ACCOUNTG 331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5.2: Opportunity Cost, Product Differentiation, Mass Customization
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| FILL IN THE CORRECT TERMINOLOGIES IN THE BLANK SPACES | ||
| _____ 1. | a. A method of internal (managerial accounting) reporting that emphasizes the distinction between variable and fixed costs. | |
| _____ 2. | b. A discounted cash flow approach to capital budgeting that computes the present value of all future cash flows. | |
| _____ 3. | c. Determination of the maximum cost a company can spend to make a product given a set volume, selling price and desired operating profit. | |
| _____ 4. | d. An analysis of the additional costs and benefits of a proposed alternative compared with the current situation. | |
| _____ 5. | e. A historical cost that the company has already incurred which is irrelevant to the decision making process. | |
| _____ 6. | f. Costs that will not continue if an ongoing operation is changed or deleted. | |
| _____ 7. | g. An already owned production site that is not currently in use. | |
| _____ 8. | h. The maximum available benefit foregone by using a resource for a particular purpose. | |
| _____ 9. | i. The predicted future costs and revenues that will differ among alternative courses of action. | |
| _____ 10. | J. The time it will take to recoup, in the form of cash inflows from operations, the initial dollars invested in a project | |
| _____ 11. | k. Those costs of facilities and services that are shared by users | |
| _____ 12. | l. The juncture of manufacturing where separate products developed in the same process become individually identifiable. | |
| _____ 13. | m. A costing approach that considers all indirect manufacturing costs (both variable and fixed) to be product (inventoriable) costs. | |
| _____ 14. | n. Purchasing products or services from a supplier outside the company. | |
| _____ 15. | o. Capital budgeting models that focus on cash inflows and ouflows while taking into account the time value of money | |
| _____ 16. | p. Calculation of a selling price sufficient to cover the cost of producing a product as well as desired operating income | |
| _____ 17 | q. The long-term planning for investment commitments with returns spread over multiple years | |
| _____ 18. | r. A decision process that compares the differential revenues and costs of alternatives. | |
| _____ 19. | s. Costs that will continue even if a company discontinues one of its current operations | |
| _____ 20. | t. The increase in expected average annual operating income divided by the original required investment | |
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2. Firms with tangiblelong-term assets and less predictable cash flows, such as automanufacturers and steel companies, whose sales vary with changes ineconomic conditions, tend to use
a. | a more nearly equal mix of long-term debt and shareholdersâequity financing. |
b. | a greater amount of long-term debt [80%] than shareholdersâequity financing [20%]. |
c. | a smaller amount of long-term debt [20%] than shareholdersâequity financing [80%]. |
d. | a greater amount of long-term debt [80%] than assets [20%]. |
e. | a greater amount of shareholdersâ equity [80%] than assets[20%]. |
3. During Year 3,Carrington Company made the following expenditures relating toplant machinery and equipment:
· | Continuing, frequent, and low cost repairs | $46,000 |
· | Special long-term protection devices were attached to tenmachines | 11,000 |
· | A broken gear on a machine was replaced | 5,000 |
How much should be charged to repairs and maintenance in Year3?
a. | $46,000 |
b. | $51,000 |
c. | $57,000 |
d. | $41,000 |
e. | none of the above |
4. Which of the followingis/are not capitalized as an intangible asset?
a. | costs of an internally developed patent |
b. | legal costs to defend a patent successfully |
c. | goodwill acquired when a company purchases another company |
d. | costs to purchase a patent |
e. | none of the above |
5. Repairs and maintenancedo not include
a. | the costs of restoring an asset's service potential afterbreakdowns. |
b. | expenditures that increase the asset's life. |
c. | routine costs such as for cleaning and adjusting. |
d. | major tune-ups including labor and parts. |
e. | All of the above are not considered to be repairs ormaintenance. |
12. Sigma Company suffers a loss to itsbuilding in a fire and spends $100,000 on repairs and improvements.It judges that $80,000 of the expenditure replaces long-livedassets lost in the fire, and $20,000 represents improvements to thebuilding. Which of the following is the single journal entry thatSigma Company will make?
a. | Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000 Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 100,000 |
b. | Loss from Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000 Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 100,000 |
c. | Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000 Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20,000 Loss from Fire . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 80,000 |
d. | Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,000 Loss from Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,000 Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 100,000 |
e. | Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000 Loss from Fire . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 100,000 |
16. Firms treat expenditures as assetswhen they:
a. | have acquired rights to the future use of a resource as a resultof a past transaction or event. |
b. | can reliably measure the cost of the expected benefits at thetime of initial recognition. |
c. | can exercise the entityâs right to, or control of, thebenefit. |
d. | can obtain the future service potential and control othersâaccess to it. |
e. | all of the above |
Clarion Realty
Clarion Realty has decided to construct its own office building.The construction will be partially financed through a constructionloan and any remainder will be financed from internally generatedfunds. The internal accountants have collected the followinginformation concerning the construction.
Average Balance | Construction | Other | |
Year | Construction Account | Debt @ 6% | Debt @ 10% |
1 | $2,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $500,000 |
2 | $4,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $250,000 |
3 | $3,000,000 | $800,000 | $200,000 |
22. The amount, if any, of capitalizedinterest cost for Year 1 is
a. | $0 |
b. | $50,000 |
c. | $60,000 |
d. | $110,000 |
e. | $170,000 |
23. The amount, if any, of capitalizedinterest cost for Year 2 is
a. | $0 |
b. | $50,000 |
c. | $60,000 |
d. | $180,000 |
e. | $230,000 |
33. When a firm constructs its ownbuildings or equipment:
a. | it recognizes the labor, material, and overhead costs incurredas an asset. |
b. | U.S. GAAP and IFRS require firms to include, or capitalize,interest costs during construction in the cost of aself-constructed asset. |
c. | it recognizes the labor, material, and overhead costs incurredas a period expense. |
d. | U.S. GAAP and IFRS require firms to expense interest costsincurred during construction of a self-constructed asset. |
e. | both choices a and b are correct. |
