FATέH UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT

MAN 306 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING

MIDTERM EXAM II

Instructor: Ali COSKUN                                                                                                                                  May 18, 2005

QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1. (15 points)

Mice Computer Company collected the following information on the cost of producing 1,500 monitors:

            Direct materials ………………………………  $ 66 per unit

            Direct labor ……………………………………     15 per unit

            Variable overhead………………………….…     18 per unit

            Fixed overhead(Purchasing, receiving, etc.)  27 per unit

            Fixed overhead – depreciation …………..       55 per unit

 

National Corporation has offered to sell Mice Computer the monitors for $120 each. The facilities remain idle so fixed costs for depreciation cannot be eliminated if the units purchased. But other fixed costs (purchasing, receiving, etc.) can be eliminated.

Should Mice Computer make or buy the parts?

 

QUESTION 2. (15 points)

Ralph Company is considering replacing a machine that is presently used in the production of its product. The following data are available:

                                                            Old Machine               Replacement Machine

            Original Cost                            $ 45,000                                  $ 25,000

            Useful life in years                               9                                              4

            Current age in years                            5                                              0

            Book value                                $ 15,000                                              -

            Disposal value (current)           $ 10,000                                              -

            Disposal value in 4 years                     0                                              0

            Cash operating costs                  $ 9,000                                    $ 5,000

 

What is the difference in cost between keeping the old machine and replacing it? What do you suggest to manager of Ralph Company, keep or replace?

 

QUESTION 3. (30 points)

Coffey Company reported the following information about the production and sales of its only product during its first month of operations:

 

   Sales ($105 per unit)                                               $147,000

   Direct materials used                                                 70,000

   Direct labor                                                      40,000

   Variable factory overhead                                           30,000

   Fixed factory overhead                                    17,500

   Variable selling and administrative expenses           10,000

   Fixed selling and administrative expenses                15,000

   Ending inventories:

      Direct materials                                                           -0-

      WIP                                                                                -0-

      Finished goods                                                             350 units

What would be the followings?

a. The contribution margin under variable costing

b. The operating income (loss) under variable costing

c. The gross profit under absorption costing

d. The operating income (loss) under absorption costing

 

 

QUESTION 4.

Mickey Corporation manufactures fishing poles that have a price of $21.00. It has costs of $16.32. A competitor is introducing a new fishing pole that will sell for $18.00. Management believes it must lower the price to $18.00 in order to compete in the highly cost-conscious fishing pole market. Marketing believes that the new price will maintain the current sales level. Mickey Corporation's sales are currently 200,000 poles per year.

 

a. What is the target cost for the new price if target profit is 20 percent of sales?

b. What is the target selling price if costs cannot be reduced and target profit is changed to 15 percent of sales?

c. What is the change in operating income for the year if $18.00 is the new price and costs remain the same?

d. What is the target cost per unit if the selling price is reduced to $18.00 and the company wants to maintain its same income level?

 

QUESTION 5.

Kapa's Jewelers manufactured 2,000 rings during March with a total overhead budget of $49,600. The information missing from the variance analysis report is lettered in the following set of data:

Variable overhead:

   Standard cost per ring: 0.4 labor hour at $8 per hour

   Actual costs: $8,400 for 752 hours

   Flexible budget:  a

   Total flexible-budget variance:  b

   Variable overhead spending variance:  c

   Variable overhead efficiency variance:  d

Fixed overhead:

   Budgeted costs:  e

   Actual costs:  f

   Flexible-budget variance: $2,000 favorable

 

Compute the missing elements in the report represented by the lettered items.