Introduction to Managerial Accounting (ACCT2020)
Longform Question Practice
Question 1 - Flexible Budget
Brink Tech is a for-profit vocational school. The school bases its budgets on two
measures of activity (i.e., cost drivers), namely student and course. The school uses
the following data in its budgeting:
In June, the school budgeted for 1,710 students and 110 courses. The school's income
statement showing the actual results for the month appears below:
Required: Prepare a flexible budget performance report for June.
Question 2 - Constraint Utilization
Victoria Co. manufactures three products: M1, M2, and M3. The selling price, variable
costs, and contribution margin for one unit of each product follow:
Product
M1 M2 M3
Selling price…………………………. $225 $400 $500
Variable expenses:
Direct materials……………………… 100 225 325
Other variable expenses……………... 85 94 71
Total variable expenses……………… 185 319 396
Contribution margin………………… $40 $81 $104
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The same raw material is used in all three products. Victoria Co. has only 20,000 pounds
of raw material on hand and will not be able to obtain any more of it for several weeks
due to a strike in its supplier’s plant. Management is trying to decide which product(s)
to concentrate on next week in filling its backlog of orders. The material costs $25 per
pound.
Required:
Compute the amount of contribution margin that will be obtained per pound of material
used in each product.