Week 6 Quiz:
1- (TCO 9) To guide cost allocation decisions, the benefits-received criterion
2- (TCO 9) A challenge to using cost-benefit criteria for allocating costs is that
3- (TCO 9) The MOST likely reason for NOT allocating corporate costs to divisions include that
4- (TCO 9) Identifying homogeneous cost pools
5- (TCO 9) The Hassan Corporation has an electric mixer division and an electric lamp division. Of a $20,000,000 bond issuance, the electric mixer division used $14,000,000 and the electric lamp division used $6,000,000 for expansion. Interest costs on the bond totaled $1,500,000 for the year. What amount of interest costs should be allocated to the electric lamp division?
6- (TCO 10) All of the following are methods that aid management in analyzing the expected results of capital budgeting decisions EXCEPT the
7- (TCO 10) Assume your goal in life is to retire with $1.5 million. How much would you need to save at the end of each year if interest rates average 5% and you have a 25-year work life?
8- (TCO 10) The definition of an annuity is
9- (TCO 10) A “what-if” technique that examines how a result will change if the original predicted data are not achieved or if an underlying assumption changes is called
10- (TCO 10) Shirt Company wants to purchase a new cutting machine for its sewing plant. The investment is expected to generate annual cash inflows of $300,000. The required rate of return is 12% and the current machine is expected to last for four years. What is the maximum dollar amount Shirt Company would be willing to spend for the machine, assuming its life is also four years? Income taxes are not considered.