Answer 1. A cost that remains the same in total even when volume of activity varies is a: A. Fixed cost. B. Curvilinear cost. C. Variable cost. D. Step-wise variable cost. E. Standard cost. 2. An important tool in predicting the volume of activity‚ the costs to be incurred‚ the sales to be earned‚ and the profit to be received is: A. Target income analysis. B. Cost-volume-profit analysis. C. Least-squares regression of costs. D. Variance analysis. E. Process costing. 3. Cost-volume-profit
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B313F Management and Cost Accounting Assignment 1 Date due: 29 October 2008 Weighting: 15% of the total marks of the course Question 1 (25 marks) Mini Case – Seto’s Storage Warehouse Paul Seto owns and manages a commercial storage warehouse. He stores a vast variety of perishable goods for his customers. Under the existing pricing policy‚ he has charged customers using a flat rate of $2.40 per kilogram per month for goods stored. His storage warehouse has 10‚000 cubic metres of
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COST-VOLUMEPROFIT ANALYSIS Julie E. Colandog A systematic examination of the relationship among cost‚ cost driver or level of activity (volume)‚ and Sales Less: Variable Costs Contribution Margin Less: Fixed Costs Net Profit xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx CONTRIBUTION MARGIN INCOME STATEMENT e s Sa l Total Cost Break-even point Fixed Cost Break-even point is a condition where total revenue equals total cost and profit is equal to zero BREAK-EVEN POINT Break-even point (pesos) = Total Fixed
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Relevant Costs and Decision Making 4.16 A. The fixed overhead cost will be the same regardless of which method Regina Corp goes. Based on the analysis of Yoklic‚ they will incur the additional cost of $6 per unit by purchasing the subassemblies versus manufacturing them. B. The $50‚000 that is saved by eliminating the fixed overhead reduces the cost for outsourcing. This will give Yoklic an overall $20‚000 savings for 5‚000 units by purchasing externally versus manufacturing internally
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The cost profit analysis (CVP) determines how cost and volume affect a company’s operating income. To successfully perform the analysis the five basic components have to be known. The components are volume or level of activity‚ unit selling prices‚ variable cost per unit‚ total fixed cost‚ and sales mix. Volume or level of activity is how many units are produced or sold. The unit selling prices are the cost that each unit produced is sold or thought to be sold will sale for. The variable cost per
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was to ask for cost estimation of public service. Why do you think he asked for cost estimation instead of privatizing the public service right away? Was it a sensible action? 2. Existing DOT employees were allowed to bid against private businesses. Was it a sensible decision? For example‚ they could have been just fired. 3. How well did the project team implement ABC for estimating the cost of pothole filling? Do you agree with the manner in which they treated equipment cost and excess capacity
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When companies accumulate costs‚ they generally use either a job order or a process costing system. The type of system used often varies based on the type of product or service provided. Examine your experiences with a current or former employer and a product or service provided by this employer. My former employer provided chiropractic care. Chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system‚ and the effects of these disorders
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complexity that drive overhead costs for Forest Hill? FHPC produces 20 different grades of paperboard requiring several changes in quantities and production run. Grade changes induce instabilities into the manufacturing process that result in scrap until the process resumes stability. On average‚ production engineers estimate that approximately one-half reel is lost to scrap each time a grade change is made. Between production runs of two different products machine setup costs are incurred. How to accurately
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the unfair headquarters’ overhead cost allocation method of Korea insurance company. There are concerns towards the system by a manager. And that lead to reduce on net income of branches. Jin Kim is trying to develop more efficient systems. The reading text is about the headquarters’ cost allocation method of Korea insurance Co. Inc. Jin Kim‚ manager of the company‚ accused that the costing systems is inefficient as it leads to decrease in incremental cost inappropriately and discourages employees
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Chapter 05 Production and Cost Essay Questions 1. Always Round Tire has a production function of Q = 300 L.75 K.5. In the short run‚ if L = 250 and K = 25‚ what happens to the output of tires if L jumps to 300 and then 350. What law does this illustrate? When L=250 and K=25 then Q=94307. When L increases to 300‚ Q increases to 108‚127. When L increases to 350‚ Q increases to 121‚379. This shows the effects of diminishing marginal returns to labor as a factor of production.
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