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MBA_C604_M8W2-15_Midcourse_YourLastName_YourFirstInitial |
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2.
The instructor will make this midcourse assessment available to the class on
the day and in the manner indicated in the course syllabus. Not
later than the due date and time indicated in the course syllabus, (i)
complete the assessment according any further directions stated below and (ii)
submit it in the manner (via the Course Mail tool or Net email using
INsite) set forth in the Facilitator Expectations posting.
Four
problems/questions comprise the midcourse assessment with maximum point values
indicated below:
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Estimated minutes required to complete |
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1 – CVP analysis and Contribution Margin method |
20 |
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20 |
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2 – Manufacturing overhead cost allocation for |
25 |
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25 |
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3 – Financial reporting objective and definitions |
27 |
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25 |
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4 – |
28 |
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20 |
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Total |
100 |
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90 |
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Students |
Topic 1 (20 points)
The board of directors of Midwest
Manufacturing Company recently approved the company’s budget and production
plan for its coming fiscal year, 2015.
Budgeted units of production equal budgeted unit sales for the company’s
single product. Using the information
below, included in the budget and production plan:
a.
Compute
the amount of required sales – number of units and dollars – necessary to achieve the company’s budgeted net
income for its fiscal year ended (FYE) December 31, 2015
b.
Prepare
the company’s budgeted income statement for its FYE December 31, 2015 using the
Variable Costing Method (Contribution Margin Format).
Show
all computations in good form and label properly all amounts presented.
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Budgeted |
Budgeted |
Per |
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Sales units |
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Product selling price (SP) |
$350.00 |
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Sales dollars |
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Variable manufacturing costs: |
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Fixed costs: |
Direct materials (DM) |
$73.50 |
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Manufacturing overhead (MOH) costs |
$5,250,000 |
Direct labor (DL) |
$61.25 |
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Selling and administrative (S&A) costs |
$5,625,000 |
Manufacturing overhead (MOH) costs |
$82.50 |
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Research and development (R&D) costs |
$3,750,000 |
Variable selling and admin. (S&A) costs |
$32.50 |
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Net income |
$6,000,000 |
Estimated combined effective tax rate |
40.0% (i.e., 0.40) |
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b. |
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Midwest Manufacturing |
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Budgeted Income |
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Fiscal year ended |
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Units: |
Per unit: |
Total: |
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Sales |
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Variable expenses: |
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Cost of goods sold |
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Total variable expenses |
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Topic 2 (25 points)
The board of directors of Jupiter Manufacturing
Company recently approved the company’s budget and production plan for its
coming fiscal year (FY). The company
manufactures two products – door latches and door hinges – from a single plant
that comprises four activities – machine setup, fabrication, assembly, and
plant administration. The company uses
the same resources (including machinery and equipment, supervision and
administrative services) to manufacture both products. Management uses the traditional approach to
allocate manufacturing overhead (MOH) costs, based on direct labor hours (DLH)
incurred in its two production departments, to determine the unit cost of each
product. The company’s budget includes
the following MOH allocation and related computations:
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Per unit: |
Door latches |
Door hinges |
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Selling price (SP) |
$23.75 |
$12.98 |
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Product costs: |
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Direct material (DM) |
$ 6.20 |
$ 2.70 |
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Direct labor (DL) |
7.00 |
5.50 |
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MOH (A) x (B) |
3.87 |
2.58 |
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Total |
$17.37 |
$10.78 |
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Gross profit (GP) |
$ 6.38 |
$ 2.20 |
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Gross margin (GM) GM = GP / SP (see Note 1 below) |
26.9% |
16.9% |
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Budgeted total units of production for fiscal |
75,000 |
225,000 |
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Budgeted batch size (units per batch) |
300 |
1,500 |
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(A) Direct labor hours (DLH) per unit |
0.30 |
0.20 |
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(B) MOH cost per direct labor hour (DLH) |
(C) |
$12.90 |
(C) |
$12.90 |
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(C) Budgeted FY total MOH cost, $870,000 / Budgeted |
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Note 1– Management set the selling prices for its |
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Management
is considering adopting the Activity-based Costing (ABC) method to determine
its product unit costs.
a.
Using
the information included in the table below (taken from the company’s budget
and production plan) complete the table according to the ABC method to compute the per-unit MOH cost, total cost, gross
profit, and gross margin of each product.
b.
Describe
briefly the apparent effect that managers’ use of the traditional MOH
allocation method has had on its pricing decisions, compared to using the ABC
method.
The budget and production plan reflect normal
levels of production resource availability and capacity utilization (i.e.,
activity resource consumption) for the company.
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Activity |
Budgeted MOH cost (Note A) |
Activity cost driver (Driver type) |
Budgeted level or volume of cost driver |
MOH driver rate (dollars) |
Consumption of cost driver |
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Door latches |
Door hinges |
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Hours |
Cost |
Hours |
Cost |
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Service depts.: |
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Machine setup |
$156,000 |
Setup hrs (Batch) |
1,560 |
$ |
4.8 |
$ |
2.4 |
$ |
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Plant admin. |
270,000 |
DLH in both prod. depts. (Unit) |
$ |
0.30 |
$ |
0.20 |
$ |
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Production depts.: |
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Fabrication |
150,000 |
Machine hrs (Unit) |
15,000 |
$ |
0.10 |
$ |
0.05 |
$ |
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Assembly |
120,000 |
DLH (Unit) |
30,000 |
$ |
0.20 |
$ |
0.10 |
$ |
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Total |
$696,000 |
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MOH costs: |
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Total batch-related (above) |
$ |
$ |
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Divide: Budgeted batch size (units) |
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Batch-related costs per unit |
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Total unit-related costs (above) |
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Total MOH cost per unit |
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Selling price (SP) |
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Product costs: |
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Direct material (DM) |
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$ |
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Direct labor (DL) |
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$ |
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MOH (from above) |
$ |
$ |
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Total |
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Gross profit (GP) |
$ |
$ |
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Gross margin (GM) |
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Machine setup: Indirect labor of |
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Plant administration: |
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Fabrication: Primarily, costs of machinery and equipment (depreciation, |
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Assembly: Primarily, indirect supervisory labor of |
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Topics
3 and 4 (55 points)
A. (27 points) Demonstrate your ability to
explain the objective of financial
reporting and to apply the definitions
of financial statement elements to
identify events and transactions that businesses recognize in their accounting
information systems. Limit the length of
your response to a maximum of 150 words.
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3 and 4 (Continued)
B. (28 points) Demonstrate your ability to
identify the basic assumptions, principles, and desired
qualitative characteristics of financial reporting and accounting
information. Listed below are the accounting assumptions, principles, and qualitative characteristics
contained in the FASB’s Conceptual Framework for financial reporting.
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Periodicity assumption |
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Full disclosure principle |
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Representational faithfulness |
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B |
Monetary unit assumption |
F |
Revenue recognition principle |
J |
Comparability (incl. Consistency) |
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Going concern assumption |
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Historical cost principle |
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Relevance |
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Economic entity assumption |
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Matching principle |
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Materiality |
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Conservatism |
Provide the letter corresponding to the SINGLE, PRIMARY
assumption, principle, or qualitative characteristic that corresponds with each
of the following statements.
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A company records in its financial statements (FS) the |
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A company presents its consolidated FS, even though |
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A company relies on quoted market prices to determine |
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A company’s FS describe its refinancing of maturing |
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A company’s FS provide a schedule of its lease and |
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A |
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A company records the receipt of cash in exchange for |
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A company presents its recognized assets and |
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A company’s FS do not disclose a pending patent |
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A company recognizes a loss as a result performing a |
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The amount of total assets reported in a company’s |
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A company changes from the accelerated depreciation |
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A company’s accounting policies and FS presentation |
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A company recognizes equipment in its FS at its |

