Relevant cost of the materials

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Question 1: Schickel Inc. regularly uses material B39U and currently has in stock 460 liters of the material for which it paid $3,128 several weeks ago. If this were to be sold as is on the open market as surplus material, it would fetch $5.95 per liter. New stocks of the material can be purchased on the open market for $6.45 per liter, but it must be purchased in lots of 1,000 liters. You have been asked to determine the relevant cost of 760 liters of the material to be used in a job for a customer. The relevant cost of the 760 liters of material B39U is:

• $6,450
• $4,902
• $4,672
• $4,522

Question 2: Munafo Corporation is a specialty component manufacturer with idle capacity. Management would like to use its extra capacity to generate additional profits. A potential customer has offered to buy 6,500 units of component VGI. Each unit of VGI requires 1 unit of material I57 and 5 units of material M97. Data concerning these two materials follow:

Material I57 is in use in many of the company's products and is routinely replenished. Material M97 is no longer used by the company in any of its normal products and existing stocks would not be replenished once they are used up.

What would be the relevant cost of the materials, in total, for purposes of determining a minimum acceptable price for the order for product VGI?

• $174,850
• $213,850
• $171,925
• $213,130

Question 3: Winder Corporation is a specialty component manufacturer with idle capacity. Management would like to use its extra capacity to generate additional profits. A potential customer has offered to buy 3,000 units of component QEA. Each unit of QEA requires 5 units of material F85 and 5 units of material E71. Data concerning these two materials follow:

Material F85 is in use in many of the company's products and is routinely replenished. Material E71 is no longer used by the company in any of its normal products and existing stocks would not be replenished once they are used up.

What would be the relevant cost of the materials, in total, for purposes of determining a minimum acceptable price for the order for product QEA?

• $141,750
• $126,702
• $145,965
• $126,295

Question 4: Motor Company manufactures 10,000 units of Part M-l each year for use in its production. The following total costs were reported last year:

Valve Company has offered to sell Motor 10,000 units of Part M-l for $18 per unit. If Motor accepts the offer, some of the facilities presently used to manufacture Part M-l could be rented to a third party at an annual rental of $15,000. Additionally, $4 per unit of the fixed overhead applied to Part M-l would be totally eliminated. Should Motor Company accept Valve Company's offer, and why?

• Yes, because it would be $25,000 cheaper to buy the part.
• No, because it would be $15,000 cheaper to make the part.
• Yes, because it would be $10,000 cheaper to buy the part.
• No, because it would be $5,000 cheaper to make the part.

Question 5: Sardi Inc. is considering whether to continue to make a component or to buy it from an outside supplier. The company uses 17,000 of the components each year. The unit product cost of the component according to the company's cost accounting system is given as follows:

Direct materials                            $8.20
Direct labor                                    8.30
Variable manufacturing overhead     1.20
Fixed manufacturing overhead         4.30
Unit product cost                         $22.00

Assume that direct labor is a variable cost. Of the fixed manufacturing overhead, 70% is avoidable if the component were bought from the outside supplier. In addition, making the component uses 2 minutes on the machine that is the company's current constraint. If the component were bought, this machine time would be freed up for use on another product that requires 4 minutes on the constraining machine and that has a contribution margin of $7.00 per unit.

When deciding whether to make or buy the component, what cost of making the component should be compared to the price of buying the component?

• $20.71
• $25.50
• $24.21
• $22.00

Question 6: Wood Carving Corporation manufactures three products. Because of a recent lack of skilled wood carvers, the corporation has had a shortage of available labor hours. The following per unit data relates to the three products of the corporation:

                                  Letter Openers    Elvis Statues    Candle Holders
Sales price                         $30                   $80                  $42
Variable costs                     $20                   $40                  $20
Labor hours required            1                       6                     2

Assume that Wood Carving only has 1,800 labor hours available next month. Also assume that Wood Carving can only sell 800 units of each product in a given month. What is the maximum amount of contribution margin that Wood Carving can generate next month given this labor hour shortage?

$12,000

$19,600

$19,000

$19,800

Question 7: Elly Industries is a multi-product company that currently manufactures 30,000 units of Part MR24 each month for use in production. The facilities now being used to produce Part MR24 have a fixed monthly cost of $150,000 and a capacity to produce 35,000 units per month. If Elly were to buy part MR24 from an outside supplier, the facilities would be idle, but its fixed costs would continue at 40% of their present amount. The variable production costs of Part MR24 are $11 per unit.

If Elly Industries continues to use 30,000 units of Part MR24 each month, it would realize a net benefit by purchasing Part MR24 from an outside supplier only if the supplier's unit price is less than:

• $14.00
• $11.00
• $16.00
• $13.00

Question 8: Elly Industries is a multi-product company that currently manufactures 30,000 units of Part MR24 each month for use in production. The facilities now being used to produce Part MR24 have a fixed monthly cost of $150,000 and a capacity to produce 35,000 units per month. If Elly were to buy part MR24 from an outside supplier, the facilities would be idle, but its fixed costs would continue at 40% of their present amount. The variable production costs of Part MR24 are $11 per unit.

If Elly industries is able to obtain Part MR24 from an outside supplier at a unit purchase price of $15, the monthly usage at which it will be indifferent between purchasing and making Part MR24 is:

• 32,000 units
• 22,500 units
• 30,000 units
• 35,000 units

Question 9: Ahron Company makes 80,000 units per year of a part it uses in the products it manufactures. The unit product cost of this part is computed as follows:

Direct materials                             $14.90
Direct labor                                    17.50
Variable manufacturing overhead       1.90
Fixed manufacturing overhead         21.10
Unit product cost                           $55.40

An outside supplier has offered to sell the company all of these parts it needs for $46.60 a unit. If the company accepts this offer, the facilities now being used to make the part could be used to make more units of a product that is in high demand. The additional contribution margin on this other product would be $560,000 per year.

If the part were purchased from the outside supplier, all of the direct labor cost of the part would be avoided. However, $13.60 of the fixed manufacturing overhead cost being applied to the part would continue even if the part were purchased from the outside supplier. This fixed manufacturing overhead cost would be applied to the company's remaining products.

What is the maximum amount the company should be willing to pay an outside supplier per unit for the part if the supplier commits to supplying all 80,000 units required each year?

• $7.00
• $55.40
• $62.40
• $48.80

Question 10: Younes Inc. manufactures industrial components. One of its products, which is used in the construction of industrial air conditioners, is known as P06. Data concerning this product are given below:

The above per unit data are based on annual production of 4,000 units of the component. Direct labor can be considered to be a variable cost.

The company has received a special, one-time-only order for 500 units of component P06. There would be no variable selling expense on this special order and the total fixed manufacturing overhead and fixed selling and administrative expenses of the company would not be affected by the order. However, assume that Younes has no excess capacity and this special order would require 30 minutes of the constraining resource, which could be used instead to produce products with a total contribution margin of $10,000. What is the minimum price per unit on the special order below which the company should not go?

• $67
• $83
• $103
• $20

Question 11: Elfving Company produces a single product. The cost of producing and selling a single unit of this product at the company's normal activity level of 80,000 units per month is as follows:

Direct materials                                          $37.50
Direct labor                                                  $6.00
Variable manufacturing overhead                   $1.00
Fixed manufacturing overhead                      $11.50
Variable selling & administrative expense        $1.80
Fixed selling & administrative expense            $8.00

The normal selling price of the product is $71.10 per unit.

An order has been received from an overseas customer for 1,000 units to be delivered this month at a special discounted price. This order would have no effect on the company's normal sales and would not change the total amount of the company's fixed costs. The variable selling and administrative expense would be $1.50 less per unit on this order than on normal sales.

Direct labor is a variable cost in this company.

Suppose the company is already operating at capacity when the special order is received from the overseas customer. What would be the opportunity cost of each unit delivered to the overseas customer?

• $5.30
• $6.80
• $7.40
• $24.80

Question 12: Elfving Company produces a single product. The cost of producing and selling a single unit of this product at the company's normal activity level of 80,000 units per month is as follows:

Direct materials                                       $37.50
Direct labor                                               $6.00
Variable manufacturing overhead                $1.00
Fixed manufacturing overhead                   $11.50
Variable selling & administrative expense     $1.80
Fixed selling & administrative expense         $8.00

The normal selling price of the product is $71.10 per unit.

An order has been received from an overseas customer for 1,000 units to be delivered this month at a special discounted price. This order would have no effect on the company's normal sales and would not change the total amount of the company's fixed costs. The variable selling and administrative expense would be $1.50 less per unit on this order than on normal sales.

Direct labor is a variable cost in this company.

Suppose there is not enough idle capacity to produce all of the units for the overseas customer and accepting the special order would require cutting back on production of 400 units for regular customers. The minimum acceptable price per unit for the special order is closest to:

• $54.72
• $56.00
• $71.10
• $65.80

Question 13: Dilly Farm Supply is located in a small town in the rural west. Data regarding the store's operations follow:

- Sales are budgeted at $290,000 for November, $310,000 for December, and $210,000 for January.
- Collections are expected to be 65% in the month of sale, 33% in the month following the sale, and 2% uncollectible.
- The cost of goods sold is 80% of sales.
- The company purchases 70% of its merchandise in the month prior to the month of sale and 30% in the month of sale. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.
- Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $21,100.
- Monthly depreciation is $21,000.
- Ignore taxes.

Expected cash collections in December are:

• $310,000
• $297,200
• $201,500
• $95,700

Question 14: Dilly Farm Supply is located in a small town in the rural west. Data regarding the store's operations follow:

- Sales are budgeted at $290,000 for November, $310,000 for December, and $210,000 for January.
- Collections are expected to be 65% in the month of sale, 33% in the month following the sale, and 2% uncollectible.
- The cost of goods sold is 80% of sales.
- The company purchases 70% of its merchandise in the month prior to the month of sale and 30% in the month of sale. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.
- Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $21,100.
- Monthly depreciation is $21,000.
- Ignore taxes.

The cost of December merchandise purchases would be:

$192,000

$248,000

$232,000

$117,600

Question 15: Dilly Farm Supply is located in a small town in the rural west. Data regarding the store's operations follow:

- Sales are budgeted at $290,000 for November, $310,000 for December, and $210,000 for January.
- Collections are expected to be 65% in the month of sale, 33% in the month following the sale, and 2% uncollectible.
- The cost of goods sold is 80% of sales.
- The company purchases 70% of its merchandise in the month prior to the month of sale and 30% in the month of sale. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.
- Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $21,100.
- Monthly depreciation is $21,000.
- Ignore taxes.

December cash disbursements for merchandise purchases would be:

• $192,000
• $248,000
• $117,600
• $243,200

Question 16: Dilly Farm Supply is located in a small town in the rural west. Data regarding the store's operations follow:

- Sales are budgeted at $290,000 for November, $310,000 for December, and $210,000 for January.
- Collections are expected to be 65% in the month of sale, 33% in the month following the sale, and 2% uncollectible.
- The cost of goods sold is 80% of sales.
- The company purchases 70% of its merchandise in the month prior to the month of sale and 30% in the month of sale. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.
- Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $21,100.
- Monthly depreciation is $21,000.
- Ignore taxes.

The excess (deficiency) of cash available over disbursements for December would be:

$46,600

$19,200

$32,900

$13,700

Question 17: Dilly Farm Supply is located in a small town in the rural west. Data regarding the store's operations follow:

- Sales are budgeted at $290,000 for November, $310,000 for December, and $210,000 for January.
- Collections are expected to be 65% in the month of sale, 33% in the month following the sale, and 2% uncollectible.
- The cost of goods sold is 80% of sales.
- The company purchases 70% of its merchandise in the month prior to the month of sale and 30% in the month of sale. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.
- Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $21,100.
- Monthly depreciation is $21,000.
- Ignore taxes.

The net income for December would be:

• $32,900
• $13,700
• $19,900
• $40,900

Question 18: Dilly Farm Supply is located in a small town in the rural west. Data regarding the store's operations follow:

- Sales are budgeted at $290,000 for November, $310,000 for December, and $210,000 for January.
- Collections are expected to be 65% in the month of sale, 33% in the month following the sale, and 2% uncollectible.
- The cost of goods sold is 80% of sales.
- The company purchases 70% of its merchandise in the month prior to the month of sale and 30% in the month of sale. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.
- Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $21,100.
- Monthly depreciation is $21,000.
- Ignore taxes.

The cash balance at the end of December would be:

• $63,300
• $57,900
• $25,000
• $38,300

Question 19: Dilly Farm Supply is located in a small town in the rural west. Data regarding the store's operations follow:

- Sales are budgeted at $290,000 for November, $310,000 for December, and $210,000 for January.
- Collections are expected to be 65% in the month of sale, 33% in the month following the sale, and 2% uncollectible.
- The cost of goods sold is 80% of sales.
- The company purchases 70% of its merchandise in the month prior to the month of sale and 30% in the month of sale. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.
- Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $21,100.
- Monthly depreciation is $21,000.
- Ignore taxes.

The accounts receivable balance, net of uncollectible accounts, at the end of December would be:

• $108,500
• $198,000
• $102,300
• $83,200

Question 20: Dilly Farm Supply is located in a small town in the rural west. Data regarding the store's operations follow:

- Sales are budgeted at $290,000 for November, $310,000 for December, and $210,000 for January.
- Collections are expected to be 65% in the month of sale, 33% in the month following the sale, and 2% uncollectible.
- The cost of goods sold is 80% of sales.
- The company purchases 70% of its merchandise in the month prior to the month of sale and 30% in the month of sale. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.
- Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $21,100.
- Monthly depreciation is $21,000.
- Ignore taxes.

Accounts payable at the end of December would be:

• $248,000
• $192,000
• $117,600
• $74,400

Question 21: Dilly Farm Supply is located in a small town in the rural west. Data regarding the store's operations follow:

- Sales are budgeted at $290,000 for November, $310,000 for December, and $210,000 for January.
- Collections are expected to be 65% in the month of sale, 33% in the month following the sale, and 2% uncollectible.
- The cost of goods sold is 80% of sales.
- The company purchases 70% of its merchandise in the month prior to the month of sale and 30% in the month of sale. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.
- Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $21,100.
- Monthly depreciation is $21,000.
- Ignore taxes.

Retained earnings at the end of December would be:

• $311,400
• $347,200
• $325,100
• $335,200

Question 22: Bramble Corporation is a small wholesaler of gourmet food products. Data regarding the store's operations follow:

- Sales are budgeted at $340,000 for November, $320,000 for December, and $310,000 for January.
- Collections are expected to be 80% in the month of sale, 16% in the month following the sale, and 4% uncollectible.
- The cost of goods sold is 75% of sales.
- The company purchases 60% of its merchandise in the month prior to the month of sale and 40% in the month of sale. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.
- Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $24,000.
- Monthly depreciation is $15,000.
- Ignore taxes.

Expected cash collections in December are:

• $256,000
• $310,400
• $54,400
• $320,000

Question 23: Bramble Corporation is a small wholesaler of gourmet food products. Data regarding the store's operations follow:

- Sales are budgeted at $340,000 for November, $320,000 for December, and $310,000 for January.
- Collections are expected to be 80% in the month of sale, 16% in the month following the sale, and 4% uncollectible.
- The cost of goods sold is 75% of sales.
- The company purchases 60% of its merchandise in the month prior to the month of sale and 40% in the month of sale. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.
- Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $24,000.
- Monthly depreciation is $15,000.
- Ignore taxes.

The cost of December merchandise purchases would be:

• $240,000
• $235,500
• $139,500
• $255,000

Question 24: Bramble Corporation is a small wholesaler of gourmet food products. Data regarding the store's operations follow:

- Sales are budgeted at $340,000 for November, $320,000 for December, and $310,000 for January.
- Collections are expected to be 80% in the month of sale, 16% in the month following the sale, and 4% uncollectible.
- The cost of goods sold is 75% of sales.
- The company purchases 60% of its merchandise in the month prior to the month of sale and 40% in the month of sale. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.
- Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $24,000.
- Monthly depreciation is $15,000.
- Ignore taxes.

December cash disbursements for merchandise purchases would be:

• $246,000
• $235,500
• $139,500
• $240,000

Question 25: Bramble Corporation is a small wholesaler of gourmet food products. Data regarding the store's operations follow:

- Sales are budgeted at $340,000 for November, $320,000 for December, and $310,000 for January.
- Collections are expected to be 80% in the month of sale, 16% in the month following the sale, and 4% uncollectible.
- The cost of goods sold is 75% of sales.
- The company purchases 60% of its merchandise in the month prior to the month of sale and 40% in the month of sale. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.
- Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $24,000.
- Monthly depreciation is $15,000.
- Ignore taxes.

The excess (deficiency) of cash available over disbursements for December would be:

• $68,600
• $12,200
• $28,200
• $40,400

Question 26: An activity-based costing system that is designed for internal decision-making generally will not conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Which of the following is NOT a reason for this happening?

• Some manufacturing costs (i.e., the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs) will not be assigned to products.
• First-stage allocations may be based on subjective interview data.
• Some nonmanufacturing costs are assigned to products.
• Allocation bases other than direct labor-hours, direct labor cost, and machine-hours are used.

Question 27: Abel Company uses activity-based costing. The company has two products: A and B. The annual production and sales of Product A is 200 units and of Product B is 400 units. There are three activity cost pools, with estimated costs and expected activity as follows:

The cost per unit of Product B is closest to:

• $74.73
• $17.69
• $41.58
• $81.53

Question 28: (Appendix 8A) Groats Catering uses activity-based costing for its overhead costs. The company has provided the following data concerning the activity rates in its activity-based costing system:

Activity Cost Pools    Preparing Meals    Arranging Functions
Wages $1.15    $180.00
Supplies $0.40    $320.00
Other expenses $0.15    $130.00

The number of meals served is the measure of activity for the Preparing Meals activity cost pool. The number of functions catered is used as the activity measure for the Arranging Functions activity cost pool.
Management would like to know whether the company made any money on a recent function at which 150 meals were served. The company catered the function for a fixed price of $18.00 per meal. The cost of the raw ingredients for the meals was $12.40 per meal. This cost is in addition to the costs of wages, supplies, and other expenses detailed above
.
For the purposes of preparing action analyses, management has assigned ease of adjustment codes to the costs as follows: wages are classified as a Yellow cost; supplies and raw ingredients as a Green cost; and other expenses as a Red cost.

Suppose an action analysis report is prepared for the function mentioned above. What would be the "red margin" in the action analysis report? (Round to the nearest whole dollar.)

• $(195)
• $105
• $(45)
• $(145)

Question 29: (Appendix 8A) Groats Catering uses activity-based costing for its overhead costs. The company has provided the following data concerning the activity rates in its activity-based costing system:

Activity Cost Pools    Preparing Meals    Arranging Functions
Wages $1.15    $180.00
Supplies $0.40    $320.00
Other expenses $0.15    $130.00

The number of meals served is the measure of activity for the Preparing Meals activity cost pool. The number of functions catered is used as the activity measure for the Arranging Functions activity cost pool.
Management would like to know whether the company made any money on a recent function at which 150 meals were served. The company catered the function for a fixed price of $18.00 per meal. The cost of the raw ingredients for the meals was $12.40 per meal. This cost is in addition to the costs of wages, supplies, and other expenses detailed above.
For the purposes of preparing action analyses, management has assigned ease of adjustment codes to the costs as follows: wages are classified as a Yellow cost; supplies and raw ingredients as a Green cost; and other expenses as a Red cost.

Suppose an action analysis report is prepared for the function mentioned above. What would be the "yellow margin" in the action analysis report? (Round to the nearest whole dollar.)

• $233
• $108
• $183
• $288

Question 30: (Appendix 8B) Addison Company has two products: A and B. Annual production and sales are 800 units of Product A and 700 units of Product B. The company has traditionally used direct labor-hours as the basis for applying all manufacturing overhead to products. Product A requires 0.2 direct labor hours per unit and Product B requires 0.6 direct labor hours per unit. The total estimated overhead for next period is $71,286.

The company is considering switching to an activity-based costing system for the purpose of computing unit product costs for external reports. The new activity-based costing system would have three overhead activity cost pools--Activity 1, Activity 2, and General Factory--with estimated overhead costs and expected activity as follows:

(Note: The General Factory activity cost pool's costs are allocated on the basis of direct labor hours.)

The overhead cost per unit of Product B under the activity-based costing system is closest to:

• $56.62
• $22.38
• $73.74
• $47.52

Question 31: (Appendix 8B) Kebort Manufacturing Corporation has a traditional costing system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to its products using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours (DLHs). The company has two products, U86Y and M91F, about which it has provided the following data:

U86Y    M91F
Direct materials per unit $19.80    $45.80
Direct labor per unit $18.20    $49.40
Direct labor-hours per unit 0.70    1.90
Annual production 40,000    10,000

The company's estimated total manufacturing overhead for the year is $2,541,760 and the company's estimated total direct labor-hours for the year is 47,000.

The company is considering using a variation of activity-based costing to determine its unit product costs for external reports. Data for this proposed activity-based costing system appear below:

Activities and Activity Measures    Estimated Overhead Cost
Direct labor support (DLHs) $1,175,000
Setting up machines (setups) 407,960
Part administration (part types) 958,800
Total $2,541,760

Expected Activity
U86Y    M91F    Total
DLHs 28,000    19,000    47,000
Setups 2,256    658    2,914
Part types 1,034    2,162    3,196

The unit product cost of product M91F under the activity-based costing system is closest to:

• $95.20
• $121.57
• $197.95
• $216.77

Question 32: (Appendix 8B) Pacchiana Manufacturing Corporation has a traditional costing system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to its products using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours (DLHs). The company has two products, R21V and D00B, about which it has provided the following data:

The unit product cost of product R21V under the company's traditional costing system is closest to:

• $23.50
• $24.40
• $41.36
• $34.02

Question 33: (Appendix 8B) Pacchiana Manufacturing Corporation has a traditional costing system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to its products using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours (DLHs). The company has two products, R21V and D00B, about which it has provided the following data:

The unit product cost of product D00B under the activity-based costing system is closest to:

• $111.81
• $81.20
• $30.61
• $133.82

Question 34: Under the variable costing method, which of the following is always expensed in its entirety in the period in which it is incurred?

• fixed manufacturing overhead cost
• fixed selling and administrative expense
• variable selling and administrative expense
• all of the above

Question 35: Net operating income under absorption costing may differ from net operating income determined under variable costing. How is this difference calculated?

• number of units produced during the period times the fixed manufacturing overhead rate per unit.
• number of units produced during the period times the variable manufacturing cost per unit.
• change in the quantity of units in inventory times the variable manufacturing cost per unit.
• change in the quantity of units in inventory times the fixed manufacturing overhead rate per unit.

Question 36: Blake Company produces a single product. Last year, Blake's net operating income under absorption costing was $3,600 lower than under variable costing. The company sold 10,000 units during the year, and its variable costs were $9 per unit, of which $1 was variable selling expense. If production cost was $11 per unit under absorption costing, then how many units did the company produce during the year?

• 8,200 units
• 11,800 units
• 11,200 units
• 8,800 units

Question 37: Pungent Corporation manufactures and sells a spice rack. Shown below are the actual operating results for the first two years of operations:

Pungent's cost structure and selling price were the same for both years. What is Pungent's variable costing net operating income for Year 2?

• $54,000
• $48,000
• $56,000
• $50,000

Question 38: Hurlex Company produces a single product. Last year, Hurlex manufactured 15,000 units and sold 12,000 units. Production costs for the year were as follows:

Sales totaled $840,000 for the year, variable selling expenses totaled $60,000, and fixed selling and administrative expenses totaled $180,000. There were no units in the beginning inventory. Assume that direct labor is a variable cost.

The contribution margin per unit would be:

• $25
• $39
• $34
• $35

Question 39: Abdi Company, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations:

What is the total period cost for the month under the variable costing approach?

• $86,700
• $65,700
• $98,000
• $163,700

Question 40: Abdi Company, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations:

What is the total period cost for the month under the absorption costing approach?

• $65,700
• $163,700
• $21,000
• $98,000

Question 41: Hopi Corporation expects the following operating results for next year:

What is Hopi expecting total fixed expenses to be next year?

• $75,000
• $200,000
• $225,000
• $100,000

Question 42: The margin of safety in the Flaherty Company is $24,000. If the company's sales are $120,000 and its variable expenses are $80,000, its fixed expenses must be:

• $32,000
• $8,000
• $24,000
• $16,000

Question 43: The following data relate to a company that produces and sells a travel guide that is updated monthly:

Fixed costs:
Copy editing $6,000
Art work $2,000
Typesetting $72,000
Variable costs:
Printing and binding $3.20 per copy
Bookstore discounts $4.00 per copy
Salespersons' commissions $0.50 per copy
Author's royalties $2.00 per copy

Each book sells for $20.00. The company sold 8,000 books in June and 10,000 books in July.

The degree of operating leverage for July is:

• higher than that for June
• lower than that for June
• the same as that for June
• not determinable

Question 44: (CPA, adapted) The Maxwell Company manufactures and sells a single product. Budgeted data follow:

If Maxwell Company's direct labor costs increase 8 percent, what selling price per unit of product must it charge to maintain the same contribution margin ratio?

• $27.00
• $25.40
• $25.51
• $26.64

Question 45: Next year, Rad Shirt Company expects to sell 32,000 shirts. Rad is budgeting the following operating results for next year:

Rad is considering increasing its advertising by $48,000 next year. By how much would sales have to increase in order for Rad to still generate a $320,000 net operating income?

• $76,800
• $120,000
• $75,000
• $48,000

Question 46: Taylor, Inc. produces only two products, Acdom and Belnom. These account for 60% and 40% of the total sales dollars of Taylor, respectively. The unit variable expense as a percentage of the selling price is 60% for Acdom and 85% for Belnom. Total fixed expenses are $150,000. There are no other costs.

What is Taylor's break-even point in sales dollars?

• $214,286
• $150,000
• $500,000
• $300,000