Question 1: Winter Company incurred direct materials costs of $500,000 during the year.
Manufacturing overhead applied was $90,000 and is applied at the rate of 60% of direct labor costs. Winter Company’s total manufacturing costs for the year were
a. $740,000.00
b. $644,000.00
c. $590,000.00
d. $944,000.00
Use the following information for questions below:
Month Miles Total Cost
January 80,000 $135,000
February 50,000 100,000
March 70,000 120,000
April 90,000 160,000
Question 2: In applying the high-low method, what is the unit variable cost?
a. $1.60.
b. $1.50.
c. $1.80.
d. cannot be determined from the information given.
Question 3: In applying the high-low method, what is the fixed cost?
a. $25,000.00
b. $40,000.00
c. $20,000.00
d. $60,000.00
Question 4: The direct materials budget shows:
3,000 Units to be produced
6,000 Total pounds needed for production
6,600 Total materials required
What are the direct materials per unit?
a. 1.08 pounds
b. 2.0 pounds
c. 2.2 pounds
d. cannot be determined from the data.
Question 5: If an investment center has generated a controllable margin of $60,000 and sales of $300,000, what is the return on investment for the investment center if average operating assets were $500,000 during the period?
a. 12%
b. 20%
c. 48%
d. 60%
Question 6: Given below is an excerpt from a management performance report:
Budget Actual Difference
$1,000,000 $1,050,000 $50,000 Contribution margin
$500,000 $450,000 $50,000 Controllable fixed costs
The manager's overall performance
a. is 20% below expectations.
b. is 20% above expectations.
c. is equal to expectations.
d. cannot be determined from information given.
Question 7: The per-unit standards for direct materials are 2 gallons at $4 per gallon. Last month, 5,600 gallons of direct materials that actually cost $21,200 were used to produce 3,000 units of product.
The direct materials quantity variance for last month was
a. $1,600 favorable.
b. $1,200 favorable.
c. $1,600 unfavorable.
d. $2,800 unfavorable.
Question 8: A company uses 6,300 pounds of materials and exceeds the standard by 300 pounds. The quantity variance is $900 unfavorable. What is the standard price?
a. $1.00.
b. $2.00.
c. $3.00.
d. Cannot be determined from the data provided.
Use the following information for questions below:
Sam's Manufacturing Company can make 100 units of a necessary component part with the following costs:
Direct Materials $80,000
Direct Labor 13,000
Variable Overhead 40,000
Fixed Overhead 27,000
Question 9: If Sam's Manufacturing Company purchases the component externally, $20,000 of the fixed costs can be avoided. At what external price for the 100 units is the company indifferent between making or buying?
a. $160,000.00
b. $113,000.00
c. $153,000.00
d. $133,000.00
Question 10: If Sam's Manufacturing Company can purchase the component externally for $145,000 and only $4,000 of the fixed costs can be avoided, what is the correct “make or buy” decision?
a. Make and save $8,000
b. Buy and save $8,000
c. Make and save $20,000
d. Buy and save $20,000
Use the following information for questions below:
Downing Company produces a high resolution computer monitor. The following information is available for this product:
Fixed cost per unit $50
Variable cost per unit 150
Total cost per unit 200
Desired ROI per unit 60
Question 11: Downing Company's markup percentage would be
a. 120%.
b. 60%.
c. 40%.
d. 30%.
Question 12: The target selling price for this monitor is
a. $110.00
b. $200.00
c. $210.00
d. $260.00