Questions from Cost Accounting


Q: Refer to the information in Problems 14-63 and 14-

Refer to the information in Problems 14-63 and 14-64. The executives at Bentler’s corporate headquarters are intrigued and interested by the EVA findings. They are concerned, however...

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Q: Refer to the information in Problems 14-63 and 14-

Refer to the information in Problems 14-63 and 14-64. Looking at the EVA results for year 3, the president of Marine Division complains that the division is evaluated unfairly because a common cost of...

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Q: Refer to the information in Exercise 14-48. Assume that

Refer to the information in Exercise 14-48. Assume that the company uses a 12 percent cost of capital. As in Exercise 14-48, performance measures are based on beginning-of-year gross book values for t...

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Q: Pallister Medical, Inc. (PMI) produces and sells a

Pallister Medical, Inc. (PMI) produces and sells a single drug. The company is organized into three divisions: Production, Packaging, and Distribution. Production, located in country A, manufactures t...

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Q: The manager of an operating department just received a cost report and

The manager of an operating department just received a cost report and has made the following comment with respect to the costs allocated from one of the service departments: “This charge to my divisi...

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Q: Dakota Security Systems (DSS) is a decentralized organization that evaluates

Dakota Security Systems (DSS) is a decentralized organization that evaluates divisional management based on measures of divisional contribution margin. Residential Division and Commercial Division bot...

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Q: LGA’s Energy Division is operating at capacity. It has been asked

LGA’s Energy Division is operating at capacity. It has been asked by Products Division to supply it a thermal switch, which Energy sells to its regular customers for $72 each. Produc...

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Q: Fenton Supplies manufactures and sells food products for restaurants and other institutional

Fenton Supplies manufactures and sells food products for restaurants and other institutional food providers. Produce Division does both manufacturing (blending, canning, bottling) and storing of produ...

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Q: Norfolk, Inc. consists of three divisions—Tidal, Hill

Norfolk, Inc. consists of three divisions—Tidal, Hill, and Wood—that operate as if they were independent companies. Each division has its own sales force and produc...

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Q: Northfield Manufacturing has two operating divisions in a semiautonomous organizational structure.

Northfield Manufacturing has two operating divisions in a semiautonomous organizational structure. Americas Division, based in the United States, produces a specialized memory chip that is an input to...

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