Question & Answer

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

What are the advantages of infiltration in PM?

Wainwright Corporation had the following activities in 2014. 1. Sale of land $180,000. 4. Purchase of equipment $415,000. 2. Purchase of inventory $845,000. 5. Issuance of common stock $320,000. 3. Purchase of treasury stock $72,000. 6. Purchase of available-for-sale securities $59,000. Compute the amount Wainwright should report as net cash provided (used) by investing activities in its 2014 statement of cash flows.

Explain how EVA differs from residual income.

Define legal–political risk and give an example of how it can affect an international corporation.

If the regulator imposed such rules, would they cause the firm to make a loss if it faced a downward-sloping LRMSC curve? (Clues: Where would the LRAC curve be relative to the LRMC curve? What would be the effect of externalities and the addition of the Z factor on the price?)

Explain how residual income is calculated, and define required rate of return in your own words.

Assess the economic situation today. Is the current presidential administration more concerned with reducing unemployment or inflation? Does the Fed have a similar opinion? If not, is the administration publicly criticizing the Fed? Is the Fed publicly criticizing the administration? Explain. (LO2; LO3)

Charlie was hired by Ajax this year as a corporate executive and a member of the board of directors. During the current year, Charlie received the following payments or benefits paid on his behalf.

Presented below are three independent situations. Answer the question at the end of each situation. 1. During 2014, Salt-n-Pepa Inc. became involved in a tax dispute with the IRS. Salt-n-Pepa’s attorneys have indicated that they believe it is probable that Salt-n-Pepa will lose this dispute. They also believe that Salt-n-Pepa will have to pay the IRS between $900,000 and $1,400,000. After the 2014 financial statements were issued, the case was settled with the IRS for $1,200,000. What amount, if any, should be reported as a liability for this contingency as of December 31, 2014? 2. On October 1, 2014, Alan Jackson Chemical was identified as a potentially responsible party by the Environmental Protection Agency. Jackson’s management along with its counsel have concluded that it is probable that Jackson will be responsible for damages, and a reasonable estimate of these damages is $5,000,000. Jackson’s insurance policy of $9,000,000 has a deductible clause of $500,000. How should Alan Jackson Chemical report this information in its financial statements at December 31, 2014? 3. Melissa Etheridge Inc. had a manufacturing plant in Sudan, which was destroyed in the civil war. It is not certain who will compensate Etheridge for this destruction, but Etheridge has been assured by governmental officials that it will receive a definite amount for this plant. The amount of the compensation will be less than the fair value of the plant, but more than its book value. How should the contingency be reported in the financial statements of Etheridge Inc.?

The specified dimension = 225.00 mm for a certain injection molded part made of ABS. Compute the corresponding dimension to which the mold cavity should be machined, using the value of shrinkage given in Table 13.1

Explain how the Fed’s monetary policy could depend on the fiscal policy that is implemented. (LO4)

Criticise the use of increasing government expenditure as a means of reducing unemployment.

Sandburg Company requires additional cash for its business. Sandburg has decided to use its accounts receivable to raise the additional cash and has asked you to determine the income statement effects of the following contemplated transactions. 1. On July 1, 2014, Sandburg assigned $400,000 of accounts receivable to Keller Finance Company. Sandburg received an advance from Keller of 80% of the assigned accounts receivable less a commission of 3% on the advance. Prior to December 31, 2014, Sandburg collected $220,000 on the assigned accounts receivable, and remitted $232,720 to Keller, $12,720 of which represented interest on the advance from Keller. 2. On December 1, 2014, Sandburg sold $300,000 of net accounts receivable to Wunsch Company for $270,000. The receivables were sold outright on a without recourse basis. 3. On December 31, 2014, an advance of $120,000 was received from First Bank by pledging $160,000 of Sandburg’s accounts receivable. Sandburg’s first payment to First Bank is due on January 30, 2015. Instructions Prepare a schedule showing the income statement effects for the year ended December 31, 2014, as a result of the above facts.

Presented below is information related to Bobby Engram Company. Cost Retail Beginning inventory $ 58,000 $100,000 Purchases (net) 122,000 200,000 Net markups 10,345 Net markdowns 26,135 Sales revenue 186,000 Instructions (a) Compute the ending inventory at retail. (b) Compute a cost-to-retail percentage (round to two decimals) under the following conditions. (1) Excluding both markups and markdowns. (2) Excluding markups but including markdowns. (3) Excluding markdowns but including markups. (4) Including both markdowns and markups. (c) Which of the methods in (b) above (1, 2, 3, or 4) does the following? (1) Provides the most conservative estimate of ending inventory. (2) Provides an approximation of lower-of-cost-or-market. (3) Is used in the conventional retail method. (d) Compute ending inventory at lower-of-cost-or-market (round to nearest dollar). (e) Compute cost of goods sold based on (d). (f) Compute gross margin based on (d).

Peter M. Dell Co. purchased equipment for $510,000 which was estimated to have a useful life of 10 years with a salvage value of $10,000 at the end of that time. Depreciation has been entered for 7 years on a straight-line basis. In 2015, it is determined that the total estimated life should be 15 years with a salvage value of $5,000 at the end of that time. Instructions (a) Prepare the entry (if any) to correct the prior years’ depreciation. (b) Prepare the entry to record depreciation for 2015.

1.       : Discuss how the dilemma of teamwork versus individual work might be intensified in a virtual team. What dilemmas do you encounter when you have to do class assignments as part of a team? Discuss.

Refer to the data in BE6-7. Assuming quarterly compounding of amounts invested at 12%, how much of John Fillmore’s inheritance must be invested to have enough at retirement to buy the boat?

1.              : What are Krista Russell’s options for responding to Tate’s decision? What should she do now? Why?

What two assumptions are central to the IASB conceptual framework?

A welding operation on an aluminum alloy makes a groove weld. The cross-sectional area of the weld is 30.0 mm2. The welding velocity is 4.0 mm/sec. The heat transfer factor is 0.92 and the melting factor is 0.48. The melting temperature of the aluminum alloy is 650°C. Determine the rate of heat generation required at the welding source to accomplish this weld.

1. Draw a similar diagram to Figure 24.9, only this time assume that the two goods are good a measured on the vertical axis and good b measured on the horizontal axis. Assume that the country has a comparative advantage in good a. (Note that the world price ratio this time will be shallower than the domestic pre-trade price ratio.) Mark the level of exports of a and imports of b. 2. Is it possible to gain from trade if competition is not perfect?

What is working capital? How does working capital relate to the operating cycle?

What is meant by “prior service cost”? When is prior service cost recognized as pension expense?

The before-tax income for Lonnie Holdiman Co. for 2014 was $101,000 and $77,400 for 2015. However, the accountant noted that the following errors had been made: 1. Sales for 2014 included amounts of $38,200 which had been received in cash during 2014, but for which the related products were delivered in 2015. Title did not pass to the purchaser until 2015. 2. The inventory on December 31, 2014, was understated by $8,640. 3. The bookkeeper in recording interest expense for both 2014 and 2015 on bonds payable made the following entry on an annual basis. Interest Expense 15,000 Cash 15,000 The bonds have a face value of $250,000 and pay a stated interest rate of 6%. They were issued at a discount of $15,000 on January 1, 2014, to yield an effective-interest rate of 7%. (Assume that the effective-yield method should be used.) 4. Ordinary repairs to equipment had been erroneously charged to the Equipment account during 2014 and 2015. Repairs in the amount of $8,500 in 2014 and $9,400 in 2015 were so charged. The company applies a rate of 10% to the balance in the Equipment account at the end of the year in its determination of depreciation charges. Instructions Prepare a schedule showing the determination of corrected income before taxes for 2014 and 2015.