Questions from Cost Accounting


Q: The Aqua Company manufactures and sells television sets. Its assembly division

The Aqua Company manufactures and sells television sets. Its assembly division (AD) buys television screens from the screen division (SD) and assembles the TV sets. The SD, which is operating at capac...

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Q: Chicago, Inc., has two divisions, A and B,

Chicago, Inc., has two divisions, A and B, that manufacture expensive bicycles. Division A produces the bicycle frame, and division B assembles the rest of the bicycle onto the frame. There is a marke...

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Q: Cranfuel Products is a cranberry cooperative that operates two divisions, a

Cranfuel Products is a cranberry cooperative that operates two divisions, a harvesting division and a processing division. Currently, all of harvesting’s output is converted into cra...

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Q: Refer to Problem 23-28. Assume that Pat Borges,

Refer to Problem 23-28. Assume that Pat Borges, CEO of Cranfuel, had mandated a transfer price equal to 175% of full cost. Now he decides to decentralize some management decisions and sends around a m...

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Q: Rapid Grow Inc., based in Des Moines, Iowa, sells

Rapid Grow Inc., based in Des Moines, Iowa, sells high-end fertilizers. Rapid Grow has two divisions: â–  North Italy mining division, which mines potash in northern Italy â–...

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Q: Doorharmony Company makes doorbells. It has a weighted-average cost

Doorharmony Company makes doorbells. It has a weighted-average cost of capital of 7% and total assets of $5,630,000. Doorharmony has current liabilities of $750,000. Its operating income for the year...

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Q: Blue Fish owns and operates coffee shops in three large cities on

Blue Fish owns and operates coffee shops in three large cities on the West Coast: Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The three geographic areas are considered separate divisions. Each division o...

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Q: Natural Bounty Corporation operates three divisions that process and bottle natural fruit

Natural Bounty Corporation operates three divisions that process and bottle natural fruit juices. The historical-cost accounting system reports the following information for 2020: Natural Bounty estim...

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Q: Newmann, Inc. has divisions in the United States, France

Newmann, Inc. has divisions in the United States, France, and Australia. The U.S. division is the oldest and most established of the three and has a cost of capital of 6%. The French division was star...

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Q: Caldwell Toys produces toys mainly for the domestic market. The company

Caldwell Toys produces toys mainly for the domestic market. The company uses a job-costing system under which materials and labors used in the manufacturing process are directly allocated to different...

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