Managerial Accounting_Questions

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SectionA                                                                                                                     40marks

 

AnswerQuestionNo. 1,thenattemptanyotherTHREEquestions.

 

1 Transactiondriverscount howoftenan activityisperformed.

Durationdriversrepresenttheamountof timerequiredtoperforman activity.

Intensitydriversdirectlychargefortheresourcesused eachtimean activityis performed. Also, aweighted indexapproachmightbeused to simulateanintensitydriver.

 

a. Giveanexampleof eachof thefourtypesof driversdescribedabove. b. Explainwheneachofthefourtypesof driversshouldbeused.

c.For eachof the first threetypesof drivers,explaintheassumptionsabouttheactivityandthe objectof theactivity.

d. For eachof the followingactivitiesidentifyatransactiondriver,adurationdriver, andan intensitydriver.

Machinemaintenance

MachinesetupQuality controlMaterialorderingProductionschedulingWarehouseexpenseEngineeringdesign

 

 

 

 

AttemptanyTHREEquestionsof thefollowing

 

2 Describethestepsin thePDCAcycle.

 

3 Describesomeof thedrawbacksofusing theoperatingbudgetasa controldevice.

 

4 Whatrolehastheincreasinglycompetitivebusinessenvironmentplayed inthe developmentofmanagementaccounting?

 

5 Explain howtraditionalcost systems,using only unitlevelcost drivers,distortproductcosts.


 

SectionB                                                                                                                    60marks

 

ReadthefollowingFOURcases,thenanswertherequiredquestionsafter eachcase.

 

 

 

Case1

 

ProfitsharingKnightMedicalDevicesmakesdevicesandequipmentthat itsellstohospitals.The organizationhasaprofit-sharingplan thatiswordedasfollows:

 

The companywillmakeavailableaprofit-sharingpoolthatwill be thelowerofthefollowingtwo items:

 

1.40%ofincomebeforetaxesin excessof thetargetprofitlevel,whichis18%of net assets,or

 

2.$14million.

 

The individualemployeeis paid ashareof theprofit-sharingpoolequal totheratio of that employee'ssalarytothetotalsalarypaid toallemployees.

 

 

 

 

Required

 

(a)        Ifthe companyearned$90millionof earningsbeforetaxesandhadnetassetsof$200 million, whatwouldbetheamountavailablefordistributionfromtheprofit-sharingpool?

 

(b)        Supposethat BobKnight'ssalarywas$136,000 andthattotalsalariespaidinthe company were$50million. Whatwould Bob'sprofit sharebe?


 

Sunshine,Inc.sellsasingle product.The company'smostrecentincomestatementisgivenbelow.

 

 

Sales (4,000units)

 

$120,000

 

Lessvariableexpenses

 

(68,000)

 

Contributionmargin

 

52,000

 

Less fixedexpenses

 

(40,000)

 

Netincome

 

$ 12,000

 

 

 

 

Required:

 

a. Contribution marginper unit is

 

b. Ifsalesaredoubledto$240,000,

totalvariablecostswillequal

 

c.Ifsalesaredoubled to$240,000,

totalfixedcostswillequal

 

d. IfSunshineispast thebreakevenpointand

10 moreunitsaresold,profitswillincreaseby

 

e.Computehowmanyunits must besold to breakeven.

 

f. Computehow manyunits mustbesold to achieveaprofit of$20,000.


 

The CrandonMillhastwodivisions. The CuttingDivision preparestimberat itssawmills.The AssemblyDivision preparesthe cut lumber intofinishedwoodforthefurnitureindustry.Duringthe year,theCuttingDivision prepared60,000cords ofwoodatacost of$660,000.All thelumber was transferredtotheAssemblyDivisionwhereadditionaloperatingcostsof $6per cord wereincurred. The600,000boardfeetoffinishedwood weresoldfor $2,500,000.

 

 

 

 

Required:

 

a. Determinetheoperatingincomeforeachdivisionif thetransferpricefromCuttingtoAssembly isat cost,$11acord.

 

b. Determinetheoperatingincomeforeachdivisionif thetransferpriceis$9 per cord.

 

c.Since theCuttingDivisionsellsallofits wood internallytotheAssemblyDivision,doesthe managercarewhat priceisselected?Why?ShouldtheCuttingDivision beacost centeroraprofit centerunderthe circumstances?

 

 

 

AbbotCorporationproduces200,000,000units ofproductXand80,000,000of productYwiththe followingcosts andmachinehours.

ProductX                 ProductY                  Total

Directcosts

(materialplus labor)             $18,000,000             $8,000,000

Environmental

support                                                                     28,000,000

 

Nonenvironmental

support                                      44,000,000             58,000,000

Totalsupport                           $44,000,000           $86,000,000       $130,000,000

Totalmachinehours                 20,000,000             12,000,000           32,000,000

 

 

Required

 

a.   Determinetotalproductcostper unit for each productusing atraditionalcostingsystemwith machinehoursasthe cost driver.

 

b. Determinetotalproductcost per unit for each productusing an activitybasedcostingsystem. Usethe number of unitsas the costdriverfor each activity.

 

 

 

 

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