QUESTION 44
Custom Ceramics produces two hand-painted items a large bowl and a large platter. Relevant information for each of these items is shown below

QUESTION 45
A manufacturing company is reviewing the budget for one of its component parts for next year based on the need for 5.000 units.

The company receives a bid from a supplier offering lo provide (lie needed component for a price of $115 per unit The company is deciding whether to make or buy the component What decision should the firm make if (1) the fixed facilities costs can be avoided or (2) if the fixed facilities costs cannot be avoided If purchasing from the supplier?

QUESTION 46
Should OLI accept the proposal from the regional airline? Show your calculations Essay Online Learning Inc. lOLI) is a privately-held company based in the IUC that specializes in providing online courses in English as a Second Language (ESL). OLI is trying to set up a new sales office in a foreign country.
It needs a business license to operate in that country. The license normally lakes six months to obtain. An official of that country said that he could expedite the process for a fee of €300.
OLI estimates the new sales office can bring €300,000 incremental profit annually OLI has just launched a new online 40-houi course to help adult ESL learners master basic business English. The price of the new course is €500 per student, the variable cost is €300 per student, and the total fixed cost of the new course is
€300.000 per year OLI spent €200.000 to develop the new course before launching it. There are many online course providers in the marketplace, and each has its own feature However, OLI’s highly qualified staff and good reputation have enabled it to charge a premium price compared to its major competitors. Recent market research indicates that if OLI raises the price of its new business English course by 10V the student enrollment would decrease by 5V A regional airlines company in Asia has approached OLI and offered to enroll 1.000 of its employees in the new course if OLI would agree to a special price of €350 per employee If OLI accepts this offer, an additional €10,000 onetime cost would be required to temporally expand its capacity to accommodate the new students.

QUESTION 47
Abex Employment Agency has requested an increase in the firm’s line of credit, and the bank is reviewing Abex’s sales and collections history Although the firm’s sales have increased the bank is concerned about the credit quality of the firm’s customers Based on the following information calculate the average collection period for the firm Use a 365-day year in your calculations.

QUESTION 48
Define the term structure of interest rates and explain now it could impact QDD’s objective of obtaining the lowest coupon rate Essay Quality Digital Design (QDD) Inc is a public-traded technology company Selected financial data of QDD for the prior year are as follows

QDD’s stock was trading at $160 per share at the beginning of the yea: and at $176 per share by the end of the year. The company paid dividends of S5 per share. The company “s stock had a beta of 1 4 The stock market provided a total return of 12% last year, well above the 3% risk free rate of return QDD is considering the issuance of $200 million of bonds to fund the repurchase of $200 million of its stock.
QDD is evaluating the bond, including its term structure, maturity, and whether it should be callable obtaining the lowest coupon interest is an important objective of QDD. The CFO has estimated that sales for the current year would remain the same as last year and the new bond would add S12 million in annual interest payments.

QUESTION 49
Identify and explain the type of acquisition that would occur if Guda acquires Blue Moon.
Essay
Food Depot Ltd, (FDL) is a privately-held company that provides catering services to airlines and operates several restaurant chains including fast food, casual dining, and fine dining restaurants, FDL has been profitable in recent years and has a very strong cash position. FDL’s newest division. Food_TO-Go is an online meal ordering and delivery platform acquired by FDL two year ago.
In 20X7, sales for the entire company were $1 billion, with 50% of the business coming from the Airline Catering division. FDL is the country ‘s leading airline catering services provider and control 60% of the market share. However, the outlook of the airline catering industry is gloomy. The compound annual growth rate of the industry for the past five years was only 0.5% as airline networks have increasingly dropped catering on short domestic flights.
The Food-To-division only contribution 5% of FDL’s total sales in 20X7 and is far behind in competing for marketing for market share of the online meal ordering and delivery industry, it is estimated that Food-To-Go’s sales were only 20% of the industry leader’s sales. However, the outlook for the online meal ordering and delivery services industry is bright. The compound annual growth rate of the industry since it started three years ago was 50%. It is estimated the rapid growth of the industry will continue in the foreseeable future.
Susan Willey, the head of Food-To-Go, does not agree that the Airline Catering division is the best-performing division in the company. Wiley argues that ber division bad the highest ROI in 20X7, and it deserves more capital finding. FDL’s requested rate of return is 12%. The selected financial data for the Airline Catering division and Food-To-Go division in 20X7 are as follow (in $ millions)

QUESTION 50
It there is sufficient capacity to fill the order, which of the following are relevant for a special order decision?

QUESTION 51
How many units should be produced and sow it AMI’S target net income is $600,000? Snow your calculations.
Apex Manufacturing lnc. (AMI) is a Canada-based company that manufactures a manufactures and unique part for aircrafts. It has few competitors in the market. The company is exposed to exchange rate risk because about 90% of its products are exported to the U.S, and most of its sales contracts are in U.S. dollars. AMI has the capacity to manufacture 1,500 units of the part per year. For the year just ended. AMI manufactured and sold 1,000 units. The operating results are shown below.

Recently, A new customer made a one-area order of 500 units of the part at $1.200 per unit. The CTO asked the controller to analyze this offer. AMI is considering adjusting its sales price next year in a recent meeting, the CFO suggested to use the market-based approach for pricing decisions, bat the controller insisted that the cost-based approach is more favorable to the company.

QUESTION 52
A corporation has $80 million in current assets comprised of $30 million in inventory and $50 million in cash and marketable securities it has current liabilities of $50 million. If the corporation purchases an additional $10 million in inventory with trade credit this would

QUESTION 53
Sigma industries is considering purchasing Lambda Products in a cash transaction Sigma financial analysts Dave conducted an extensive amount of negotiation and due diligence and nave summarized the following financial information for management.
* Assets having a 10-year remaining life can be acquired for $22 million
* Assets are to De depreciated over their remaining life on a straight-line basis for Doth book and tax purposes
* Current liabilities of Lambda amounting to S3 million must be assumed by Sigma
* Lambda operations are expected to produce annual pre-tax cash Don of S7 million for the remaining 10 years of operation
* A16% return on investment is required by Sigma for acquisitions of this type
* Sigma’s marginal Income tax rate is 35%
What is the net present value to Sigma of the Lambda acquisition rounded to the nearest thousand?

QUESTION 54
Each of the following describes a limitation of financial statement analysis except

QUESTION 55
Javier makes hand-looted learner dog collars. The materials cost $10 per collar and the collars are sold for $50 each. Javier sells me collars at a local farmer’s market mat charges S100 per month for space rental if Javier’s income tax rate is 30%, how many collars must Javier sell each year to earn $1,000 net income?

QUESTION 56
A company has hired a consultant to propose a way to increase the company’s revenues. The consultant has evaluated two mutually exclusive projects with me following information provided for each project.

The company uses a discount rate of 9% to evaluate both projects Based on the net present value, the company should invest in

QUESTION 57
A company manufactures two products Product X and Product Y, during a joint process Product Y canoe processed further to create Product Z Relevant data are shown below.

QUESTION 58
Accounts receivable turnover increases from 4.0 times to 6.0 times. It all sales are on account when one of the following must decrease?

QUESTION 59
Risk maps are used in companies’ enterprise risk management system because risk maps

QUESTION 60
In March 20X2, an investor purchased a government bond with a face value of $100 that matures in 30 years.
The issue price was $94 and the bond offered a yield to maturity of 5.6% One year later, the investor sold the bond at a price of S105 after receiving an interest payment of $6. The total return is

QUESTION 61
London Corporation has in the following cost structure for two of its product.

Assume that me current sales level is 15,000 units of Product A and 5,000 units of Product B Using cost-volume-profit analysis which of the following courses of action would maximize profit in the short term?
Assume that fixed costs are sunk costs in the short term.

QUESTION 62
Genco Healthcare has asked ns controller to summarize the company’s financial performance for the past two years. The accountant provided the following two years financial ratios for reference.