MGMT 640 Final Exam 11212 (Spring 2016)

MGMT640 1121
Final Exam 
Spring 2016 

Name: __________________________    Date: ___________________

The Final Exam is individual work. All work on the exam should be from your own efforts, with no assistance from classmates, family, friends or others.  By proceeding with this exam, you are agreeing not to share the exam content or your responses with anyone, including future students of MGMT640.  Your completed exam is due by 7:00 PM on Sunday, April 24, 2016 (upload to your Final Exam folder under Assignments). 

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You are not required to submit your working.  However, complete working showing formulas and calculations may be considered for partial credit for incorrect answers.

Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1.    Farmland Inc. produces 80,000 units of product A at a total cost of $2.4 million.  Total fixed costs are $1.4 million.  If the company increases production by 25% and uses a 40% markup the price per unit will be:
A)    $31.54
B)    $30.80
C)    $51.80
D)    $37.10

Use the following to answer questions 2-3:
TXU Company's market for the Model 55 has changed significantly, and TXU has had to drop the price per unit from $225 to $165.  There are some units in the work in process inventory that have costs of $200 per unit associated with them.  TXU could sell these units in their current state for $150 each.  It will cost TXU $50 per unit to complete these units so that they can be sold for $165 each.

2.    A new employee looks at the analysis and exclaims, “We'll lose money with either of these alternatives! Let's just throw these units in the trash!” Suppose the alternative to trashing is choosing the more profitable of the two alternatives (that the new employee looked at and did not like). What effect will the trashing option (that the new employee
wants) have on net income?
A)    Net income will increase by $35 per unit for each unit discarded.
B)    Net income will decrease by $150 per unit for each unit discarded.
C)    It will have no effect on net income.
D)    Net income will decrease by $265 per unit for each unit discarded.

3.    When the incremental revenues and expenses are analyzed, the company is better off by
A)    $10 per unit if they sell the units in their current state.
B)    $35 per unit if they sell the units in their current state.
C)    $15 per unit if they complete the units.
D)    $125 per unit if they complete the units.

4.    A company using activity based pricing marks up the direct cost of goods by 43% plus charges customers for indirect costs based on the activities utilized by the customer.  Indirect costs are charged as follows:  $8.00 per order placed; $4.00 per separate item ordered; $30.00 per return.  A customer places 10 orders with a total direct cost of $3,000, orders 300 separate items, and makes 6 returns.  What will the customer be charged?
A)    $5,330
B)    $3,000
C)    $5,750
D)    $4,290

5.    Manufacturing overhead is allocated to products based on the number of machine hours required.  In a year when 20,000 machine hours were anticipated, costs were budgeted at $125,000.  If a product requires 7,000 machine hours, how much manufacturing overhead will be allocated to this product?
A)    $41,667
B)    $43,750
C)    $44,120
D)    $50,000

Use the following to answer questions 6-7:
The Sunderland Hotel has 200 rooms. Each room rents at $110 per night and variable costs total $16 per room per night of occupancy.  Fixed costs total $84,000 per month.

6.    If Sunderland spends an additional $10,000 in the month of February on advertising they feel that they can expect occupancy rate to increase by 5%. What would be the financial impact of spending this additional money on advertising for the month of February (28 days)?
A)    Total fixed costs will increase by $10,500.
B)    Net income will increase by $16,320.
C)    Net income will increase by $26,320.
D)    Total fixed costs will remain the same.

7.    If 80% of the rooms are occupied each night in the month of February (28 days) what will total costs be for the month?
A)    $132,560.
B)    $173,600.
C)    $143,680.
D)    $155,680.

8.    Leicester Company manufactures widgets.  West Ham Company has approached Leicester with a proposal to sell the company one of the components used to make widgets at a price of $100,000 for 50,000 units.  Leicester is currently making these components in its own factory.  The following costs are associated with this part of the process when 50,000 units are produced:

Direct material    $44,000
Direct labor    20,000
Manufacturing overhead        60,000
Total    $124,000

The manufacturing overhead consists of $32,000 of costs that will be eliminated if the components are no longer produced by Leicester.  The remaining manufacturing overhead will continue whether or not Leicester makes the components.  
What is the amount of avoidable costs if Leicester buys rather than makes the components?
A)    $60,000
B)    $96,000
C)    $124,000
D)    $100,000

         9. Below is a performance report that compares budgeted and actual profit of Boyles Beer
 for the month of April:

    Budget    Actual    Difference
Sales    $200,000    $202,000    $2,000
Less:            
     Cost of ingredients    $162,000    $166,000    $4,000
     Salaries    $31,000    $31,200    $200
            
Controllable Profit    $47,000    $44,800    -$2,200

In evaluating the department in terms of its increase in sales and expenses, what will be
 most important to investigate?

A)    Sales
B)    Cost of ingredients
C)    Salaries
D)    All three components have equal importance.

10.    A company has a total cost of $50.00 per unit at a volume of 100,000 units.  The variable cost per unit is $20.00.  What would the price be if the company expected a volume of 120,000 units and used a markup of 50%?
A)    $75.00
B)    $62.50
C)    There is not enough information in the problem to answer
D)    $67.50

       11.  If a company is currently operating at its breakeven point, which of the following
              statements is true? (Income tax considerations are ignored.)
A)    If fixed costs increase, net income will decrease by the contribution margin ratio times the amount of the increase in fixed costs.
B)    If sales increase by 20%, net income will also increase by 20%, assuming fixed costs are not equal to zero.
C)    If variable costs double, net income will decrease by 50%.
D)    Net income will decrease by the decrease in number of units sold times the contribution margin per unit.

        12.  One Small Grill Company is a start up with the following profile: 
               Unit selling price = $230; Variable cost per unit = $130; Fixed Costs = $36,000; 
                  Tax rate = 40%.  How many units should Small Grill sell to achieve an after-tax target
                  income of $6,000?
A)    200
B)    230
C)    460
D)    300

13.    Western Apparel Company owns two stores and management is considering eliminating the East store due to declining sales.  Segmented contribution income statements are as follows and common fixed costs are allocated on the basis of sales.
    West    East    Total
Sales    $480,000    100,000    $580,000
Variable costs    262,500    55,000    317,500
Direct fixed costs    62,500    25,000    87,500
Segment margin    155,000    20,000    175,000
Allocated fixed costs    137,500    35,000    172,500
Net Income    $17,500    ($15,000)    $  2,500
 
Western feels that if they eliminate the East store that sales in the West store will decline by 25%.  If they close the East store, overall company net income will:
A)    decline by $90,000.
B)    decline by $63,500.
C)    decline by $85,625.
D)    decline by $74,375.

14.    JungleGym, a best-selling toy has a selling price of $15.  If the contribution margin ratio is 40% and if the fixed costs are $60,000, how many JungleGyms must the company sell to realize a profit of $450,000?
A)    100,000
B)    30,000
C)    34,000
D)    85,000

15.    Given a resource constraint, management should shift the focus of cost-volume-profit analysis to: 
A)    Increasing labor productivity and reducing output.
B)    The product with the lowest variable cost per sales dollar.
C)    The contribution margin per unit of the constraint.
D)    Decreasing the firm’s breakeven point by increasing the selling price.

16.    Which of the following changes will result in a change in the break-even point?
A)    The number of units sold goes up.
B)    The sales price per unit goes up.
C)    The company buys a new depreciable machine.
D)    The tax rate on profits changes.

17.    Assume that Charlie’s Bikes has fixed costs of $101,250.  Each unit generates variable costs of $80 and sells for $125.  What is the break-even point for Charlie’s Bikes?
A)    2,250 units
B)    221,250 units
C)    1,536 units
D)    8,025 units

18.    For which of the following decisions are sunk costs relevant?
A)    The decision to sell or not sell a new product after paying for its market surveys.
B)    The decision to sell a product after the split-off point or after further processing.
C)    The decision to accept or reject a special order.
D)    None of the above.

19.    Della’s Furniture has a contribution margin ratio of 15%.  If fixed costs are $175,500, how many dollars of revenue must the company generate in order to reach the break-even point?  
A)    $1,111,333
B)    $1,211,333
C)    $1,170,000
D)    $2,111,450

20.    The Copy Department of the Cadiz Company is budgeted to incur $40,000 per month in fixed costs and $0.02 per copy in variable costs.  It allocates copy costs to user departments as follows: Fixed costs are allocated (as a lump sum) based on budgeted fixed costs and estimated peak demand for each department. Variable costs are allocated based on the budgeted rate per copy times the department's actual usage.  Which of the following is not an advantage of this allocation scheme over allocating actual costs based on actual usage?
A)    The amount charged to one using department is not affected by the number of copies used by another department.
B)    Managers in the using departments pay for the fixed costs that are created by their demands for capacity.
C)    Using departments are not charged for cost overruns in the copy department.
D)    All of the above are advantages of this allocation system.

21.    Alfredo’s Pizza produced and sold 2,000 pizzas last month and had fixed costs of $6,000.  If production and sales are expected to increase by 10% next month, which of the following statements is true?
A)    Total fixed costs will decrease.
B)    Fixed cost per unit will decrease.
C)    Total fixed costs will increase.
D)    Fixed cost per unit will increase.

22.    The Swansea Company uses cost-plus pricing with a 50% mark-up.  The company is currently selling 100,000 units at $12 per unit.  Each unit has a variable cost of $6.  In addition, the company incurs $200,000 in fixed costs annually.  If demand falls to 80,000 units and Swansea wants to continue to earn a 50% return, what price should the company charge?
A)    $12.75
B)    $14.55
C)    $13.50
D)    $10.95

Use the following to answer question 23:
Taylor's Treasures has collected the following information over the last six months.

Month    Units produced    Total costs
March    10,000    $25,600
April    12,000    26,200
May    18,000    27,600
June    13,000    26,450
July    12,000    26,000
August    15,000    26,500

23.    Using the high-low method, what is the variable cost per unit?
A)    $0.25
B)    $2.56
C)    $0.22
D)    $2.00

24.    A manufacturing company produces and sells 40,000 units of a single product.  Variable costs total $80,000 and fixed costs total $120,000.  If unit is sold for $8, what markup percentage is the company using?
A)    60%
B)    160%
C)    75%
D)    133%

25.    Visit finance.yahoo.com and determine which of the following statements is incorrect:
A)    The current market cap of Alphabet Inc. is greater than the market cap of Microsoft.
B)    The current ratio for the most recent quarter for Alphabet Inc. is greater than the current ratio for Microsoft.
C)    The current Price per share of Microsoft is more than ten times that of Alphabet Inc.
D)    Return on equity for the most recent quarter for Alphabet Inc. is higher than return on equity for Microsoft.