CHAPTER 10 Standard Costing and Performance Measures for Today’s Manufacturing Environment ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS 10-1 Management by exception is a managerial technique in which only significant deviations from expected performance are investigated. 10-2 Any control system has three basic parts: a predetermined or standard performance level‚ a measure of actual performance‚ and a comparison between standard and actual performance. The system works by making the comparison between
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Macroeconomics‚ 5e (Hubbard) EC 212 – Chapter Nine Homework Assignment_SOLUTIONS Chapter 9 Unemployment and Inflation 1) Due to slowing growth in China and other developing countries‚ Caterpillar ________ the number of persons it employed in 2013 and this ________ the total number of persons unemployed in the economy. A) decreased; increased B) decreased; decreased C) increased; decreased D) increased; increased Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 629/263 Topic: The Unemployment Rate Learning Outcome:
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CGA-CANADA ADVANCED CORPORATE FINANCE [FN2] EXAMINATION June 2011 Marks Notes: 1. Questions 1 and 2 are multiple choice. For these questions‚ select the best answer for each of the unrelated items. Answer each of these items in your examination booklet by giving the number of your choice. For example‚ if the best answer for item (a) is (1)‚ write (a)(1) in your examination booklet. If more than one answer is given for an item‚ that item will not be marked. Incorrect answers will be marked as zero
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Problems: 8.1: Data for Newark General Hospital (In Millions of Dollar): | |Static Budget |Flexible Budget |Actual Result | |Revenues |4.7 |4.8 |4.5 | |Costs |4.1 |4.1 |4.2 | |Profits
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“Case: Tianjin Plastics” Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Course Advanced Corporate Finance Students Fatin Azear Jos Kusters Maaike van der Steen Case: Tianjin Plastics This assignment considers the case of Tianjin Plastics. Pat Johnson‚ project finance analyst for Maple Energy (U.S.-based international power plant developer)‚ has to make a recommendation regarding the financial viability of the Tianjin Plastics power plant project in China. The recommendation would require a final evaluation of
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Sunny Beach Hotel Evaluation Report Regarding Various Scenarios for Adding a Karaoke Pub in the Sunny Beach Hotel . Dear Sir‚ I have considered the scenarios you suggested to be evaluated from economic point of view regarding the opportunity of accepting the offer of Planet Karaoke Pub to install one of its facilities inside the free space from 2nd floor of Sunny Beach Hotel or to extend the activities of our company with a Karaoke pub located on the beach area administrated by our
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T he Sisyphean Corporation The Sisyphean Corporation is considering investing in a new cane manufacturing machine that has an estimated life of three years. The cost of the machine is $30‚000 and the machine will be depreciated straight line over its three-year life to a residual value of $0. The cane manufacturing machine will result in sales of 2‚000 canes in year 1. Sales are estimated to grow by 10% per year each year through year three. The price per cane that Sisyphean will charge
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operations. 6. The wages of the company’s bookkeeper: administrative cost. 7. Sales commissions paid to the company’s salespeople: marketing and selling cost. 8. Depreciation on power tools: manufacturing overhead cost. Exercise 2-2 (15 minutes) Product Cost Period Cost 1. The cost of the memory chips used in a radar set X 2. Factory heating costs X 3. Factory equipment maintenance costs X 4. Training costs for new administrative employees X 5. The
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EXERCISE 18-1 (10-15 minutes) Add or deduct from accounting income (a) 2 deduct (b) 1 add (c) 3 add (d) 1 add (e) 2 deduct (f) 2 deduct (g) 1 add (h 3 deduct (i) 3 deduct (j) 1 add (k) 1 add (l) 1 add EXERCISE 18-3 (15-20 minutes) (a) Accounting income $105‚000 Permanent differences: Non-deductible fines 11‚000 116‚000 Timing differences: Excess of CCA over amortization (16‚000 ) Excess rent collected over rent earned 24‚000 Taxable income $124‚000
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SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS‚ FINANCE & MARKETING CORPORATE FINANCE MID SEMESTER TEST FIRST SEMESTER 2008 – Part-time STUDENT DETAILS (Please Print Clearly) Family Name: ___________________________________________________________ First Name: _____________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________ Tel. No: (BH) ___________________________________________________________ Student Number: _________________________________________________________
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