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Assignment: Cost Behavior and Cost Estimation

As a professional you need to be able to understand the unit Assignments to provide you with some valuable experience computing and evaluating metrics used in decision-making based on business data. To the extent that you can master these necessary skills you can become a more effective manager.

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Problem 1-8 (Essay): Submit together with Problem 2-21.

How can managerial accounting information be useful for interstate or global expansion?

What decisions might be useful for interstate or global expansion?

What specific managerial accounting information might be in determining strategy for decision-making for interstate or global business growth?

Problem 1-8 (Essay) Details

John Dough’s bakery in Waxahachie, Texas, specializes in chocolate chip cookies. While John’s business does not yet have a national presence, like Mrs. Fields, he does have a strong statewide reputation. Recently, John has been receiving some out-of-state orders through the company’s website. He is beginning to think about the potential for growing his out-of-state business.

How can managerial accounting information be useful to John as he thinks about growing his out-of-state business?
What decisions might John need to make if he decides to grow his out-of-state business?

What managerial accounting information might John find useful as he decides how to grow his out-of-state business?

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Problem 2-21 (Essay): Submit together with Problem 1-8.

Assess decision-making approaches to forecasting results using different techniques. Compare results.

Problem 2-21 (Essay) Details

Bob Jones owns a catering company that stages banquets and parties for both individuals and companies. The business is seasonal, with heavy demand during the summer months and year-end holidays and light demand at other times. Bob has gathered the following cost information from the past year:

Bob recently attended a meeting of the local Chamber of Commerce, at which he heard an accounting professor discuss regression analysis and its business applications. After the meeting, Bob enlisted the professor’s assistance in preparing a regression analysis of the overhead data he collected. This analysis yielded an estimated fixed cost of $48,000 per month and a variable cost of $4 per labor hour. Why do these estimates differ from estimates using the high-low method?

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61. Which of the following statements regarding intermolecular forces is incorrect?

A)Hydrogen bonding is the strongest of the intermolecular forces.

B)London dispersion forces increase with increasing molecular size.

C)Dipole-dipole forces are present in all atoms and molecules.

D)In order for a pure substance to participate in hydrogen bonding, it must have hydrogen bonded to F, O, or N.

E)Intermolecular forces are much weaker than bonding forces.

62. Which of the following statements regarding intermolecular forces is incorrect?

A)Hydrogen bonding is the strongest of the intermolecular forces for substances of similar molar mass.

B)London dispersion forces are present in all atoms and molecules.

C)Dipole-dipole forces increase with increasing molecular size.

D)Bonding forces are much stronger than intermolecular forces.

E)Hydrogen bonding is the reason for the abnormally high boiling point of water.

63. Which choice correctly lists the intermolecular forces present in CH3NH2?

A)London forces only

B)dipole-dipole forces only

C)London forces, dipole-dipole forces, and hydrogen bonding

D)dipole-dipole forces and hydrogen bonding

E)hydrogen bonding only

64. Which choice correctly lists the intermolecular forces present in CH4?

A)London forces only

B)London forces and dipole-dipole forces

C)London forces, dipole-dipole forces, and hydrogen bonding

D)dipole-dipole forces and hydrogen bonding

E)London forces and hydrogen bonding

65. Which choice correctly lists the intermolecular forces present in CH3Br?

A)London forces only

B)London forces and dipole-dipole forces

C)London forces, dipole-dipole forces, and hydrogen bonding

D)dipole-dipole forces and hydrogen bonding

E)London forces and hydrogen bonding

66. Arrange the following substances in order of increasing boiling point: CH3OH, CH4, CH3CH2OH, HOCH2CH2OH

A)CH3OH < CH4 < CH3CH2OH < HOCH2CH2OH B)CH4 < CH3OH < CH3CH2OH < HOCH2CH2OH C)CH4 < CH3OH < HOCH2CH2OH < CH3CH2OH D)CH3OH < CH4 < HOCH2CH2OH < CH3CH2OH E)HOCH2CH2OH < CH3CH2OH < CH3OH < CH4 67. Arrange the following substances in order of increasing boiling point: N2, H2, NH3, PH3 A)H2 < N2 < PH3 < NH3D)N2 < PH3 < NH3 < H2 B)N2 < H2 < PH3 < NH3E)NH3 < PH3 < N2 < H2 C)H2 < N2 < NH3 < PH3 68. Select the pair of substances which has the one with the higher equilibrium vapor pressure at a given temperature listed first. A)H2O, H2SD)NH3, PH3 B)CH3CH2OH, CH3OHE)Br2, Cl2 C)CH3COCH3, CH3CH2CH2OH 69. Select the pair of substances which has the one with the higher equilibrium vapor pressure at a given temperature listed first. A)H2O, HClD)AsH3, PH3 B)CH3OH, CH4E)Cl2, Br2 C)CH3CH2CH2OH, CH3COCH3 70. Which of the following statements regarding the liquid state is incorrect? A)Liquids are about 1000 times denser than gases. B)Liquids are normally about 90-95% as dense as their corresponding solid. C)The viscosity of a liquid is a measure of its resistance to flow. D)Molecules with high intermolecular forces will have high surface tension. E)Surface tension increases as temperature increases.