Amount of variable maintenance costs


Question 1. Gibson Company has tow production departments, Mixing and Finishing, served by a maintenance department. Bugeted fixed costs for the maintenance department were $30,000, and the variable cost per labor hour was $4.00. Other relevant data is as follows:

Mixing Finishing
Long-run capacity 18,000 12,000
availability*
Budgeted* 12,000    10,500
Actual* 15,000 9,000

in labor hours

Actual maintenance department costs were $36,000 fixed and $10,000 variable. The amount of variable maintenance costs allocated to the Mixing Department should be ______________.

A. $ 62,5000
B. $72,000
C. $48,000
D. $60,000

Question 2. Hammacher, Inc. has two departments, Get and Go. Relevant information is presented below:

Get Budgeted Sales $400,000 $2,000,000
Actual Sales $300,000 $2,100,000
Total advertising expense is $300,000

If the allocation base is changed from the budgeted sales to actual sales, the amount allocated to the Get Department will __________.

  • Decrease by $25,000
  • Decrease by $12,500
  • Increase by $12,500
  • Increase by $25,000

Question 3. The following information is availale for the Super View Company:

Sales $250,000
Invested Capital $156,250
ROI 10%

What is the return of the sales?

  • 10.00 percent
  • 6.25 percent
  • 1.0 percent
  • none of the listed

Question 4. To create a management control system that meets the organization's needs, designers and need to consider all of the following EXCEPT ___________.

  • existing constraints
  • external reporting requirements
  • internal controls
  • costs versus benefits

Question 5. The term "cost center" is used indiscriminately to describe centers that may or may not be assigned responsibility for the capital investment.

True or False

Question 6. The following infromation pertains to Voyager Company:

Total assets $50,000
Total current liabilities $10,000
Total expenses $60,000
Total liabilities $15,000
Total revenues $80,000
IF invested capital is defined as total assets, a project earning an ROT of 12 percent should be:

  • rejected
  • accepted
  • rejected if the desired rate of return is less than 12 percent
  • rejected if the cost of capital is greater than 12 percent

Question 7. A well-designed management control system ignores non-financial objectives and focuses on financial objectives to develop and report measures of performance.

True or false

Question 8. The following information pertains to Voyager Company.

Total assets $50,000
Total current liabilities $10,000
Total expenses $60,000
Total liabilities $15,000
Total revenue $80,000

If the invested capital is defined as total assets, the return on investment is

  • 160 percent
  • 40 percent
  • 57 percent
  • 25 percent

Question 9. Why is decentralization likely to increase a firm's costs?

A. Information costs rise as responsibility reports are needed
B. Managers duplicate services that might be less expensive if centralized
C. Neither managers duplicates services that might be less expensive if centralizes nor information costs rises as responsibility reports are needed. Decentralized reduces costs.
D. Managers duplicate services that might be less expensive if centralized and information costs rise as responsibility reports are needed.

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