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1. Cost-volume-profit analysis is a decision making tool that helps managers understand how several factor influence profits. All of the following are factors analyzed as part of CVP analysis,
except
:
a) Sales price
b) Sales volume
c) Unit variable cost
d) Unit fixed costs
2. Which of the following statements is correct?
a) The break-even point is the point where total sales equal total variable expenses.
b) The break-even point is the point where total profit equals total fixed expenses.
c) The break-even point is the point where total contribution margin equals total expenses.
d) The break-even point is the point where total profit equals zero.
3. Which of the following statements is correct?
a) Firms with high fixed cost structures enjoy greater stability in income across good years and bad years.
b) An advantage of a high fixed cost structure is that income will be higher in good years compared to firms with lower proportion of variable costs.
c) Managers have no control over their company’s cost structure.
d) Cost structure refers to the relative proportion of contribution margin and variable costs.
4. MGA Burrito is a Burrito retailer open for breakfast and lunch. The average selling price of a burrito is $10 and the contribution margin ratio is 0.6. The average fixed expense per month is $1,000. An average of 4,000 smoothies are sold each month. What is the variable expense per unit?
a) 4$
b) 5$
c) 6$
d) 7$
5. MGA Corporation is currently forecasting the following results for the coming period:
Selling price
$200 Variable expenses per unit
$60 Fixed expenses
$2,000 What is the profit impact if MGA Corporation can increase unit sales from 400 to 600 by increasing the monthly advertising budget by $1,000?
a) $23,000
b) $24,000
c) $25,000
d) $26,000
6. MGA 202 Company sells a single product for $100 per unit. If variable expenses are 50% of sales and fixed expenses total $10,000, the unit sales to break-even point will be:
a) 100
b) 200
c) 300
d) 400
7. MGA International sells a single product for $200 per unit and its variable expenses are 60% of sales. The company's monthly fixed expense is $100,000 per month. The dollar sales to attain the company's monthly target profit of $50,000 is closest to:
a) $250,000
b) $275,000
c) $350,000
d) $375,000
8. MGA 202 produces and sells calculators. The company sold 20,000 calculators last year at a selling price of $10. Fixed expenses associated with the calculator total $80,000 per year, and variable expenses per unit are $5. The company developed a new calculator, and management is confident that sales will increase by 10% next year. What would be the growth in net operating income (in dollars)?
a) $7,000
b) $8,000
c) $9,000
d) $10,000
9. Which of the following statements is correct?
a) In a traditional income statement, costs are categorized by their behavior.
b) In a traditional income statement, fixed manufacturing overhead costs are treated as period costs.
c) Variable costing gives the wrong impression that fixed manufacturing overhead is variable with respect to the number of units produced.
d) Variable costing income is only affected by changes in unit sales.
10.In a traditional income statement, costs are categorized by their . Whereas, in a contribution margin income statement, costs are categorized by their ?
a) Financial accounting purpose; function
b) Function; behavior
c) Function; Financial accounting purpose
d) Behavior; function
11. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a) Budgets define goals and objectives that can serve as benchmarks for evaluating subsequent performance.
b) Budgets are only as good as the estimates and assumptions that they are built on.
c) When budgeting for the coming period, we complete a production budget first.
d) Participative budgeting is a budgeting process in which low-level managers are involved in the budget preparation process.
12. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a) A merchandise purchase budget is a quantitative plan of future purchases from suppliers.
b) Budgets are easily prepared because the assumptions and estimates used in budgets are widely
known.
c) The budgeting process can uncover potential bottlenecks before they occur.
d) Budgets force managers to think about and plan for the future.
13. Which of the following is created from scratch every year?
a) Responsibility budget
b) Merchandise purchase budget
c) Zero-based budget
d) Participative budget
14. The production manager of MGA Corporation has submitted the following monthly production forecast for the upcoming quarter.
April
May
June
Quarter
Budgeted sales in units
20,000
50,000
30,000
100,000
On March 31
st
, 4,000 units were on hand. The management at MGA Corporation wants ending inventory to be equal to 20% of the following month’s budgeted sales in units. What is the required production for April?
a) 20,000
b) 22,000
c) 24,000
d) 26,000
15. The production manager of MGA Corporation has submitted the following monthly production forecast for the upcoming quarter.
April
May
June
Quarter
Budgeted sales in units
20,000
50,000
30,000
100,000
On March 31
st
, 4,000 units were on hand. The management at MGA Corporation wants ending inventory to be equal to 20% of the following month’s budgeted sales in units. What is the required production for May?
a) 40,000
b) 42,000
c) 44,000
d) 46,000
16. The purchase manager of MGA Corporation has submitted the following monthly purchase forecast for the upcoming quarter.
April
May
June
Quarter
Required
production in
units
26,000
46,000
29,000
101,000
On March 31
st
, 13,000 pounds were on hand. Each unit of product consumes 5 pounds of materials, and the material cost is $0.4 per pound. The management at MGA Corporation wants ending inventory of direct materials to be equal to 10% of the following month’s production. How much materials should be purchased in April?
a) 140,000 pounds
b) 160,000 pounds
c) 180,000 pounds
d) 200,000 pounds
17. The purchase manager of MGA Corporation has submitted the following monthly purchase forecast for the upcoming quarter.
April
May
June
Quarter
Required
production in
units
26,000
46,000
29,000
101,000
On March 31
st
, 13,000 pounds were on hand. Each unit of product consumes 5 pounds of materials, and the material cost is $0.4 per pound. The management at MGA Corporation wants ending inventory of direct materials to be equal to 10% of the following month’s production. How much materials should be purchased in May?
a) 160,000 pounds
b) 161,500 pounds
c) 220,000 pounds
d) 221,500pounds
18. The human resource manager of MGA Corporation has submitted the following monthly labor hour forecast for the upcoming quarter.
April
May
June
Quarter
Labor hours
Required
1,300
2,300
1,450
5,050
Manufacturing overhead is applied to units of product on the basis of direct labor hours. The variable manufacturing overhead rate is $20 per direct labor hour, and fixed manufacturing overhead is $50,000 per month, which includes $20,000 of noncash costs. Compute the total cash
disbursement for manufacturing overhead costs for May.
a) $56,000
b) $76,000
c) $96,000
d) $116,000
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