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Questions 1

in order forthe IT manager in cnarge of a company's disaster recovery plan to have complete planning documentation, he should ensure that the documentation includes all of the following except

Options:

A.  

the results of the latest disaster recovery test run

B.  

the phone numbers of key employees

C.  

vendors who win set up the hot site

D.  

program and operating system documentation

Discussion 0
Questions 2

Inherent risk factors involved in the revenue recognition process include each of the following except

Options:

A.  

computerization of the process by which sates receipts and credit memoranda are recorded

B.  

breakdown of segregation of duties controls

C.  

Industry factors that affect pricing, terms and discounts

D.  

legal factors that affect product warranties, returns and liabilities

Discussion 0
Questions 3

Redstone, inc’s budget indicated that it expected to sell 30.000 units of Product A and 90.000 units of Product B Budgeted unit contribution margins were $4 for Product A and $22 for Product B Redstone's actual sales were 28.000 units of Product A and 72.000 units of Product B with actual unit contribution margins of $3 25 and S23 50. respectively. Redstone's sales-mix variance was

Options:

A.  

$54,000 unfavorable

B.  

$60,750 unfavorable

C.  

$64,800 unfavorable

D.  

$78,000 unfavorable.

Discussion 0
Questions 4

A corporation had foreign currency translation gains from converting the financial statements of its foreign operations into U.S dollars .How will these gains be reported on the corporation’s financial statements?

Options:

A.  

As a current asset on the balance sheet

B.  

As a net increase in cash in the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows

C.  

As part of net income on the income statement

D.  

As part of comprehensive income on the income statement

Discussion 0
Questions 5

In trying to predict the returns on the stock market, a novice investor collected data on the sightings ofsperm whales off the eastern coast of North America and the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (the Dow) A regression of the two variables resulted in a correlation coefficient of -0.90 or a coefficient of determination (r2) of 81%. The sightings of whales seemed to be negatively correlated with the performance of the Dow. The novice investor should

Options:

A.  

conclude that there is a cause-and-effect relationship between the two variables

B.  

track the sighting of sperm whales and buy the Dow when sightings are low: conclude that sperm whale sightings are a strong indicator of poor performance of the Dow

C.  

conclude that the poor performance of the Dow leads to high sightings of sperm whales

D.  

conclude that this is an example of spurious correlation

Discussion 0
Questions 6

Faxton and Rexford are competitor in the same industry Faxton utilizes an incentive program mat focuses solely on net income Rexford uses customer service and employee development in addition to net income in its incentive program. Over time. Faxton can be expected to

Options:

A.  

have higher sales growth than Rexford due to management s strong focus

B.  

be less likely to misstate earnings due to the importance of earnings to management

C.  

be more profitable than Rexford initially Put lose this advantage

D.  

consistently be more profitable than Rexford due to not funding training programs

Discussion 0
Questions 7

A scatterplot is an effective visualization technique that is used to

Options:

A.  

compare and track the change in data points over multiple time periods.

B.  

show the relationship of data points for two specific variables

C.  

illustrate the composition of an aggregate data point that changes over several periods

D.  

display the distribution of data points for a single variable

Discussion 0
Questions 8

Ingle Inc. hasadopted a quality management program that considers all defects as avoidable and unnecessary The goal of this program is to have zero defects ingle uses a process costing system and has recognized the cost of normal and abnormal spoilage on its financial statements How will the new quality management program affect the accounting for normal and abnormal spoilage?

Options:

A.  

All spoilage will be recognized as normal spoilage

B.  

All spoilage will be recognized as abnormal spoilage

C.  

All spoilage will be assigned toending finished goods inventory

D.  

There will be no effect

Discussion 0
Questions 9

Discuss how FDL's allocation of shared corporate services costs may overstate the profitability of the Food-To-Go division, and provide your recommendation on shared corporate services costs allocation.

Essay

Food Depot Ltd (FDD 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 m 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 years ago.

In 20X7. sales for the entire company were SI billion, with 50% of the business coming from the Airline Catering division. FDL is the country's leading airline catering services provider and controls 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-Go division only contributed 5% of FDL's total sales in 20X7 and is far behind in competing for market share of the online meal ordering and deliver, 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 isestimated the rapid growth of the industry will continue in the foreseeable future.

The costs of shared corporate services are allocated based on each division s revenue FDL usually caps its capital expenditure budget to 4% of budgeted sales revenue In a recent capital budget coordination meeting. Smith Whitney, the head of the Airline Catering division. complained that his division is underfunded on capital projects . The budgeted capital expenditure had been much less than 4 % of the division’s budgeted sales in the past three years He argued that his division is the company's best-performing division, and it needs more funds to maintain its market share m the industry Whitney wants to reduce the capital expenditure budget for Food-To-Go and reallocate those funds to his division.

Susan Wiley, the bead of Food-To-Go, does not agree that the Airline Catering division is the best-performing division in the company Wiley argues that her division had the highest ROI in 20X7. and it deserves more capital fundingFDL's required rate of return is 12%. The selected financial data for the Airline Catering division and Food-To-Go division in 20X7 are as follows (in $ millions).

Options:

Discussion 0
Questions 10

Explain the concept of data encryption and discuss how It may be used to protect the email communications between ZFls payroll administrator and the payroll service provider.

Essay

Zhiliang Foods Inc. (ZFI) is a privately-held food distributor ZFI has two production departments' the Meat Department is labor-intensive. while the Bakery Department is highly automated ZFI applies a single overhead allocation rate, using the number of pounds produced as an allocation base for the whole company The expected annual overhead costs of ZFI for 100 million pounds produced are as follows (¥ in millions).

ZFI has one payroll administrator in its Human Resources department, but most of the payroll relatedwork is outsourced to a payroll service provider ZFI's payroll administrator is responsible for tracking the list of current employees and maintaining the most up-to-date employee information, including bank accounts for payroll direct deposits.

Each payperiod, the payroll administrator emails the information for all current employees' hours worked to the payroll service provider. The service provider then processes the payroll, makes direct deposits to employees' bank accounts, mails payroll stubs to employees' homes and emails payroll reports to ZFI's payroll administrator. The payroll administrator then makes payroll journal entries to ZFI's accounting system based on the payroll reports received ZFI's accountant prepares a bank reconciliation each month to ensure ZFI s payroll payments on ZFI's bank statement match the amounts shown on the payroll reports from the service provider.

ZFl's management is evaluating the purchase of data encryption software and human resources management software next year.The human resource management software is expected to provide various human resources and payroll-related functions.

In addition, the human resource software can generate a report to indicate the monthly employee turnover rate and the average service length of employees who have resigned. The system can also generate a report to indicate the main reasons for resignations and identify current employees who are at risk of resigning. The system will recommend actions to help retain these employees, such as more training opportunities or a pay raise.

Options:

Discussion 0
Questions 11

Explain whether ZFI's current overhead allocation method is appropriate.

Essay

Zhiliang Foods Inc. (ZFI) is a privately-held food distributor ZFI has two production departments' the Meat Department is labor-intensive. while the BakeryDepartment is highly automated ZFI applies a single overhead allocation rate, using the number of pounds produced as an allocation base for the whole company The expected annual overhead costs of ZFI for 100 million pounds produced are as follows (¥ in millions).

ZFI has one payroll administrator in its Human Resources department, but most of the payroll related work is outsourced to a payroll service provider ZFI's payroll administrator is responsible for tracking the list of current employees and maintaining the most up-to-date employee information, including bank accounts for payroll direct deposits.

Each pay period, the payroll administrator emails the information for all current employees' hours worked to the payroll service provider. The service provider then processes the payroll, makes direct deposits to employees' bank accounts, mails payroll stubs to employees' homes and emails payroll reports to ZFI's payroll administrator. The payroll administrator then makes payroll journal entries to ZFI's accounting system based on the payroll reports received ZFI's accountant prepares a bank reconciliation each month to ensure ZFI s payroll payments on ZFI's bank statement match the amounts shown on the payroll reports from the service provider.

ZFl's management is evaluating the purchase of data encryption software and human resources management software next year. The human resource management software is expected to provide various human resources and payroll-related functions.

In addition, the human resource software can generate a report to indicate the monthly employee turnover rate and the average service length of employees who have resigned. The system can also generate a report to indicate the main reasons for resignations and identify current employees who are at risk of resigning. The system will recommend actions to help retain these employees, such as more training opportunities or a pay raise.

Time Value Table

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Discussion 0
Questions 12

identify the category of the Food-To-Go division in the BCG Growth-Share Matrix and discuss whether FDL should allocate more capital funding to the Food-To-Go division.

Essay

Food Depot Ltd (FDDis 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 m recent years and has a very strong cash position FDL'snewest division. Food-To-Go. is an online meal ordering and delivery platform acquired by FDL two years ago.

In 20X7. sales for the entire company were SI billion, with 50% of the business coming from the Airline Catering division. FDL is the country's leading airline catering services provider and controls 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-Go division only contributed 5% of FDL's total sales in 20X7 and is far behind in competing for market share of the online meal ordering and deliver, 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.

The costs of shared corporate services are allocated based on each division s revenue FDL usually caps its capital expenditure budget to 4% of budgeted sales revenue In a recent capital budget coordination meeting. Smith Whitney, the head of the Airline Catering division. complained that his division is underfunded on capital projects . The budgeted capital expenditure had been much less than 4 % of the division’s budgeted sales in thepast three years He argued that his division is the company's best-performing division, and it needs more funds to maintain its market share m the industry Whitney wants to reduce the capital expenditure budget for Food-To-Go and reallocate those funds tohis division.

Susan Wiley, the bead of Food-To-Go, does not agree that the Airline Catering division is the best-performing division in the company Wiley argues that her division had the highest ROI in 20X7. and it deserves more capital funding FDL's required rate of return is 12%. The selected financial data for the Airline Catering division and Food-To-Go division in 20X7 are as follows (in $ millions).

Options:

Discussion 0
Questions 13

What is ZF's expected variable overhead cost per pound of food produced? Snow your calculations

Essay

Zhiliang Foods Inc. (ZFI) is a privately-held food distributor ZFI has two production departments' the Meat Department is labor-intensive. while the Bakery Department is highly automated ZFI applies a single overhead allocation rate, using the number of pounds produced as an allocation base forthe whole company The expected annual overhead costs of ZFI for 100 million pounds produced are as follows (¥ in millions).

ZFI has one payroll administrator in its Human Resources department, but most of the payroll related work is outsourced to a payroll service provider ZFI's payroll administrator is responsible for tracking the list of current employees and maintaining the most up-to-date employee information, including bank accounts for payroll direct deposits.

Each pay period, the payroll administrator emails the information for all current employees' hours worked to the payroll service provider. The service provider then processes the payroll, makes direct deposits to employees' bank accounts, mails payroll stubs to employees' homes and emails payroll reports to ZFI's payroll administrator. The payroll administrator then makes payroll journal entries to ZFI's accounting system based on the payroll reports received ZFI's accountant prepares a bank reconciliation each month to ensure ZFI s payroll payments on ZFI's bank statement match the amounts shown on the payroll reports from the service provider.

ZFl's management is evaluating the purchase of data encryption software and human resources management software next year. The human resource managementsoftware is expected to provide various human resources and payroll-related functions.

In addition, the human resource software can generate a report to indicate the monthly employee turnover rate and the average service length of employees who haveresigned. The system can also generate a report to indicate the main reasons for resignations and identify current employees who are at risk of resigning. The system will recommend actions to help retain these employees, such as more training opportunitiesor a pay raise.

Options:

Discussion 0
Questions 14

identity and explain one benefit and one limitation of outsourcing most of me payroll-related work to an outside payroll service provider.

Essay

Zhiliang Foods Inc. (ZFI) is a privately-held food distributor ZFI has two productiondepartments' the Meat Department is labor-intensive. while the Bakery Department is highly automated ZFI applies a single overhead allocation rate, using the number of pounds produced as an allocation base for the whole company The expected annual overheadcosts of ZFI for 100 million pounds produced are as follows (¥ in millions).

ZFI has one payroll administrator in its Human Resources department, but most of the payroll related work is outsourced to a payroll service provider ZFI's payroll administrator is responsible for tracking the list of current employees and maintaining the most up-to-date employee information, including bank accounts for payroll direct deposits.

Each pay period, the payroll administrator emails the information for all current employees' hours worked to the payroll service provider. The service provider then processes the payroll, makes direct deposits to employees' bank accounts, mails payroll stubs to employees' homes and emails payroll reports to ZFI's payroll administrator. Thepayroll administrator then makes payroll journal entries to ZFI's accounting system based on the payroll reports received ZFI's accountant prepares a bank reconciliation each month to ensure ZFI s payroll payments on ZFI's bank statement match the amountsshown on the payroll reports from the service provider.

ZFl's management is evaluating the purchase of data encryption software and human resources management software next year. The human resource management software is expected to provide various humanresources and payroll-related functions.

In addition, the human resource software can generate a report to indicate the monthly employee turnover rate and the average service length of employees who have resigned. The system can also generate a report to indicate the main reasons for resignations and identify current employees who are at risk of resigning. The system will recommend actions to help retain these employees, such as more training opportunities or a pay raise.

Options:

Discussion 0
Questions 15

Identify one external factor that provides opportunity for the Food-To-Go division.

Essay

Food Depot Ltd (FDD is a privately-held company that providescatering services to airlines and operates several restaurant chains including fast food, casual dining, and fine dining restaurants FDL has been profitable m recent years and has a very strong cash position FDL's newest division. Food-To-Go. is an onlinemeal ordering and delivery platform acquired by FDL two years ago.

In 20X7. sales for the entire company were SI billion, with 50% of the business coming from the Airline Catering division. FDL is the country's leading airline catering services provider and controls 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-Go division only contributed 5% of FDL's total sales in 20X7 and is far behind in competing for market share of the online meal ordering and deliver, industry. It is estimated that Food-To-Go's sales were only 20% of the industryleader'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.

The costs of shared corporate services are allocated based on each division s revenue FDL usually caps its capital expenditure budget to 4% of budgeted sales revenue In a recent capital budget coordination meeting. Smith Whitney, the head of the Airline Catering division. complained that his division is underfunded on capital projects . The budgeted capital expenditure had been much less than 4 % of the division’s budgeted sales in the past three years He argued that his division is the company's best-performing division, and it needs more funds to maintain its market share m the industry Whitney wants to reduce the capital expenditure budget for Food-To-Go and reallocate those funds to his division.

Susan Wiley, the bead of Food-To-Go, does not agree that the Airline Catering division is the best-performing division in the company Wiley argues that her division had the highest ROI in 20X7. and it deserves more capital funding FDL's required rate of return is 12%. The selected financial data for the Airline Catering division and Food-To-Go division in 20X7 are as follows (in $ millions).

Options:

Discussion 0
Questions 16

Identity two internal factors that enable the Food-To-Go division to have competitive advantages over Its competitors.

Essay

Food Depot Ltd (FDD 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 m 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 years ago.

In 20X7. sales for the entire company were SI billion, with 50% of the business coming from the Airline Catering division. FDL is the country's leading airline catering services provider and controls 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-Go division only contributed 5% of FDL's total sales in 20X7 and is far behind in competing for market share of the online meal ordering and deliver, 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.

The costs of shared corporate services are allocated based on each division s revenue FDL usually caps its capital expenditure budget to 4% of budgeted sales revenue In a recent capital budget coordination meeting. Smith Whitney, the head of the Airline Catering division. complained that his division is underfunded on capital projects . The budgeted capital expenditure had been much less than 4 % of the division’sbudgeted sales in the past three years He argued that his division is the company's best-performing division, and it needs more funds to maintain its market share m the industry Whitney wants to reduce the capital expenditure budget for Food-To-Go and reallocate those funds to his division.

Susan Wiley, the bead of Food-To-Go, does not agree that the Airline Catering division is the best-performing division in the company Wiley argues that her division had the highest ROI in 20X7. and it deserves more capital funding FDL's required rate of return is 12%. The selected financial data for the Airline Catering division and Food-To-Go division in 20X7 are as follows (in $ millions).

Options:

Discussion 0