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The Svelte Jeans Company produces two different types of jeans. One is called the "Simple Life" and the other is called the "Fancy Life". The company sales budget estimates that 350,000 of the Simple Life Jeans and 200,000 of the Fancy Life will be sold during 20xx. The Production Budget requires 353,500 units of Simple Life jeans and 196,000 Fancy Life jeans be manufactured. The Simple Life jeans require 3 yards of denim material, a zipper, and 25 yards of thread. The Fancy Life jeans require 4.5 yards of denim material, a zipper, and 40 yards of thread. Each yard of denim material costs $3.25, the zipper costs $.75 each, and the thread is $.01 per yard. There is enough material to make 2,000 jeans of each type at the beginning of the year. The desired amount of materials left in ending inventory is to have enough to manufacture 3,500 jeans of each type. Prepare a Direct Materials Purchases Budget.

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If Division Inc. expects to sell 200,000 units in 2012, desires ending inventory of 24,000 units, and has 22,000 units on hand as of the beginning of the year, the budgeted volume of production for 2012 is 202,000 units.

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The benefits of comparing actual performance of the operations against planned goals include all of the following except:

A budget can be an effective means of communicating management's plans to the employees of a business.

Finch Company began its operations on March 31 of the current year. Finch Co. has the following projected costs: (1) 3/4 of the manufacturing costs are paid for in the month they are incurred. 1/4 is paid in the following month. (2) Insurance expense is $1,000 a month, however, the insurance is paid four times yearly in the first month of the quarter, i.e. January, April, July, and October. (3) Property tax is paid once a year in November. The cash payments for Finch Company in the month of June are:

Production estimates for July are as follows: For each unit produced, the direct materials requirements are as follows: The number of pounds of materials A and B required for July production is:

Flexible budgeting builds the effect of changes in level of activity into the budget system.

Match the following terms with the best definition given.

If Division Inc. expects to sell 200,000 units in 2012, desires ending inventory of 24,000 units, and has 22,000 units on hand as of the beginning of the year, the budgeted volume of production for 2012 is 198,000 units.

The budget process involves doing all the following except:

Production and sales estimates for March for the Robin Co. are as follows: The number of units expected to be manufactured in March is:

Supervisor salaries and indirect factory wages would normally appear in the direct labor cost budget.

Finch Company began its operations on March 31 of the current year. Finch Co. has the following projected costs: (1) 3/4 of the manufacturing costs are paid for in the month they are incurred. 1/4 is paid in the following month. (2) Insurance expense is $1,000 a month, however, the insurance is paid four times yearly in the first month of the quarter, i.e. January, April, July, and October. (3) Property tax is paid once a year in November. The cash payments for Finch Company in the month of May are:

The master budget of a small manufacturer would normally include all necessary component budgets except the budgeted balance sheet.

Production estimates for August are as follows: For each unit produced, the direct materials requirements are as follows: The total direct materials purchases (assuming no beginning or ending inventory of material) of materials A and B required for August production is:

Next year's sales forecast shows that 20,000 units of Product A and 22,000 units of Product B are going to be sold for prices of $10 and $12 per unit, respectively. The desired ending inventory of Product A is 20% higher than its beginning inventory of 2,000 units. The beginning inventory of Product B is 2,500 units. The desired ending inventory of B is 3,000 units. Total budgeted sales of both products for the year would be:

The task of preparing a budget should be the sole task of the most important department in an organization.

The Warbler Jeans Company produces two different types of jeans. One is called the "Simple Life" and the other is called the "Fancy Life" The company's Production Budget requires 353,500 units of Simple jeans and 196,000 Fancy jeans to be manufactured. It is estimated that 2.5 direct labor hours will be needed to manufacture one pair of Simple Life jeans and 3.75 hours of direct labor hours for each pair of Fancy Life jeans. What is the total number of direct labor hours needed for both lines of jeans?

Consulting the persons affected by a budget when it is prepared can provide an effective means of motivation and cooperation.

When budget goals are set too tight, the budget becomes less effective as a tool for planning and controlling operations.