Read the following MCQs and select the right answer:

1. For July, White Corporation has budgeted production of 6,000 units. Each unit requires 0.10 direct labor-hours at a cost of $8.50 per direct labor-hour. How much will White Corporation budget for labor in July?
A. $51,000
B. $5,160
C. $600
D. $5,100

2. Triste Corporation manufactures and sells women's skirts. Each skirt (unit) requires 2.6 yards of cloth. Selected data from Triste's master budget for next quarter are shown below:

July August September

Budgeted sales (in units) 7,000 9,000 10,000

Budgeted production (in units) 8,000 10,500 14,000

Each unit requires 1.6 hours of direct labor, and the average hourly cost of Triste's direct labor is $15. What is the cost of Triste Corporation's direct labor in September?

A. $336,000

B. $240,000

C. $150,000

D. $210,000

3. May Corporation, a merchandising firm, has budgeted sales as follows for the third quarter of the year:

July $80,000

August $90,000

September $70,000

Cost of goods sold is equal to 65% of sales. The company wants to maintain a monthly ending inventory equal to 130% of the Cost of Goods Sold for the following month. The inventory on June 30 is less than this ideal since it is only $65,000. The company is now preparing a Merchandise Purchases Budget.

The budgeted purchases for July are:

A. $52,000

B. $63,050

C. $47,450

D. $91,050

4. The Covey Corporation is preparing its Manufacturing Overhead Budget for the fourth quarter of the year. The budgeted variable manufacturing overhead rate is $4.00 per direct labor-hour; the budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead is $64,000 per month, of which $18,000 is factory depreciation.

If the budgeted direct labor time for October is 8,000 hours, then the total budgeted manufacturing overhead for October is:

A. $96,000

B. $78,000

C. $64,000

D. $76,000

5. The Adams Corporation, a merchandising firm, has budgeted its activity for November according to the following information:

• Sales at $450,000, all for cash.

• Merchandise inventory on October 31 was $200,000.

• The cash balance November 1 was $18,000.

• Selling and administrative expenses are budgeted at $60,000 for November and are paid for in cash.

• Budgeted depreciation for November is $25,000.

• The planned merchandise inventory on November 30 is $230,000.

• The cost of goods sold is 70% of the selling price.

• All purchases are paid for in cash.

• There is no interest expense or income tax expense.

The budgeted cash receipts for November are:

A. $315,000

B. $450,000

C. $135,000

D. $475,000

6. Jason Corporation has invested in a machine that cost $80,000, that has a useful life of eight years, and that has no salvage value at the end of its useful life. The machine is being depreciated by the straight-line method, based on its useful life. It will have a payback period of five years. Given these data, the simple rate of return on the machine is closest to:

A. 6.8%

B. 7.5%

C. 9%

D. 12%

7.

Bullinger Corporation has provided the following data concerning an investment project that it is considering:

Initial investment $470,000

Annual cash flow $134,000 per year

Salvage value at the end of the project $27,000

Expected life of the project 4 years

Discount rate 14%

The net present value of the project is closest to:

A. $93,000

B. $406,326

C. ($63,674)

D. ($79,658)

8.

Schoultz Corporation has provided the following data concerning an investment project that it is considering:

Initial investment $700,000

Annual cash flow $266,000 per year

The life of the project is 4 years. The company's discount rate is 12%. The net present value of the project is closest to:

A. $700,000

B. $364,000

C. $108,108

D. $808,108

9.

Valotta Corporation has provided the following data concerning an investment project that it is considering:

Initial investment $690,000

Working capital $70,000

Annual cash flow $283,000 per year

Salvage value at the end of the project $21,000

Expected life of the project 4 years

Discount rate 11%

The working capital would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The net present value of the project is closest to:

A. $178,118

B. $201,988

C. $463,000

D. $131,988

10. For the past year, Allargando Company recorded sales of $500,000 and average operating assets of $250,000. What is the margin that Allargando Company needed to earn in order to achieve an ROI of 12%?

A. 6.00%

B. 12.00%

C. 2.00%

D. 8.33%

11. Garde Corporation keeps careful track of the time required to fill orders. Data concerning a particular order appear below:

Hours

Wait time 28.1

Process time 0.5

Inspection time 0.4

Move time 2.4

Queue time 4.8

The throughput time was:

A. 36.2 hours

B. 8.1 hours

C. 3.3 hours

D. 32.9 hours

12. The Jenkins Division recorded operating data as follows for the past year:

Sales $600,000

Net operating income $30,000

Average operating assets $200,000

Stockholders' equity $50,000

Residual income $14,000

For the past year, the return on investment was:

A. 5%

B. 15%

C. 30%

13. Ebsen Corporation keeps careful track of the time required to fill orders. Data concerning a particular order appear below:

Hours

Wait time 16.6

Process time 1.3

Inspection time 0.3

Move time 2.9

Queue time 9.4

The manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) was closest to:

A. 0.84

B. 0.04

C. 0.17

D. 0.09

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