XYZ Confectionary has a number of store locations throughout North America. In income statements segmented by store, which of the following would be considered a common fixed cost with respect to the stores?

a. store manager salaries
b. store building depreciation expense
c. the cost of corporate advertising aired during the Super Bowl
d. cost of goods sold at each store
e. none of the above

Answer: c. the cost of corporate advertising aired during the Super Bowl

Explanation:

Commmon fixed cost simply means the cost that cannot be traced to a single department.

From the options given, it can be noted that the store manager salaries, store building depreciation expense and the cost of goods sold at each store can be identified separately for the stores.

On the other hand, the cost of corporate advertising aired during the Super Bowl is used for the promotion of the entire company, therefore, it's the common fixed cost.

1. The process of establishing the image or identity of a brand or product so that customers perceive it in a certain way is the definition of which of the following terms?

A. Marketing Strategy,
B. Social Media,
C. Marketing Position,
D. Target market

2. Anton's Coffee positions itself to provide the highest quality and most unique coffee drinks in the area. This is an example of which of the following?

A. Marketing Strategy
B. Social Media
C. Target Market
D. Marketing Postion

Franklin is a research scientist at Insight Research Corporation (IRC). IRC has five research scientists, four assistants, one secretary, and one CEO. Franklin has developed ALS, a disease which binds him to a wheelchair. He is one of the greatest scientists in the world, and can still do his job. Franklin has requested that IRC accommodate his disability, making changes to the company restroom and widening the doors to the building. The changes would be relatively inexpensive, costing only $2,000. If Franklin sues under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), what result

During the month of August, Ranson Productions applied overhead to jobs using an overhead rate of $0.60 per dollar of direct labor. Actual direct labor in August was 12,000 hours at $15.00 per hour, for a total of $180,000. Estimated overhead in August was $111,600.
Actual overhead was composed of the following items:
Indirect materials $ 16,400
Indirect labor 22,000
Utilities 24,500
Depreciation 38,700
Repair expense 13,500
Total $115,100
How much overhead was applied during August by Ranson Productions?
A. $115,100
B. $108,000
C. More information is needed to answer
D. $111,600

According to purchasing power parity, if the domestic inflation rate is ________ than that in the foreign country, the domestic currency should be ________ than that of the foreign country.

You are closing the accounts you used to bill the project costs, but you still have some lingering expenses. Which best practice should you follow?

Skysong, Inc. has the following inventory data: July 1 Beginning inventory 30 units at $19 $570 7 Purchases 105 units at $20 2100 22 Purchases 15 units at $22 330 $3000 A physical count of merchandise inventory on July 30 reveals that there are 50 units on hand. Using the average cost method, the value of ending inventory is

Typical Request and Response Messages
The purpose of many business messages is to make a request or to reply to previously received communication. Familiarize yourself with the organization of these messages so you can communicate your purpose and achieve a positive outcome.
Read the scenario:
The office manager asks you for advice on how to structure a request message with numerous questions.
What advice would you give?
A. Give an approximate date for the deadline in the body.
B. Place the deadline in the opening.
C. Set an end date to take action in the closing.
Read the following request message:
To: Customer Support
From: Helen Martin
Subject: Warranty Information for Netbook Computer
Dear Customer Service,
I need this information by noon tomorrow at the latest. My team has an important presentation to give, and my netbook crashed while we were working on the presentation. I can’t find the warranty information anywhere. So I have a few questions.
Where is my warranty information? How long does it normally take to repair these machines? Do I have to mail the netbook to you, or can I bring it to your local repair shop?
Will you please answer these questions in a timely manner? Thank you in advance for your help.
Regards,
Helen Martin
1. Where do I find my warranty information?
Reason A: 2. How long does the average netbook repair take?
3. Do I need to mail in my netbook for repairs or bring it to your local repair shop?
Revision B: Where is my warranty information? How long does the average repair take? Do I have to mail in my netbook?
Revision C:
Where do I find the information?
How long does it take?
Can I take it to my local shop?
Which of the preceding revisions is the best revision for the body of this message?
A. Revision B
B. Revision C
C. Revision A
In addition to making requests, you will have to respond to requests in the business world.
Complete the following sentence with the dropdown menu.
Direct response messages might _______?
A. include long, flowery descriptions
B. use the "me" view
C. supply explanations and additional information
Many businesses use social media to communicate with customers. In order to make the most of social media, you should learn how to respond to various types of customer comments.
Read the scenario, and then answer the question.
You manage the social media presence of a company that manufactures travel apparel and gear. A customer posts an angry comment about a suitcase that failed to function properly after its first use. This is not the first complaint the product has received.
How should you respond to the customer?
A. Acknowledge the problem, and let the customer know that the company is working to rectify the situation.
B. Document and delete the comment. You don’t want news of the flawed product to spread.
C. Let the comment stand. No response is necessary.

Expert Lawn Services offers customers a reduced price for lawn care if they pay for 6 months service in advance. In March 2020, 50 customers prepay $540 each for services to be provided from April through September. Expert recognizes revenue proportionately over the 6-month period. What is Expert's unearned revenue liability as of April 30

Over a certain period, large-company stocks had an average return of 12.34 percent, the average risk-free rate was 2.53 percent, and small-company stocks averaged 17.25 percent. What was the risk premium on small-company stocks for this period

A woman arrives at the clinic for a pregnancy test. The first day of her last menstrual period (LMP) was February 14, 2013. Her expected date of birth (EDB) would be: _________
a) November 21, 2013.
b) October 17, 2013
c) December 9, 2013
d) November 7, 2013

An employee on the Internet-facing part of a company's website submits a 20-character phrase in a small textbox on a web form. The website returns a message back to the browser stating Error: Table 'advprofile' entry into column 'Inane' has exceeded number of allowed characters. Error saving database information. Of which of the following is this an example?
A. Resource exhaustion
B. Buffer overflow
C. Improperly configured account Improper error handing

_______________ tasks are non-repetitive in nature and involve considerable
application of knowledge, judgment, and expertise. As such, the teams draw their members from different disciplines and functional units, so that specialized expertise can be applied to the task(s) at hand.
1) Project teams
2) Management teams
3) Parallel teams
4) None of these make sense to me.
5) Work teams

Maverick law office currently orders ink refills 120 units at a time. The firm estimates that carrying cost is 40% of the $10 unit cost and that annual demand is about 480 units per year. The assumptions of the basic EOQ model are thought to apply. For what value of ordering cost would its current action (order quantity) be optimal

Suppose a chair manufacturer is producing in the short run (with its existing plant and equipment). The manufacturer has observed the following levels of production corresponding to different numbers of workers:
Number of Workers Number of Chairs
1 10
2 18
3 24
4 28
5 30
6 28
7 25
a. Calculate the marginal and average product of labor for this production function.
b. Does this production function exhibit diminishing returns to labor

Assume that inflation averages 3.50% over the next 20 years. If Carlos invests $25,000 in an exchange-traded fund within a tax-deferred account and that investment grows to $45,000 at the end of 20 years, will he have maintained his purchasing power

ADP reports the following income statement.
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC.
Statement of Consolidated Earnings
For Year Ended June 30, 2019, $ millions
Total revenues $14,175.2
Operating expenses 7,145.9
Systems development and programming costs 636.3
Depreciation and amortization 304.4
Total cost of revenues 8,086.6
Selling, general, and administrative expenses 3,064.2
Interest expense 129.9
Total expenses 11,280.7
Other income expense, net 111.1
Earnings before income taxes 3,005.6
Provision for income taxes 712.8
Net earnings $ 2,292.8
Forecast ADP’s 2020 income statement assuming the following income statement relations. All percentages (other than total revenue growth and provision for income taxes) are based on historic percent of total revenues.
Total revenues growth 13%
Depreciation and amortization $460.5 million
Interest expense No change
Other (income) expense, net No change
Income tax rate 25%
Round your answers to one decimal place.

Dawson Toys, Ltd., produces a toy called the Maze. The company has recently created a standard cost system to help control costs and has established the following standards for the Maze toy:

Direct materials: 7 microns per toy at $0.33 per micron
Direct labor: 1.4 hours per toy at $6.70 per hour

During July, the company produced 5,000 Maze toys. The toy's production data for the month are as follows:

Direct materials: 70,000 microns were purchased at a cost of $0.29 per micron. 26,250 of these microns were still in inventory at the end of the month.
Direct labor: 7,500 direct labor-hours were worked at a cost of $54,750.

Required:
a. Compute the following variance for july
b. The materials price and quantity variances
c. The labor rate and efficiency variances

Company J must choose between two alternate business expenditures. Expenditure 1 would require a $80,000 cash outlay and Expenditure 2 requires a $60,000 cash outlay.

a. Determine the marginal tax rate at which the after-tax cash flows from the two expenditures are equal assuming that Expenditure 1 is fully deductible and Expenditure 2 is nondeductible.
b. Determine the marginal tax rate at which the after-tax cash flows from the two expenditures are equal assuming that Expenditure 1 is 50% deductible and Expenditure 2 is nondeductible.

Bricktan Inc. makes three products, basic, classic, and deluxe. The maximum Bricktan can sell is 715,000 units of basic, 420,000 units of classic, and 120,000 units of deluxe. Bricktan has limited production capacity of 90,000 hours. It can produce 10 units of basic, 8 units of classic, and 4 units of deluxe per hour. Contribution margin per unit is $15 for the basic, $25 for the classic, and $55 for the deluxe. What is the most profitable sales mix for Bricktan Inc.? 1
A. 50,000 basic, 120,000 classic and 240,000 deluxe.
B. 75,000 basic, 420,000 classic and 120,000 deluxe.
C. 600,000 basic, 0 classic and 120,000 deluxe.
D. 71,500 basic, 420,000 classic and 240,000 deluxe.
E. 300,000 basic, 240,000 classic and 120,000 deluxe.

Darby Company, operating at full capacity, sold 163,500 units at a price of $87 per unit during the current year. Its income statement is as follows:

Sales $14,224,500
Cost of goods sold 5,046,000
Gross profit $9,178,500
Expenses:
Selling expenses $2,523,000
Administrative expenses 1,508,000
Total expenses 4,031,000
Income from operations $5,147,500

The division of costs between variable and fixed is as follows:

Variable Fixed
Cost of goods sold 60% 40%
Selling expenses 50% 50%
Administrative expenses 30% 70%

Management is considering a plant expansion program for the following year that will permit an increase of $1,131,000 in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by $150,800, but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs.

Required:
Determine the total variable costs and the total fixed costs for the current year.

6. Why is training important?​

MC Qu. 59 A company's flexible budget for... A company's flexible budget for 16,000 units of production showed sales, $96,000; variable costs, $56,000; and fixed costs, $20,000. The sales expected if the company produces and sells 20,000 units is (Do not round intermediate calculations):

If Jackson Collectibles, Inc. has a safety stock of 35 units and the average weekly demand is 14 units, how many days can be covered if the shipment from the supplier is delayed?
A) 2.5 days
B) 17.5 days
C) 21 days
D) 35 days
E) 7.0 days

______ occur whenever a third party receives or bears costs arising from an economic transaction in which the individual (or group) is not a direct participant.

a. Pecuniary benefits and costs
b. Externalities
c. Intangibles
d. Monopoly costs and benefits

McKean Corporation authorized 500,000 shares of common stock in its articles of incorporation. On May 1, 2019, 100,000 shares were sold to the company's founders. However, on October 15, 2019, McKean repurchased 20,000 shares to settle a dispute among the founders. At this date, how many shares were issued and outstanding, respectively?

Not all the items in your office supply store are evenly distributed as far as demand is concerned, so you decide to forecast demand to help plan your stock. Past data for legal-sized yellow tablets for the month of August are. Week 1 280 Week 2 380 Week 3 580 Week 4 680 a. Using a three-week moving average, what would you forecast week 5 to be

Unearned revenues are liabilities because:______.
A. the customer may someday return items purchased for a refund.
B. no cash has changed hands.
C. the company is transferring them to another period for tax reasons.
D. goods or services have been paid for, but not yet provided to the customer.

Assume the government has a balanced budget and that the economy is experiencing a period of growth higher than predicted. The tax revenue collected by the government is likely to ________, which would lead to a ________.

Which of the following statements is false about the order in which management determines the sequencing of support department allocations under the sequential method of allocating support department costs to production departments?

a. Departments with more employees are allocated earlier.
b. Departments serving a large number of support departments are allocated earlier.
c. Departments with higher costs are allocated earlier.
d. Departments with more accurate cost drivers are allocated earlier.

Four aspects of empowered performance are understanding variation, deciding what to measure, working correctly with data, and using the resulting information appropriately.

a. True
b. False