Selected sales and operating data for three divisions of different structural engineering firms are given as follows: Division A Division B Division C Sales $ 5,100,000 $ 9,100,000 $ 8,200,000 Average operating assets $ 1,020,000 $ 2,275,000 $ 1,640,000 Net operating income $ 214,200 $ 746,200 $ 118,900 Minimum required rate of return 17.00 % 32.80 % 14.00 % Required: 1. Compute the return on investment (ROI) for each division using the formula stated in terms of margin and turnover. 2. Compute the residual income (loss) for each division. 3. Assume that each division is presented with an investment opportunity that would yield a 19% rate of return. a. If performance is being measured by ROI, which division or divisions will probably accept or reject the opportunity? b. If performance is being measured by residual income, which division or divisions will probably accept or reject the opportunity

Answer:

1. Return on Investment = Net operating income (NOI)/Average operating assets (AOA) * 100

Division A = 21%

Division B = 32.8%

Division C = 7.25%

2. Residual income (loss) = Operating Income - (Operating Assets x Target Rate of Return)

Division A = $40,800

Division B = $0

Division C = ($110,700)

3-a. If performance is being measured by ROI, Divisions A and C will accept the opportunity, while Division B will reject it because the actual rate of return of 19% is less than the minimum required rate of return of 32.8%.

3-b. Divisions A and C will accept the opportunity, while Division B will reject it.

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Selected sales and operating data for three divisions of different structural engineering firms are given as follows:

                                                 Division A       Division B       Division C

Sales                                      $ 5,100,000    $ 9,100,000   $ 8,200,000

Average operating assets    $ 1,020,000   $ 2,275,000    $ 1,640,000

Net operating income              $ 214,200      $ 746,200        $ 118,900

Minimum required rate of return 17.00 %          32.80 %           14.00 %

1. Return on Investment = Net operating income (NOI)/Average operating assets (AOA) * 100

=                                                      21%                  32.8%            7.25%

Division A = 21% ($214,200/$1,020,000 * 100)

Division B = 32.8% ($746,200/$2,275,000 * 100)

Division C = 7.25% ( $118,900/$1,640,000 * 100)

2. Residual income (loss) = Operating Income - (Operating Assets x Target Rate of Return)

Division A = $40,800 ($214,200 - ($1,020,000 * 17%) )

Division B = $0 ($746,200 - ($2,275,000 * 32.8%))

Division C =($110,700) ( $118,900 - ($1,640,000 * 14%))

Investment opportunity that would yield a 19% rate of return:

                                                Division A       Division B       Division C

Sales                                      $ 5,100,000    $ 9,100,000   $ 8,200,000

Average operating assets    $ 1,020,000   $ 2,275,000    $ 1,640,000

Net operating income (19%)    $ 193,800      $ 432,250        $ 311,600

Minimum required rate of return 17.00 %          32.80 %           14.00 %

3-a. If performance is being measured by ROI, Divisions A and C will accept the opportunity, while Division B will reject it because the actual rate of return of 19% is less than the minimum required rate of return of 32.8%.

3-b. Divisions A and C will accept the opportunity, while Division B will reject it.

Residual income (loss) = Operating Income - (Operating Assets x Target Rate of Return)

Division A = $20,400 ($193,800 -  ($1,020,000 * 17%))

Division B = ($313,950) ($432,250 - ($2,275,000 * 32.8%))

Division C = $82,600 ($311,600 - ($1,640,000 * 14%))

Which of the following is not true of taxable asset purchases?
a. Net operating losses carry over to the acquiring firm.
b. The acquiring firm may step up its basis in the acquired assets.
c. Target firm shareholders are subject to a potential immediate tax liability.
d. Target firm net operating losses and tax credits cannot be transferred to the acquiring firm.
e. None of the above

Cullumber Company incurred the following costs while manufacturing its product.

Materials used in product $121,000 Advertising expense $46,000
Depreciation on plant 61,000 Property taxes on plant 15,000
Property taxes on store 7,600 Delivery expense 22,000
Labor costs of assembly-line workers 111,000 Sales commissions 36,000
Factory supplies used 24,000 Salaries paid to sales clerks 51,000

Work in process inventory was $13,000 at January 1 and $16,600 at December 31. Finished goods inventory was $61,000 at January 1 and $45,700 at December 31.

Required:
Compute cost of goods manufactured.

A Quality Analyst wants to construct a sample mean chart for controlling a packaging process. He knows from past experience that whenever this process is under control, package weight is normally distributed with a mean of twenty ounces and a standard deviation of two ounces. Each day last week, he randomly selected four packages and weighed each:

Day Weight (ounces)
Monday 23 22 23 24
Tuesday 23 21 19 21
Wednesday 20 19 20 21
Thursday 18 19 20 19
Friday 18 20 22 20

What are the upper and lower control limits for these data?

a. UCL = 22.644 LCL = 18.556
b. UCL = 22.700 LCL = 18.500
c. UCL = 22.755 LCL = 18.642
d. UCL = 21.814 LCL = 19.300

The broker has noticed that a great number of people who are buying in the neighborhood where his listing is located speak Russian. He also noticed a Russian grocery store right by the neighborhood that was attractive. He decides to stop the advertising the property and started advertising the property on two different Russian internet sites. This is:________
a) acceptable because it is not print media
b) unnacceptable due to its discrimnatory nature
c) acceptable if the advertisement includes no preferential language
d) the only appropriate way to market property in this neighborhood

Folklore Music manufactures harmonicas. Folklore uses standard costs to judge performance. Recently, a clerk mistakenly threw away some of the records, and only partial data for July exist. Folklore knows that the total direct labor variance for the month was $350 F and that the standard labor rate was $11 per hour. A recent pay cut caused a favorable labor rate variance of $0.40 per hour. The standard direct labor hours for actual July outputs were 5,910.

Required:
a. Find the actual number of direct labor hours worked during July. First, find the actual direct labor rate per hour. Then, determine the actual number of direct labor hours worked by setting up the computation of the total direct labor variance as given.
b. Compute the direct labor rate and efficiency variances. Do these variances suggest that the manager may have made trade-offs? Explain.

The Chilton Corporation specializes in manufacturing one type of desk lamp. Chilton allocates variable manufacturing overhead costs on the basis of machine hours. Chilton budgeted 0.3 machine hours per lamp and allocates overhead at a rate of $1.90 per machine hour. Last year Chilton manufactured 19,000 lamps, used 7,600 machine hours and incurred actual overhead costs of $12,920. What was​ Chilton's variable manufacturing overhead efficiency variance last​ year?
A. ​$9,660 favorable
B. ​$4,140 unfavorable
C. ​$4,140 favorable
D. ​$9,660 unfavorable

Hardware is adding a new product line that will require an investment of . Managers estimate that this investment will have a​ 10-year life and generate net cash inflows of the first​ year, the second​ year, and each year thereafter for eight years. The investment has no residual value. Compute the payback period.

Jefferson Inc. (JI) is a relatively new company that wants to improve its employee rewards, compensation, and benefits. The company understands that there are effective reward systems that will motivate employees. However, JI management is not sure which would be the best for the company. Compensation, another important area, must also be improved so that it will satisfy all employees effectively. In addition, the company wants to create benefits to keep the employees not just satisfied, but also motivated. Yet another pressing issue is deciding on the training methods that are to be used to successfully teach the new employees.

JI believes that it will be on the right path if all of these changes can be successfully accomplished. The company plans to incorporate performance appraisals so it can be sure that the rewards, compensation, and benefits are effectively distributed. Refer to Jefferson, Inc. JI management must consider implementing the many different types of benefits. These include all of the following except :__________

a. insurance packages.
b. pension and retirement programs.
c. worker's compensation insurance.
d. Social Security.
e. profit sharing.

Assume the following information for Windsor Corp.

Accounts receivable (beginning balance) $139,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts (beginning balance) 11,450
Net credit sales 940,000
Collections 917,000
Write-offs of accounts receivable 5,600
Collections of accounts previously written off 1,600

Uncollectible accounts are expected to be 9% of the ending balance in accounts receivable.

Required:
Prepare the entries to record sales and collections during the period.

The company is now using only 70% of its normal capacity; it could fully use its normal capacity by processing the assembly further and selling it for $51 per unit. If the company does this, material and labor costs will each increase by $2 per unit and variable overhead will go up by $1 per unit. Fixed costs will increase from the current level of $160,000 to $225,000.

Required:
Prepare an analysis showing whether Jensen should process the assemblies further.

The economy is in long-run equilibrium. Technological change shifts the long-run aggregate supply curve $120 billion to the right. At the same time, government purchases increase by $30 billion. If the MPC equals 0.8 and the crowding-out effects are $30 billion, we would expect that in the long run. (C)

a. real GDP would be higher but the price level would be lower
b. both real GDP and the price level would be lower
c. real GDP would be higher but the price level would be the same
d. both real GDP and the price level would be higher

Parker Company pays each member of its sales staff a salary as well as a commission on
each unit sold. For the coming year, Parker plans to increase all salaries by 5% and to keep
unchanged the commission paid on each unit sold. Because of increased demand, Parker
expects the volume of sales to increase by 10%. How will the total cost of sales salaries and
commissions change for the coming year?
A. Increase by 5% or less.
B. Increase by more than 5% but less than 10%.

Ruben, Gerald, and Norma all work for the same company. Gerald and Norma both evaluate the company’s financial picture, but Gerald looks at liabilities and Norma looks at expenditures. Both Gerald and Norma make reports for Ruben, who makes the decisions for the company.

Which best describes the jobs of the three employees?

Ruben is the Risk Management Specialist, Gerald is the Budget Analyst, and Norma is the Treasurer.

Ruben is the Treasurer, Gerald is the Risk Management Specialist, and Norma is the Budget Analyst.

Ruben is the Treasurer and Gerald and Norma are the Risk Management Specialists.

Ruben is the Treasurer and Gerald and Norma are the Budget Analysts.

Inside Incorporated was issued a charter on January 15 authorizing the following capital stock:
Common stock, $6 par, 100,000 shares, one vote per share
Preferred stock, 7 percent, par value $10 per share, 5,000 shares, nonvoting.
The following selected transactions were completed during the first year of operations in the order given:
a. Issued 21,000 shares of the $6 par common stock at $19 cash per share.
b. Issued 3,100 shares of preferred stock at $23 cash per share.
c. At the end of the year, the accounts showed net income of $39,000
Prepare the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet at December 31

Hoyle Company owns a manufacturing plant with a fair value of $4,600,000, a recorded cost of $8,500,000, and accumulated depreciation of $3,650,000. Patterson Company owns a warehouse with a fair value of $4,400,000, a recorded cost of $6,900,000, and accumulated depreciation of $2,800,000. Hoyle and Patterson exchange assets, with Hoyle also receiving cash of $200,000 from Patterson. The exchange is considered to have commercial substance.

Required:
Record the exchange on the books of:
a. Hoyle
b. Patterson

Illustrate the effects of each of the transactions on the accounts and financial statements of Snipes Company.

June 8. Snipes Company sold merchandise on account to Beejoy Company, $18,250, terms FOB destination, 2/15, n/eom. The cost of the merchandise sold was $10,000. Snipes Company paid transportation costs of $400 for delivery of the merchandise.

Yozamba Technology has two divisions, Consumer and Commercial, and two corporate service departments, Tech Support and Purchasing. The corporate expenses for the year ended December 31, 20Y7, are as follows:

Tech Support Department $516,000
Purchasing Department 89,600
Other corporate administrative expenses 560,000
Total corporate expense $1,165,600

The other corporate administrative expenses include officers' salaries and other expenses required by the corporation. The Tech Support Department charges the divisions for services rendered, based on the number of computers in the department, and the Purchasing Department charges divisions for services, based on the number of purchase orders for each department. The usage of service by the two divisions is as follows:

Tech Support Purchasing
Consumer Division 375 computers 1,960 purchase prder
Commercial Division 225 3640
Total 600 computers 5,600 purchase order

The service department charges of the Tech Support Department and the Purchasing Department are considered controllable by the divisions. Corporate administrative expenses are not considered controllable by the divisions. The revenues, cost of goods sold, and operating expenses for the two divisions are as follows:

Consumer Commercial
Revenues $7,430,000 $6,184,000
Cost of goods sold 4,123,000 3,125,000
Operating expenses 1,465,000 1,546,000

Required:
Prepare the divisional income statements for the two divisions.

Variance analysis reports can be prepared to examine the difference between budgeted and actual figures for:

Production in terms of cost, quantity and quality
Sales
Profit
Income per sales dollar
Growth rate

Required:
Complete the following variance analysis report.

Variance Analysis Report Actual Budget Variances
REVENUE 320,000 318,750
Direct Expense (variable) 101,000 100,000
Allocated general expenses (fixed) 78,000 80,000
Allocated service expenses:
Department 1 20,500 20,000
Department 2 65,000 62,500
Department 3 101,500 100,000
TOTAL EXPENSES
NET INCOME

Warrants exercisable at $15 each to obtain 81000 shares of common stock were outstanding during a period when the average market price of the common stock was $20. Application of the treasury stock method for the assumed exercise of these warrants in computing diluted earnings per share will increase the weighted average number of outstanding shares by:_________

a. 20250.
b. 81000.
c. 27000.
d. 60750.

Factory Overhead Volume Variance Dvorak Company produced 5,100 units of product that required 3.5 standard hours per unit. The standard fixed overhead cost per unit is $2.50 per hour at 18,750 hours, which is 100% of normal capacity. Determine the fixed factory overhead volume variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

a. State and describe the concept that leads to "conflict of goals between a firm's managers and its shareholders. Give a modern day example of this concept, and discuss some potential solutions.
b. State and describe the concept that states, "factors of production are somewhat immobile." Give an example with detail.

Marshall Welding Company has two service departments (Cafeteria and Human Resources) and two production departments (Machining and Assembly). The number of employees in each department follows. Cafeteria 20 Human Resources 30 Machining 100 Assembly 150 Marshall Welding uses the step-down method of cost allocation and allocates cost on the basis of employees. Human Resources cost amounts to $1,200,000, and the department provides more service to the firm than Cafeteria. How much Human Resources cost would be allocated to Machining

Home Inspirations. Hailey works for her father in a family-owned business called Home Inspirations, a bedding company that has been in operation since the 1800s. When her father retires, Hailey plans on taking over the business. Hailey is aware of many things about the company that she likes, and a few things that she does not. She has particularly noted that when the economy has low unemployment and high total income, sales are great. However, at any other time, sales are not so good.
Currently, all of the bedding items are created in one place and everyone works on various tasks every day. Hailey is thinking about streamlining the production process so that individuals would be responsible for only one task. She believes that if production would increases, she could sell her products at a lower price and increase revenue. She knows that most bedding products available in the market are very similar in nature and satisfy the same need. However, if she were able to lower prices, this might give her company the competitive advantage that it needs. She would then be able to invest money in differentiating her products by providing unique features, building the brand name, and offering services such as free delivery. She is also considering selling her products on the Internet. Hailey knows that her father does not like change very much, but she feels these changes are important for the future of the company.
Hailey feels that for productivity to improve, the company must practice: _________.
a. Free enterprise,
b. Work ethics,
c. Specialization,
d. Cultural diversity,
e. Pure competition.

Viola has to relocate for her job. She finds a townhome with an option to rent or buy. The conditions of each are shown below. Rent: Move-in costs of $2,380 and.monthly payment of $845. Buy: Move-in costs of $5,260 and monthly payment of $785. Viola moves frequently due to her job, but she thinks that she will stay in the area for 4 years. Therefore, she decided to buy. Cho0se the best evaluation of Viola's deci a. Since the costs would be the same over the 4 year period, she will have made a good decision if the property value does not decrease. b. She made a fairly good decision. Buying the townhome will be cheaper over the 4 year period as long as she doesn't have major repairs to make. C. She made a poor decision if the property value does not increase. Renting the townhome would be cheaper over the 4 year period. d. There is not enough information given to determine which option is best.​

Clare, a florist, opened a new store and wanted to purchase a new refrigeration display cabinet for fresh-flower arrangements. She entered into a deal with Alpha Refrigeration Systems for two refrigeration units at $600 each. But, after delivering the units, the salesperson demanded another $100 as delivery charges, which was not mentioned in the deal. Identify the win-lose strategy used by the salesperson.

In the context of customer benefit packages,__________are those that are not essential to the primary service, but enhance it.
a.
central services
b.
peripheral services
c.
tertiary services
d.
core services

Marigold Corp. issued at a premium of $10500 a $192000 bond issue convertible into 4700 shares of common stock (par value $20). At the time of the conversion, the unamortized premium is $4000, the market value of the bonds is $212000, and the stock is quoted on the market at $60 per share. If the bonds are converted into common, what is the amount of paid-in capital in excess of par to be recorded on the conversion of the bonds

Mercury Inc. purchased equipment in 2019 at a cost of $497,000. The equipment was expected to produce 580,000 units over the next five years and have a residual value of $33,000. The equipment was sold for $253,600 part way through 2021. Actual production in each year was: 2019 = 83,000 units; 2020 = 133,000 units; 2021 = 67,000 units. Mercury uses units-of-production depreciation, and all depreciation has been recorded through the disposal date.
Required:
1. Calculate the gain or loss on the sale.
2. Prepare the journal entry to record the sale.
3. Assuming that the equipment was instead sold for $280,000, calculate the gain or loss on the sale.
4. Prepare the journal entry to record the sale in requirement 3.

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The grouping of living things according to similar characteristics is ​