Bachmann Products,Inc. ,has found that new products follow a learning curve.The first two units have been completed with the following results: \[\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Units Procuced } & \text { Marginal Labor Time } \\ \hline 1 & 80.00 \\ \hline 2 & 68.00 \\ \hline \end{array}\] How much time will be needed to complete the 8th unit?

A) 74.00 hours. B) 57.80 hours. C) 56.00 hours. D) 49.13 hours. A) 74.00 hours. B) 57.80 hours. C) 56.00 hours. D) 49.13 hours.

Balcom Enterprises is planning to introduce a new product that will sell for $110 a unit.Manufacturing cost estimates for 20,000 units for the first year of production are: • Direct materials $1,000,000 • Direct labor $720,000 (based on $18 per hour × 40,000 hours) Although overhead has not be estimated for the new product,monthly data for Balcom's total production for the last two years has been analyzed using simple linear regression.The analysis results are as follows: \[\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \text { Dependent wariable } & \text { Factory overhead costs } \\ \hline \text { Independent variable } & \text { Direct labor hours } \\ \hline \text { Intercept } & \$ 120,000 \\ \hline \text { Coefficient on independent } & \$ 5.00 \\ \text { variable } & \\ \hline \text { Coefticient of correlation } &0.911 \\ \hline \text { R } ^ { 2 } & 0.814 \\ \hline \end{array}\] Based on this information,how much is the variable manufacturing cost per unit,using the variable overhead estimated by the regression (assuming that direct materials and direct labor are variable costs)?

A) $78 B) $91 C) $96 D) $71 A) $78 B) $91 C) $96 D) $71

Balcom Enterprises is planning to introduce a new product that will sell for $110 a unit.Manufacturing cost estimates for 20,000 units for the first year of production are: • Direct materials $1,000,000 • Direct labor $720,000 (based on $18 per hour × 40,000 hours) Although overhead has not be estimated for the new product,monthly data for Balcom's total production for the last two years has been analyzed using simple linear regression.The analysis results are as follows: \[\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \text { Dependent wariable } & \text { Factory overhead costs } \\ \hline \text { Independent variable } & \text { Direct labor hours } \\ \hline \text { Intercept } & \$ 120,000 \\ \hline \text { Coefficient on independent } & \$ 5.00 \\ \text { variable } & \\ \hline \text { Coefticient of correlation } & 0.911 \\ \hline \text { R } ^ { 2 } & 0.814\\ \hline \end{array}\] Based on this information,what is the total overhead cost for an estimated activity level of 45,000 direct labor-hours?

A) $125,000 B) $345,000 C) $600,000 D) $225,000 A) $125,000 B) $345,000 C) $600,000 D) $225,000

Bachmann Products,Inc. ,has found that new products follow a learning curve.The first two units have been completed with the following results: \[\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Units Procuced } & \text { Marginal Labor Time } \\ \hline 1 & 80.00 \\ \hline 2 & 68.00 \\ \hline \end{array}\] How much time will be needed to complete the 4th unit?

A) 74.00 hours. B) 57.80 hours. C) 56.00 hours. D) 54.40 hours. A) 74.00 hours. B) 57.80 hours. C) 56.00 hours. D) 54.40 hours.

Exam 5: Cost Estimation

New Venture,Inc.has received a contract for 8 units of a new product.The contract is a cost-plus contract,with the total to be received equal to the total labor cost + 20%.New Venture found that the first unit of a new product required 120 hours to complete.The second unit was completed using only 114 hours.New Venture believes that the rate of learning that was observed will continue for all 8 units of the contract.The labor wage paid is $25/hour.The following factors are available for various rates of learning: 80% learning,b = -.3219;85%,b = -.2345;90%,b = -.1520;95%,b = -.0740.Required: (a. )What will the total labor cost be for the contract? (b. )What will the total fee be for the contract?

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Bachmann Products,Inc. ,has found that new products follow a learning curve.The first two units have been completed with the following results: Units Procuced Marginal Labor Time 1 80.00 2 68.00 How much time will be needed to complete the 8^th unit?

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Question 22

The College of Business at Northeast College is accumulating data as a first step in the preparation of next year's budget development.One cost that is being looked at closely is administrative costs as a function of student credit hours.Data on administrative costs and credit hours for the past thirteen months are shown below: Month Actinistrative Costs Credit Hours July \ 129,301 250 August 82,613 115 September 225,580 1,392 October 216,394 1,000 November 258,263 1,309 December 184,449 1,112 January 219,137 1,339 February 245,000 1,373 March 209,462 1,064 April 191,925 1,123 May 249,978 1,360 June 170,418 420 July 128,167 315 Total \ 2,510,687 12,172 Average \ 193,130 936 The controller's office has analyzed the data and has given you the results from the regression analysis: $The College of Business at Northeast College is accumulating data as a first step in the preparation of next year's budget development.One cost that is being looked at closely is administrative costs as a function of student credit hours.Data on administrative costs and credit hours for the past thirteen months are shown below: \begin{array} { | l | r | r | } \hline \text { Month } & \text { Actinistrative Costs } & \text { Credit Hours } \\ \hline \text { July } & \$ 129,301 & 250 \\ \hline \text { August } & 82,613 & 115 \\ \hline \text { September } & 225,580 & 1,392 \\ \hline \text { October } & 216,394 & 1,000 \\ \hline \text { November } & 258,263 & 1,309 \\ \hline \text { December } & 184,449 & 1,112 \\ \hline \text { January } & 219,137 & 1,339 \\ \hline \text { February } & 245,000 & 1,373 \\ \hline \text { March } & 209,462 & 1,064 \\ \hline \text { April } & 191,925 & 1,123 \\ \hline \text { May } & 249,978 & 1,360 \\ \hline \text { June } & 170,418 & 420 \\ \text { July } & 128,167 & 315 \\ \hline \text { Total } & \$ 2,510,687 & 12,172 \\ \hline \text { Average } & \$ 193,130 & 936 \\ \hline \end{array} The controller's office has analyzed the data and has given you the results from the regression analysis: If the controller uses the high-low method to estimate costs,the fixed cost portion of the cost equation for administrative salaries is:$ If the controller uses the high-low method to estimate costs,the fixed cost portion of the cost equation for administrative salaries is:

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The relevant range represents those activity levels for which valid cost relationships have been observed.

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A basic assumption of most cost estimation methods is cost behavior patterns are linear within the relevant range.

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Balcom Enterprises is planning to introduce a new product that will sell for $110 a unit.Manufacturing cost estimates for 20,000 units for the first year of production are: • Direct materials $1,000,000 • Direct labor $720,000 (based on $18 per hour × 40,000 hours) Although overhead has not be estimated for the new product,monthly data for Balcom's total production for the last two years has been analyzed using simple linear regression.The analysis results are as follows: Dependent wariable Factory overhead costs Independent variable Direct labor hours Intercept \ 120,000 Coefficient on independent \ 5.00 variable Coefticient of correlation 0.911 0.814 Based on this information,how much is the variable manufacturing cost per unit,using the variable overhead estimated by the regression (assuming that direct materials and direct labor are variable costs)?

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Question 26

In the standard regression equation of y = a + bx,the letter y is best described as the:

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Brewsky's is a chain of micro-breweries.Managers are interested in the costs of the stores and believe that the costs can be explained in large part by the number of customers patronizing the stores.Monthly data regarding customer visits and costs for the preceding year for one of the stores have been entered into the regression analysis and the analysis is as follows: Average monthly c ustomer-visits 1,462 Average monthly total costs \ 4,629 Regression Results Intercept \ 1,496 bcoefficient \ 2.08 0.86814 How is the letter y in the regression equation best described? (CMA adapted)

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Question 28

The McGraw Company is accumulating data to be used in preparing its annual profit plan for the coming year.The cost behavior pattern of the maintenance costs must be determined.The accounting staff has suggested that linear regression be employed to derive an equation in the form of y = a + bx for maintenance costs.Data regarding the maintenance hours and costs for last year and the results of the regression analysis are as follows: (CMA adapted) What is the fixed cost per month using the high-low method to estimate the cost equation?

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Question 29

The Crater Manufacturing Company recorded overhead costs of $14,182 at an activity level of 4,200 machine hours and $8,748 at 2,300 machine hours.The records also indicated that overhead of $9,730 was incurred at 2,600 machine hours.What is the variable cost per machine hour using the high-low method to estimate the cost equation?

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Different cost estimations methods may produce different cost equations,even when using the same set of data.

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Question 31

J.C.Riley owns Riley's Auto Repair Shop.J.C.is trying to determine whether the company's advertising program is successful.He has used a spreadsheet program to estimate the relationship between advertising expenditures and sales dollars.Monthly data for the past two years were entered into the program.The regression results indicated the following: Sales dollars = $169,000 - ($200 × Advertising expenditures) Correlation coefficient = -.864 To J.C. ,the results imply that advertising is actually reducing sales.Can you help explain to him what might cause the negative relationship between advertising expenditures and sales?

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One advantage of the engineering method is that it does not require data from prior periods to estimate cost behavior.

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One way to control the effects of a nonlinear relation between total costs and volume is to reduce the relevant range.

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Balcom Enterprises is planning to introduce a new product that will sell for $110 a unit.Manufacturing cost estimates for 20,000 units for the first year of production are: • Direct materials $1,000,000 • Direct labor $720,000 (based on $18 per hour × 40,000 hours) Although overhead has not be estimated for the new product,monthly data for Balcom's total production for the last two years has been analyzed using simple linear regression.The analysis results are as follows: Dependent wariable Factory overhead costs Independent variable Direct labor hours Intercept \ 120,000 Coefficient on independent \ 5.00 variable Coefticient of correlation 0.911 0.814 Based on this information,what is the total overhead cost for an estimated activity level of 45,000 direct labor-hours?

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Question 35

Describe two advantages and two disadvantages of the high-low method of cost estimation.

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Question 36

Thane Company is interested in establishing the relationship between electricity costs and machine hours.Data have been collected and a regression analysis prepared using Excel.The monthly data and the regression output follow: Month Machine Hours Electricity Costs January 2,500 18,400 February 2,900 21,000 March 1,900 13,500 April 3,100 23,000 May 3,800 28,250 June 3,300 22,000 Juby 4,100 24,750 August 3,500 22,750 September 2,000 15,500 October 3,700 26,000 November 4,700 31,000 December 4,200 27,750 $Thane Company is interested in establishing the relationship between electricity costs and machine hours.Data have been collected and a regression analysis prepared using Excel.The monthly data and the regression output follow: \begin{array} { | l | r | r | } \hline \text { Month } & \text { Machine Hours } & \text { Electricity Costs } \\ \hline \text { January } & 2,500 & 18,400 \\ \hline \text { February } & 2,900 & 21,000 \\ \hline \text { March } & 1,900 & 13,500 \\ \hline \text { April } & 3,100 & 23,000 \\ \hline \text { May } & 3,800 & 28,250 \\ \hline \text { June } & 3,300 & 22,000 \\ \hline \text { Juby } & 4,100 & 24,750 \\ \hline \text { August } & 3,500 & 22,750 \\ \hline \text { September } & 2,000 & 15,500 \\ \hline \text { October } & 3,700 & 26,000 \\ \hline \text { November } & 4,700 & 31,000 \\ \hline \text { December } & 4,200 & 27,750 \\ \hline \end{array} Based on the results of the regression analysis,the estimate of electricity costs in a month with 2,200 machine hours would be: (rounded to the nearest whole dollar)$ Based on the results of the regression analysis,the estimate of electricity costs in a month with 2,200 machine hours would be: (rounded to the nearest whole dollar)

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Question 37

A scattergraph is useful for identifying outliers/irrelevant data points.

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Brewsky's is a chain of micro-breweries.Managers are interested in the costs of the stores and believe that the costs can be explained in large part by the number of customers patronizing the stores.Monthly data regarding customer visits and costs for the preceding year for one of the stores have been entered into the regression analysis and the analysis is as follows: Average monthly c ustomer-visits 1,462 Average monthly total costs \ 4,629 Regression Results Intercept \ 1,496 bcoefficient \ 2.08 0.86814 In a regression equation expressed as y = a + bx,how is the letter b best described? (CMA adapted)

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Bachmann Products,Inc. ,has found that new products follow a learning curve.The first two units have been completed with the following results: Units Procuced Marginal Labor Time 1 80.00 2 68.00 How much time will be needed to complete the 4^th unit?

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Bachmann Products,Inc. ,has found that new products follow a learning curve.The first two units have been completed with the following results: Units Procuced Marginal Labor Time 1 80.00 2 68.00 How much time will be needed to complete the 8^th unit?

The relevant range represents those activity levels for which valid cost relationships have been observed.

A basic assumption of most cost estimation methods is cost behavior patterns are linear within the relevant range.

In the standard regression equation of y = a + bx,the letter y is best described as the:

Different cost estimations methods may produce different cost equations,even when using the same set of data.

One advantage of the engineering method is that it does not require data from prior periods to estimate cost behavior.

One way to control the effects of a nonlinear relation between total costs and volume is to reduce the relevant range.

Describe two advantages and two disadvantages of the high-low method of cost estimation.

A scattergraph is useful for identifying outliers/irrelevant data points.

Bachmann Products,Inc. ,has found that new products follow a learning curve.The first two units have been completed with the following results: Units Procuced Marginal Labor Time 1 80.00 2 68.00 How much time will be needed to complete the 4^th unit?

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Bachmann Products,Inc. ,has found that new products follow a learning curve.The first two units have been completed with the following results: Units Procuced Marginal Labor Time 1 80.00 2 68.00 How much time will be needed to complete the 8th unit?

The relevant range represents those activity levels for which valid cost relationships have been observed.

A basic assumption of most cost estimation methods is cost behavior patterns are linear within the relevant range.

In the standard regression equation of y = a + bx,the letter y is best described as the:

Different cost estimations methods may produce different cost equations,even when using the same set of data.

One advantage of the engineering method is that it does not require data from prior periods to estimate cost behavior.

One way to control the effects of a nonlinear relation between total costs and volume is to reduce the relevant range.

Describe two advantages and two disadvantages of the high-low method of cost estimation.

A scattergraph is useful for identifying outliers/irrelevant data points.

Bachmann Products,Inc. ,has found that new products follow a learning curve.The first two units have been completed with the following results: Units Procuced Marginal Labor Time 1 80.00 2 68.00 How much time will be needed to complete the 4th unit?

Cost Accounting: Information for Decision Making

Fundamentals of Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

Fundamentals of Cost Analysis for Decision Making

Fundamentals of Product and Service Costing

Job Costing

Process Costing

Activity-Based Costing

Fundamentals of Cost Management

Service Department and Joint Cost Allocation

Fundamentals of Management Control Systems

Planning and Budgeting

Business Unit Performance Measurement

Transfer Pricing

Fundamentals of Variance Analysis

Additional Topics in Variance Analysis

Performance Measurement to Support Business Strategy

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Bachmann Products,Inc. ,has found that new products follow a learning curve.The first two units have been completed with the following results: Units Procuced Marginal Labor Time 1 80.00 2 68.00 How much time will be needed to complete the 8^th unit?

Bachmann Products,Inc. ,has found that new products follow a learning curve.The first two units have been completed with the following results: Units Procuced Marginal Labor Time 1 80.00 2 68.00 How much time will be needed to complete the 4^th unit?