FINANCE- Motorcade Company has three service departments

Question 1(1 point)

Motorcade Company has three service departments (S1, S2, and S3) and two production departments (P1 and P2). The following data relate to Motorcade’s allocation of service department costs:
	Budgeted Costs	Nbr of Employees
S1	$3,400,000	75
S2	2,600,000	50
S3	1,000,000	25
P1		150
P2		225
Service department costs are allocated by the direct method. The number of employees is used as the allocation base for all service department costs

Calculate the total service department cost allocated to
production department P1

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Question 3(1 point)

Infinity Designs, an interior design company, has experienced a drop in business due to an increase in interest rates and a corresponding slowdown in remodeling projects. To stimulate business, the company is considering exhibiting at the Home and Garden Expo. The exhibit will cost the company $12,000 for space. At the show, Infinity Designs will present a slide show on a PC, pass out brochures that are printed previously, (the company printed more than needed), and show its portfolio of previous
jobs.
The company estimates that revenue will increase by $36,000 over the next year as a result of the exhibit. For the previous year, profit was as follows:

		Revenue		$201,000
		Less:
		Design supplies (variable cost)	$16,000
		Salary of Samantha Spade (owner)	80,000
		Salary of Kim Bridesdale (full time employee)	55,000
		Rent	18,000
		Utilities	6,000
		Depreciation of office equipment	3,600
		Printing of advertising materials	700
		Advertising in Middleton Journal	2,500
		Travel expenses other than depreciation of autos (variable cost)	$2,000
		Depreciation of company cars	9,000
Required:
Calculate the impact of the exhibit on company profit.

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Question 4(1 point)

Each
year, Sunshine Motos surveys 7,500 former and prospective customers regarding
satisfaction and brand awareness. For the current year, the company is
considering outsourcing the survey to Global Associates, who have offered to
conduct the survey and summarize results for $30,000.Craig Sunshine, the
president of Sunshine Motors, believes that Global will do a higher-quality job
than his company has been doing, but is unwilling to spend more than $10,000
above the current costs. The head of bookkeeping for Sunshine has prepared
the following summary of costs related to the survey in the prior year.

Mailing
$17,000

Printing
(done by Lester Print Shop) $4,500

Salary
of Pat Fisher, part-time employee who stuffed envelopes and summarized data
when surveys were returned
(100 hours X $15) $1,500

Share
of depreciation of computer and software used to track survey responses and
summarized results. $1,100

Share
of electricity/phone/etc. based on square feet of space occupied by Pat Fisher
vs. entire company. $500

REQUIRED: What is the incremental cost of going outside versus conducting the survey as in the past?
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Question 5(1 point)

Howell
Corporation produces an executive jet for which it currently manufactures a
fuel valve; the cost of the valve is indicated below:

	Cost per Unit
Variable costs
Direct material	$900
Direct labor	600
Variable overhead	300
Fixed costs
Depreciation of equipment	500
Depreciation of building	250
Supervisory salaries	300

The
company has an offer from Duvall Valves to produce the part for $2,000 per unit
and supply 1,000 valves (the number needed in the coming year). If the company
accepts this offer and shuts down production of valves, production workers and
supervisors will be reassigned to other areas. The equipment cannot be used
elsewhere in the company, and it has no market value. However, the space
occupied by the production of the valve can be used by another production group
that is currently leasing space for $55,000 per year.

What
is the incremental savings of buying the valves? (The answer should be stated
in a per-unit format and is a positive number)

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Question 6(1 point)

Landmark
Coal operates a mine. During July, the company obtained 500 tons of ore, which yielded
250 pounds of gold and 62,800 pounds of copper. The joint cost related to the
operation was $500,000. Gold sells for $325 per ounce and copper sells for
$0.87 per pound. Allocate the joint costs using relative weight. With
these costs, what is the profit or loss associated with Copper?

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Question 7(1 point)

Landmark Coal operates a mine. During July, the company obtained 500 tons of ore, which yielded 250 pounds of gold and 63,700 pounds of copper. The joint cost related to the operation was $500,000. Gold sells for $325 per ounce and copper sells for $0.91 per pound. Allocate the joint costs using the relative sales values. With these costs, what is the profit or loss associated with Copper?

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