Question & Answer

Are all such agreements necessarily against the interests of consumers?

Taking the same industries, identify as many economies of scale as you can.

Describe the roles of market makers. (LO2)

There are four categories of nontraditional machining processes, based on principal energy form. Name the four categories

Why is the 15-year mortgage attractive to homeowners? Is the interest rate risk to the financial institution higher for a 15-year mortgage or a 30-year mortgage? Why? (LO2)

What is a production line?

A laser triangulation system has the laser mounted at a 35° angle from the vertical. The distance between the worktable and the photodetector is 24.0000 in. Determine (a) the distance between the laser and the photodetector when no part is present and (b) the height of a part when the distance between the laser and photo-detector is 12.0250 in.

What are the functions served by the bit of a soldering iron in hand soldering?

What is meant by the ‘steady-state economic growth path’? What determines its slope?

What is the difference between a process layout and a product layout in a production facility?

Referring to Figure 2.15, use the mid-point formula to calculate the price elasticity of demand between (a) P = 6 and P = 4; (b) P = 4 and P = 2. What do you conclude about the elasticity of a straight-line demand curve as you move down it?

Worf Co. both purchases and constructs various equipment it uses in its operations. The following items for two different types of equipment were recorded in random order during the calendar year 2014.3 Purchase Cash paid for equipment, including sales tax of $5,000 $105,000 Freight and insurance cost while in transit 2,000 Cost of moving equipment into place at factory 3,100 Wage cost for technicians to test equipment 4,000 Insurance premium paid during fi rst year of operation on this equipment 1,500 Special plumbing fi xtures required for new equipment 8,000 Repair cost incurred in fi rst year of operations related to this equipment 1,300 Construction Material and purchased parts (gross cost $200,000; failed to take 2% cash discount) $200,000 Imputed interest on funds used during construction (stock fi nancing) 14,000 Labor costs 190,000 Allocated overhead costs (fi xed—$20,000; variable—$30,000) 50,000 Profi t on self-construction 30,000 Cost of installing equipment 4,400 Instructions Compute the total cost for each of these two pieces of equipment. If an item is not capitalized as a cost of the equipment, indicate how it should be reported.

Solve Problem 24.17 except that in part (a), determine cutting speed for minimum cost.

Identify the principal objective in just-in-time production.

What are the two basic methods of arc shielding?

Identify the two significant disadvantages of electrochemical machining.

List the accessory tools that can be used during open die forging according to the video on forging

What are reversing entries, and why are they used?

Carol Keene, corporate comptroller for Dumaine Industries, is trying to decide how to present “Property, plant, and equipment” in the balance sheet. She realizes that the statement of cash flows will show that the company made a significant investment in purchasing new equipment this year, but overall she knows the company’s plant assets are rather old. She feels that she can disclose one figure titled “Property, plant, and equipment, net of depreciation,” and the result will be a low figure. However, it will not disclose the age of the assets. If she chooses to show the cost less accumulated depreciation, the age of the assets will be apparent. She proposes the following. Property, plant, and equipment, net of depreciation $10,000,000 rather than Property, plant, and equipment $50,000,000 Less: Accumulated depreciation 40,000,000 Net book value $10,000,000 Instructions Answer the following questions. (a) What are the ethical issues involved? (b) What should Keene do?

What is meant by the designation 12 x 36 inch lathe?

The executive officers of Rouse Corporation have a performance-based compensation plan. The performance criteria of this plan is linked to growth in earnings per share. When annual EPS growth is 12%, the Rouse executives earn 100% of the shares; if growth is 16%, they earn 125%. If EPS growth is lower than 8%, the executives receive no additional compensation. In 2014, Joan Devers, the controller of Rouse, reviews year-end estimates of bad debt expense and warranty expense. She calculates the EPS growth at 15%. Kurt Adkins, a member of the executive group, remarks over lunch one day that the estimate of bad debt expense might be decreased, increasing EPS growth to 16.1%. Devers is not sure she should do this because she believes that the current estimate of bad debts is sound. On the other hand, she recognizes that a great deal of subjectivity is involved in the computation. Instructions Answer the following questions. (a) What, if any, is the ethical dilemma for Devers? (b) Should Devers’s knowledge of the compensation plan be a factor that influences her estimate? (c) How should Devers respond to Adkins’s request?

Faith Evans Corporation is a regional company which is an SEC registrant. The corporation’s securities are thinly traded on NASDAQ. Faith Evans Corp. has issued 10,000 units. Each unit consists of a $500 par, 12% subordinated debenture and 10 shares of $5 par common stock. The investment banker has retained 400 units as the underwriting fee. The other 9,600 units were sold to outside investors for cash at $880 per unit. Prior to this sale, the 2-week ask price of common stock was $40 per share. Twelve percent is a reasonable market yield for the debentures, and therefore the par value of the bonds is equal to the fair value. Instructions (a) Prepare the journal entry to record Evans’ transaction, under the following conditions. (1) Employing the incremental method. (2) Employing the proportional method, assuming the recent price quote on the common stock reflects fair value. (b) Briefly explain which method is, in your opinion, the better method.

The following example was provided to encourage the use of the LIFO method. In a nutshell, LIFO subtracts inflation from inventory costs, deducts it from taxable income, and records it in a LIFO reserve account on the books. The LIFO benefit grows as inflation widens the gap between currentyear and past-year (minus inflation) inventory costs. This gap is: With LIFO Without LIFO Revenues $3,200,000 $3,200,000 Cost of goods sold 2,800,000 2,800,000 Operating expenses 150,000 150,000 Operating income 250,000 250,000 LIFO adjustment 40,000 0 Taxable income $ 210,000 $ 250,000 Income taxes @ 36% $ 75,600 $ 90,000 Cash fl ow $ 174,400 $ 160,000 Extra cash $ 14,400 0 Increased cash fl ow 9% 0% Instructions (a) Explain what is meant by the LIFO reserve account. (b) How does LIFO subtract inflation from inventory costs? (c) Explain how the cash flow of $174,400 in this example was computed. Explain why this amount may not be correct. (d) Why does a company that uses LIFO have extra cash? Explain whether this situation will always exist.

Cost function; opportunity cost; relevant costs Yummy Yoghurt sells yogurt cones in a variety of natural flavours. Data for a recent month follow: Required (a)          Categorise each cost as fixed or variable. (b)          Create a cost function.

Question: Duncan Company reports the following financial information before adjustments. Dr. Cr. Accounts Receivable $100,000 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $ 2,000 Sales Revenue (all on credit) 900,000 Sales Returns and Allowances 50,000 Instructions Prepare the journal entry to record Bad Debt Expense assuming Duncan Company estimates bad debts at (a) 1% of net sales and (b) 5% of accounts receivable.