Question & Answer

Define the term manufacturing system.

In Figure 24.6, which countries’ terms of trade improved in the 2000s?

The adjusted trial balance of Eastwood Company and other related information for the year 2014 are presented as follows.   Additional information: 1. The LIFO method of inventory value is used. 2. The cost and fair value of the long-term investments that consist of stocks and bonds is the same. 3. The amount of the Construction in Progress account represents the costs expended to date on a building in the process of construction. (The company rents factory space at the present time.) The land on which the building is being constructed cost $85,000, as shown in the trial balance. 4. The patents were purchased by the company at a cost of $40,000 and are being amortized on a straight-line basis. 5. Of the discount on bonds payable, $2,000 will be amortized in 2015. 6. The notes payable represent bank loans that are secured by long-term investments carried at $120,000. These bank loans are due in 2015. 7. The bonds payable bear interest at 8% payable every December 31, and are due January 1, 2025. 8. 600,000 shares of common stock of a par value of $1 were authorized, of which 500,000 shares were issued and outstanding. Instructions Prepare a balance sheet as of December 31, 2014, so that all important information is fully disclosed.

Which elements are the noble metals?

What are the basic differences between civil and criminal tax penalties?

What does the term anisotropic mean?

The payroll of YellowCard Company for September 2013 is as follows. Total payroll was $480,000, of which $110,000 is exempt from Social Security tax because it represented amounts paid in excess of $113,700 to certain employees. The amount paid to employees in excess of $7,000 was $400,000. Income taxes in the amount of $80,000 were withheld, as was $9,000 in union dues. The state unemployment tax is 3.5%, but YellowCard Company is allowed a credit of 2.3% by the state for its unemployment experience. Also, assume that the current FICA tax is 7.65% on an employee’s wages to $113,700 and 1.45% in excess of $113,700. No employee for YellowCard makes more than $125,000. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.8% after state credit. Instructions Prepare the necessary journal entries if the wages and salaries paid and the employer payroll taxes are recorded separately.

A portion of the combined statement of income and retained earnings of Seminole Inc. for the current year follows. Income before extraordinary item $15,000,000 Extraordinary loss, net of applicable income tax (Note 1) 1,340,000 Net income 13,660,000 Retained earnings at the beginning of the year 83,250,000 96,910,000 Dividends declared: On preferred stock—$6.00 per share $ 300,000 On common stock—$1.75 per share 14,875,000 15,175,000 Retained earnings at the end of the year $81,735,000 Note 1. During the year, Seminole Inc. suffered a major casualty loss of $1,340,000 after applicable income tax reduction of $1,200,000. At the end of the current year, Seminole Inc. has outstanding 8,500,000 shares of $10 par common stock and 50,000 shares of 6% preferred. On April 1 of the current year, Seminole Inc. issued 1,000,000 shares of common stock for $32 per share to help finance the casualty. Instructions Compute the earnings per share on common stock for the current year as it should be reported to stockholders.

What is an integrated circuit?

1. What determines the slope of the E function? 2. How does the slope of the E function affect the size of the multiplier? (Try drawing diagrams with E functions of different slopes and see what happens when they shift.)

What are some design recommendations for ceramic parts?

Define what an electrical arc is.

According to the injection molding video, what is the most common type of injection molding machine used in industry?

Carow Corporation purchased, as a held-to-maturity investment, $60,000 of the 8%, 5-year bonds of Harrison, Inc. for $65,118, which provides a 6% return. The bonds pay interest semiannually. Prepare Carow’s journal entries for (a) the purchase of the investment, and (b) the receipt of semiannual interest and premium amortization. Assume effective-interest amortization is used.

In Figures 2.21 and 2.22, the initial change in price was caused by a shift in the demand curve. Redraw these two diagrams to illustrate the situation where the initial change in price was caused by a shift in the supply curve (as would be the case in the wheat market that we have just considered).

What is flash in die casting?

Harris Corp. is a technology start-up and is in its second year of operations. The company didn’t purchase any assets this year but purchased the following assets in 2023:

Using the IS/MP framework illustrate how the financial accelerator affects the extent of the rise in output following a positive demand-side shock.

In 2024, Zach is single with no dependents.  He is not claimed as a dependent on another’s return.  All of his income is from salary and he does not have any for AGI deductions.  What is his earned income credit in 2024 in the following alternative scenarios? a. Zach is 29 years old and his AGI is $5,000.

Why didn’t the FASB cover both types of postretirement benefits—pensions and healthcare—in the earlier pension accounting rules?

1.15     Uncertainties, degree of uncertainty Community Children’s Hospital can invest in one of two different projects. The first project is to purchase and operate a hotel that is located two blocks from the hospital. The CEO of the hospital has no experience operating a hotel, but the hospital does provide rooms for in-patients, and so she is familiar with cleaning requirements and managing housekeeping staff. However, the hospital does little advertising and does not have a large public relations staff. In addition, the hospital and hotel are located in a part of town that is deteriorating. The other investment opportunity is to replace the heart monitors in the neonatal intensive care unit (critical care for newborns and infants). The new monitors would provide a range of functions, including monitoring the body temperature and blood pressure of infants, as well as monitoring heart functions. Each monitor can be used for up to four infants with information about each infant forwarded to one computer that is monitored by a special technician. The current monitors are bedside monitors that need to be read every 10 minutes by nursing staff.   Required (a)          Prepare a list of uncertainties that the CEO faces if she buys the hotel. (b)          Prepare a list of uncertainties the CEO faces if she replaces the heart monitors. (c)           Which scenario appears to have a greater degree of uncertainty? Why?

: Define the four management functions and the type of management activity associated with ach.

Trace through the short-run and long-run internal and external effects (under a fixed exchange rate) of (a) a fall in domestic saving; (b) a rise in the demand for exports.

1.       : If you were asked to design a training program to help managers become better communicators of vision, mission, and values, what would you include in the program?

A cylindrical workpart with D = 2.5 in and h = 2.5 in is upset forged in an open die to a height = 1.5 in. Coefficient of friction at the die-work interface = 0.10. The work material has a flow curve defined by: K = 40,000 lb/in2 and n = 0.15. Yield strength = 15,750 lb/in2. Determine the instantaneous force in the operation (a) just as the yield point is reached (yield at strain = 0.002), (b) at height h = 2.3 in, (c) h = 2.1 in, (d) h = 1.9 in, (e) h = 1.7 in, and (f) h = 1.5 in. Use of a spreadsheet calculator is recommended.