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Select cost information for Winfrey Enterprises is as follows: Based on this information:


A) Both direct materials and rent expense are variable costs.
B) Utilities expense is a mixed cost and rent expense is a variable cost.
C) Utilities expense is a mixed cost and rent expense is a fixed cost.
D) Direct materials is a fixed cost and utilities expense is a mixed cost.
E) Both direct materials and utilities expense are mixed costs.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

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A firm sells two products, A and


A) 31,000 of A and 31,000 of B
B) 31,000 of A and 62,000 of B.
C) 10,333 of A and 20,667 of B.
D) 36,167 of A and 72,333 of B.
E) 62,000 of A and 31,000 of B.

F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

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A firm sells two products, A andB. For every unit of A the firm sells, two units of B are sold. The firm's total fixed costs are $1,612,000. Selling prices and cost information for both products follow. The contribution margin per composite unit is:


A) $12.
B) $20.
C) $32.
D) $44.
E) $52.

F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

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Dunkin Company manufactures and sells a single product that sells for $480 per unit; variable costs are $300. Annual fixed costs are $990,000. Current sales volume is $4,200,000. Compute the current margin of safety in dollars for Dunkin Company.


A) $3,210,000.
B) $2,640,000.
C) $1,560,000.
D) $2,440,000.
E) $3,500,000.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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A company manufactures and sells spotlights. Each spotlight sells for $145. The variable cost per unit is $98, and the company's total fixed costs are $235,000. Predicted sales are 15,000 units. What is the contribution margin per unit?

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Boston Co. is considering the production and sale of a new product with the following sales and cost data: unit sales price, $300; unit variable costs, $180; total fixed costs, $270,000; and projected sales, $900,000. What is the margin of safety: (a) In dollar sales? (b) As a percent of sales?

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Preliminary calculation:
Contr...

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If a firm's forecasted sales are $250,000 and its break-even sales are $190,000, the margin of safety in dollars is:


A) $60,000.
B) $250,000.
C) $190,000.
D) $440,000.
E) $24,000.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

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A graphic depiction of the break-even point is known as a cost-volume-profit (CVP) chart.

A) True
B) False

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As the level of output activity increases, fixed cost per unit remains constant.

A) True
B) False

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A graphic presentation of cost-volume-profit data is known as a __________________ graph (or chart); this presentation is also sometimes called a ______________ chart.

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A method that estimates cost behavior by connecting the costs linked to the highest and lowest volume is called the:


A) Scatter method.
B) High-low method.
C) Least-squares method.
D) Break-even method.
E) Step-wise method.

F) All of the above
G) C) and D)

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What is operating leverage? How can the degree of operating leverage be used in analyzing changes in sales?

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The sales level at which a company neither earns a profit nor incurs a loss is the:


A) Relevant range.
B) Margin of safety.
C) Step-wise variable level.
D) Break-even point.
E) Contribution margin.

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Winthrop Manufacturing produces a product that sells for $50.00. Fixed costs are $260,000 and variable costs are $24.00 per unit. Winthrop can buy a new production machine that will increase fixed costs by $11,400 per year, but will decrease variable costs by $3.50 per unit. Compute break-even point in units if the new machine is purchased.


A) 10,438 units.
B) 8,814 units.
C) 10,000 units.
D) 9,200 units.
E) 9,869 units.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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Dunkin Company manufactures and sells a single product that sells for $480 per unit; variable costs are $300. Annual fixed costs are $990,000. Current sales volume is $4,200,000. Compute the break-even point in dollars.


A) $2,790,000.
B) $2,640,000.
C) $2,880,000.
D) $2,475,000.
E) $2,500,000.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Break-even analysis is a special case of cost-volume-profit analysis.

A) True
B) False

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Yamaguchi Company's break even point in units is 1,000. The sales price per unit is $10 and variable cost per unit is $7. If the company sells 2,500 units, what will net income be?


A) $4,500
B) $7,500
C) $17,000
D) $35,000
E) Fixed costs must be known in order to predict net income.

F) C) and E)
G) B) and C)

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During a recent fiscal year, Dawson Company reported pretax income of $125,000, a contribution margin ratio of 25% and total contribution margin of $400,000. Total variable costs must have been:


A) $1,100,000.
B) $1,200,000.
C) $500,000.
D) $1,600,000.
E) $2,100,000.

F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Least-squares regression is a statistical method for deriving an estimated line of cost behavior.

A) True
B) False

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A company manufactures and sells a product for $120 per unit. The company's fixed costs are $68,760, and its variable costs are $90 per unit. The company's break-even point in units is:


A) 2,292.
B) 573.
C) 764.
D) 327.
E) 840.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

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