Academic Integrity: tutoring, explanations, and feedback — we don’t complete graded work or submit on a student’s behalf.

1. Indirect manufacturing costs: a can be traced to the product that created the

ID: 2380527 • Letter: 1

Question

1. Indirect manufacturing costs:

     a  can be traced to the product that created the costs

      b  may have a cause-and-effect relationship with capacity rather than with individual units of production

     c  generally include the cost of material and the cost of labor

     d  are included in period costs

     a  how costs react to a change in the level of activity

     b  whether a cost is incurred in a manufacturing, merchandising, or service company

     c  classifying costs as either product or period costs

     d  whether a particular expense has been ethically incurred

     a  direct material cost

     b  direct labor cost

     c  indirect manufacturing cost

     d  general and administrative cost

     a  sales volume can be better estimated

     b  costs can be better estimated as volume expands and contracts

     c  true costs of processes can be better evaluated

     d  process inefficiencies can be better identified and, as a result, improved

     a  selling and marketing costs

     b  direct material and direct labor costs

     c  the cost of equipment used to manufacture several different products

     d  All of these are correct.

a.  Direct Material Cost

b.  Fixed Cost


    a  a. Yes, b. Yes

     b  a. Yes, b. No

    c   a. No, b. Yes

     d  a. No, b. No

   a    sunk costs.

     b  period costs.

     c  variable costs.

    d   excluded from product costs.

8. When the level of activity decreases within the relevant range, the fixed cost per unit will:

      a decrease.

    b   increase.

      c remain the same.

     d  The effect cannot be predicted.

a.  Total Variable Cost

b.  Variable Cost Per Unit


     a  a. Increases, b. Decreases

     b  a. Constant, b. Decreases

     c  a. Decreases, b. Constant

     d  a. Increases, b. Constant

10. The potential benefit that is given up when one alternative is selected over another is called:

     a  A sunk cost.

     b  An opportunity cost.

     c  Both a sunk cost and an opportunity cost.

      d Neither a sunk cost nor an opportunity cost.

    a   Incremental cost of selecting one alternative over another.

    b   Opportunity cost of using the asset in an alternative.

    c   Differential cost between two alternatives.

     d  The original cost of the asset.

     a  $96,000

     b  $62,000

     c  $68,000

     d  $74,000

Annual operating cost $80,000

Fixed operating costs other than depreciation $14,000

Resale value, if sold now $25,000

Original cost of current machine $68,000


    a   $80,000

     b  $14,000

     c  $25,000

     d  $68,000

Which of the following terms could be used to correctly describe the cost of electricity used to run the stamping machine?


     a  variable cost

     b  indirect cost

     c  manufacturing overhead cost

     d  All of these

The cost of the raw materials that will be used in manufacturing the computer board is:


     a  a sunk cost

     b  a fixed cost

     c  a period cost

      d a variable cost

To the nearest whole dollar, what should be the total cost of operating the helpline costs at a volume of 23,900 calls in a month? (Assume that this call volume is within the relevant range.)


     a  $442,545

     b  $452,500

     c  $473,326

     d  $432,590

To the nearest whole cent, what should be the average cost of operating the helpline per call at a volume of 25,300 calls in a month? (Assume that this call volume is within the relevant range.)


    a   $18.93

    b   $18.00

     c  $17.89

    d   $18.10

Corporate headquarters building lease $77,000

Cosmetics Department sales commissios-Northridge Store $4,000

Corporate legal office salaries $59,000

Store manager's salary-Northridge Store $11,000

Heating-Northridge Store $10,000

Cosmetics Department cost of sales-Northridge Store $37,000

Central warehouse lease cost $16,000

Store security-Northridge Store $12,000

Cosmetics Department manager's salary-Northridge Store $4,000

The Northridge Store is just one of many stores owned and operated by the company.  The Cosmetics Department is one of many departments at the Northridge Store.  The central warehouse serves all of the company's stores.

What is the total amount of the costs listed above that are direct costs of the Cosmetics Department?

     a  $78,000

     b  $45,000

      c $41,000

     d  $37,000

In this decision, the lost income from the local delivery routes given up can best be described as a(n):

     a  opportunity cost.

     b  conversion cost.

     c  sunk cost.

     d  differential (incremental) cost

In making the decision to invest in the model 240 machine, the opportunity cost was:

    a   $545,000

    b   $450,000

    c   $532,000

     d  $527,000

Explanation / Answer

1 b may have a cause-and-effect relationship with capacity rather than with individual units of production



2 c classifying costs as either product or period costs




3 c indirect manufacturing cost




4 b costs can be better estimated as volume expands and contracts


5 c the cost of equipment used to manufacture several different products


6 d a. No, b. No




7 7 c variable costs.




8 8 d The effect cannot be predicted.




9 d a. Increases, b. Constant




10 b An opportunity cost.




11 a Incremental cost of selecting one alternative over another.




12 d $74,000


13 d $68,000




14 c manufacturing overhead cost




15 d a variable cost




16 c $473,326




17 17 c $17.89




18 d $37,000




19 b conversion cost.


20 d $527,000