves the use of long term cash. it is the cash flow generated from the purchase and sale of fixed asset e.g. Sale of plant assets.
2. operating cash flow - it shows the net amount of cash generated from a company's normal business operation
3. financing cash flow - it shows the net amount of funding a company receives over a given period e.g. issuance of common stock
An aircraft manufacturer with a strong presence in the United States, is looking to expand its market overseas. The firm currently sells its aircraft to several airlines in the United Kingdom but now wants to establish manufacturing units there as well in order to acquire a bigger share in the European market. Hence, it plans to merge with QueenAir, a British aircraft manufacturer.
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What would weaken the company's decision to merge with QueenAir?
The following information describes a company's usage of direct labor in a recent period:
Actual direct labor hours used 34,000
Actual rate per hour $17.00
Standart rate per hour $16.75
Standard hours for units produced 33,500
How much is the direct labor efficiency variance?
a. $8,500 unfavorable
b. $8,375 favorable
c. $8,375 unfavorable
d. $8,500 favorable
Answer:
Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= $8,375 unfavorable
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Actual direct labor hours used 34,000
Standart rate per hour $16.75
Standard hours for units produced 33,500
To calculate the direct labor efficiency variance, we need to use the following formula:
Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= (Standard Quantity - Actual Quantity)*standard rate
Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= (33,500 - 34,000)*16.75
Direct labor time (efficiency) variance= $8,375 unfavorable
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On-The-Go Merchandiser sells luxury carry-on travel bags for $1,200 each. The firm's fixed operating costs are $600,000 when 5,000 or fewer bags are produced, and its variable cost ratio is 80 percent (i.e., variable cost per unit is 80 percent of the selling price). What is On-The-Go's operating breakeven point
Answer:
On-The-Go Merchandiser
Operating break-even point:
a) in sales dollars = $3,000,000
b) in sales unit = 2,500 units
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Selling price per unit = $1,200
Fixed operating costs = $600,000
Capacity level = 5,000
Variable cost ratio = 80%
Variable cost per unit = $960 ($1,200 * 80%)
Contribution margin per unit = $240 ($1,200 - $960)
Contribution margin ratio = $240/$1,200 = 0.2
Operating break-even point:
a) in sales dollars = Fixed operating costs/Contribution margin ratio
= $600,000/0.2 = $3,000,000
b) in sales unit = Fixed operating costs/Contribution margin per unit
= $600,000/$240 = 2,500 units
Consider the market for seedless green grapes. The current price of a pound of seedless green grapes is $3. Two consumers, Leyla and Margaret, are willing to pay $4 and $5, respectively, for a pound of seedless green grapes. Two farmers are willing to sell seedless green grapes for as little as $2 and $3 per pound. How much is the consumer surplus in this market assuming each consumer purchases one pound of grapes and each farmer sells one pound of grapes
Answer:
$3
Explanation:
Consumer surplus is the difference between the willingness to pay of a consumer and the price of the good.
Consumer surplus = willingness to pay – price of the good
Consumer surplus of Leyla = $4 - $3 = $1
Consumer surplus of Margaret = $5 - $3 = $2
total surplus = $1 + $2 = $3
An insurance company is obligated to pay a policyholder $500 in one year and $2,000 in 3 years. The insurance company has decided to employ the dedication strategy. The following assets are available: 1 year zero coupon bond with annual effective yield of 7%. 3 year zero coupon bond with annual effective yield of 8%. Determine the cost of establishing the asset portfolio.
Answer:
The total cost of establishing the portfolio is $2054.95.
Explanation:
The present value of a bond is given as
[tex]PV=FV\times\dfrac{1}{(1+r)^n}[/tex]
For 1 year zero-coupon bond is
FV is 500r is 7% or 0.07n is 1So the value is
[tex]PV=FV\times\dfrac{1}{(1+r)^n}\\PV=500\times\dfrac{1}{(1+0.07)^1}\\PV=500\times\dfrac{1}{(1.07)}\\PV=500\times0.9346\\PV=\$ 467.29[/tex]
Similarly, for 3 years zero-coupon bond is
FV is 2000r is 8% or 0.07n is 3So the value is
[tex]PV=FV\times\dfrac{1}{(1+r)^n}\\PV=2000\times\dfrac{1}{(1+0.08)^3}\\PV=2000\times\dfrac{1}{(1.08)^3}\\PV=2000\times0.7938\\PV=\$ 1587.66[/tex]
So the total cost is
Total Cost=Cost of 1-year zero-coupon bond+Cost of 3-years zero-coupon bond
Total Cost=$ 467.29+$ 1587.66
Total Cost= $ 2054.95
So the total cost of establishing the portfolio is $2054.95.
23. Maria, a new employee, noticed that her supervisor, Jasmine, approved an expense report submitted by a co-worker that resulted in the company for which they both worked paying for the co-worker's car repairs that were needed due to an accident that happened when co-worker was on a personal errand instead of company business. Jasmine's actions could encourage Maria to
Answer:
She failed to cover up the co-worker's improper claim of a personal expense on a company expense report.
Explanation:
Analyzing the above case, it is correct to say that the supervisor Jasmine failed to cover up the undue complaint of the co-worker, as the accident occurred when he was on a personal mission and unrelated to the company's business, which makes the company not has legal obligations to pay for repairs to his car and these are broken down in a company expense report like the one approved by Jasmine.
Therefore, the supervisor acted unethically and did not follow the company's legal regulations.
A project has a beta of 0.83, the risk-free rate is 2.9%, and the market risk premium is 6.5%. The project's expected rate of return is ____%.
Answer:
The project's expected rate of return is 8.3%
Explanation:
The following question would be solved using the CAPM (Capital Asset Pricing Module) formulae, which is calculated as follows:
Ra = Rrf + [Ba x (Rm - Rrf)}
Where:
Ra = Project's Expected rate of return
Rrf = Risk-free rate
Ba = Beta
Rm = Expected return of the market
Note: We have been provided with risk premium which is calculated by deducting Risk-free rate from Expected return of the market (Rm - Rrf = Risk premium).
Ra = 2.9% + [0.83 x 6.5%]
Ra = 2.9% + 5.4% (rounded off from 5.395%)
Ra = 8.3%
At Eady Corporation, maintenance is a variable overhead cost that is based on machine-hours. The performance report for July showed that actual maintenance costs totaled $10,370 and that the associated rate variance was $340 unfavorable. If 5,900 machine-hours were actually worked during July, the standard maintenance cost per machine-hour was:
Answer:
See below
Explanation:
$10,370 - $340 = $10,030
Carrolton Oil and Gas, an independent oil and gas producer, is approved to use a 20% of gross in-come depletion allowance. The write-off last year was $700,000 on its horizontal directional drill wells. Determine the estimated total reserves in barrels if the volume pumped last year amounted to 1% of the total and the delivered-product price averaged $75 per barrel.
Answer: 5,000,000 barrels
Explanation:
First, we need to calculate the last year income which will be:
= $700,000 / 20%
= $700,000 / 0.2
= $3,500,000
Since the average price is $75, the total barrels sold last year was:
= $3,500,000 / 70
= 50,000 barrels
Since it's 1% of the total reserve, then the total reserve will be
= 50,000 / 1%
= 50,000 / 0.01
= 5,000,000 barrels