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Management Advisory Services Exam: Contains multiple-choice questions for a Management Advisory Services exam, covering various financial and operational topics without distinct section breaks. =)
The Review Schoo! of Accountancy
FINAL PREBOARD EXAMIMATION,
Monagemend Udrisorg Feurvcet
Select the correct answer for each
Mark only one ansuer for each item by
corseaponding to the letter ef your choice on the anaver sheet
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 2 only.
17 September 2017
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of the following
shading the box
vided.
SetB
1. In manufacturing cycle efficiency, the primary difference between
throughput time and lead time is based on
a. Move time
b, Waiting time
©. Process tine
d. Inspection tim
2. The treasurer of Cocktail Company plans to have a cash of F 91,000 on
March 1, which shall increase by P 177,400 on March 31. Sales during
March ate estimated at P 900,000. February sales were P 600,000, and
January sales amounted to ¥ 500,000. Cash collections have be
estimated as follows:
+ 608 of the sales for the month to be collected during the month.
= 30% of the salea for the preceding month to be collected during the
month.
+ 80% of the sales for the second preceding month to be
during the month,
The treasurer plans to accelerate col
discount/ for prompt payment. With the discount policy, she expects
collected
tions by allowing 4
to coflect 708 of the current sales and will permit discount
reduction on these collections. Sales of the preceding month will be
Goitected to the extent of 158 with no discount alloved, and 101 of
the sale the second preceding month will be collected without
discolmt @llowed. This pattern of collection can be expected in
qubsequent months. | During the {transitional month of March,
Goliections may run somewhat higher, However, the treasurer prefeca
to estinate collections un the basis of the new pattern so that the
estimates will be somewsat conservative
Under the how much ‘should be the budgets
disbursement?
a. P 580,000
b. P 592,600
c. P 671,000 i
d. P 683,600
S.A firm with unlimited funds must evaluate five proj
projecta are listed with their respective returns:
Project Status Return (0)
1 independent 14
2 Independent. 12
3 Mutually exclusive 10
4 Mutually exclusive 15
5 Mutual ly exclusive 12 Soles
their returns £
4 e projects on the basis of
Ranking of the proj asis 0} eae
Sthe worst according to their acceptability to the firm woul
1 and 2
,2 and 3By vaca rary socee
ay ea RR or a,
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4. If a fire's payable defarral period 1s longer, then its
a; Normal operating cycle is expected to be shorte
b. Gash conversion cycle is also expect.
4, Dogéee of financial leverage is expect
© be higher
60 million, 35 milion in cost of
Invested # 40
Mojito company's earnings ace
| geeds sold, and P15 million in operating expenses. It
Stal and has a Weighted-average
onic value added (EVA)?
million in long-tem
capital of 20%.” What io the
P4000, 000
bP 5,000,000
6. which of the following is ye three (3 gies
prescribed by strategic Cost
b. Cost Leadership
c: Market se ton:
3. Product differentiation
7. The Morato oducts manufactures batteries thal
it sells primarily. to the -Place division £0} usion with that
division's main product. In 2016, half of the batteries were s0ld ©
outside companiex st a price of P 2 ca The remaining batteries
Went to the R-Place division. cost data for 2017 for the Morato
vision are given below
reduction 2
Variable manufacturing costo
Fixed overhea:
Selling expense (all variable)
Admini stzative expenses (411 fixed)
A negottated transfe: that will yield a markup
Product cost (absorption cost) is set for Morato
transfer price, the total divisional (bution margin
P 45,000
b. P 78,000
. P 90,000
d. P 108,000
8: To find the internal rate of return
a. The desired rate of return, the
net cash inflows
b. The projects purpose, i
€. The project’s cost, its life and its annual cash
di. The desired rate of return, the market rate
cost of capital
cost, and
of a product per 360-day year
rita Company needs 200 units 2
Betieserying cost ist 2 pes unit per years it takes 9
Se eeive a shipment after an order is placed, and the fim
BO days’ usage in inventory a5 a safety mall
fage level of inventory
100 units
ag2 units
222 unitsFnk0g: curve
S00
durac*oo
jUPits of a new product shows total
Useet Labor, ‘amd "eringe benefits) af
Me total cost. o,
p. © 308,009 Prductton tor next
Dip qastee® Yoae for Labor-related costs
4. © 289,000
P 116,000,
rhe OPFALINg Leverage
Sem ® operations
© 1G) ttxea
£ (11) business risks
Be UM) Fixed costs (12) cinancial tan
+ (1) variable (2) business risks
(2) warsable costa (22) tinancl
"Se Ap. ite eto to unten (2) __ are ated in
nas been gathered for the three aepartme i a
Sales econ eo
F 69,000 . P $0,000 80,000
Goat of sales P 40,000 P 42,000 60,00
Operating ax :
Salaries 8,000 7900
Reat 2,000
lities 1,000, 2,000
Total costs PSE,0G0 © F 54,100 F 77,000
Net income F9,000 (P 3,100) F 3,000
I£ Department B in eliminated, the space it occupies will be divided
UeLlities are allocated on the
dn Department
equally anong Departments A and
basia of floor space occupied. 70% of the salari
would be eliminated; the other 30 % would be 3
Department A and ¢. If Department B is eliminated,
a. Decreased by # 4,520
b, Decreased by P 1,520
©. Increased by P 1,180
d. Increased by P 1,520
b
% aqua:
19, ahe percentage of cash to total assets is an example of
a. Vertical analysis
b. Solvency analysis
c. Liquidity analysis
d. Horizontal analysis
Gurrent Liabilities
Long-term debt
Preferred stock
Connon stock equity
TOTAL
Martini compan
and 14%, respectivel
jos, The after-tax weighted average cost of
B, 500,000
1,500,000
ty and preferred stock t
3 Gost of conmon
‘he company’s before-50s-tax coms
a. 16.246
b, 14.708
e. 14.508
@, 12.208MANAGEMENT ADvisony seavices
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15: Olrect costing has advantages ave
following ts MO amseg these Advantages?
a. Romyais of prot tobility af products, terri
: segments of @ business si ee ae
Determining cont-volume-protit relat
factors of selling price, sales ais, and salen voluse
s+ Consistency with income Computation ox purroaes
Gi, Ministcing ithe etvects of the ayeitrary sliccstion ot cixed
Ae
16. dose
Jose Guerve Company has P 300,000 cash, P 2,000,00
and the following ratios: “ De
Total assets turnover
feciter ccs yitiercurnsves ite
Poor ati 2s
Gross profit mapoin an
return'on equity A
a. P 120,000 k
Bp aebcoo0
&. & 930,000
a) $4,200,000
17:16 a firm's payable deferral period is longer, then tts
‘a. Normal operating cycle in expected to be shorter
Bb) cash conversion cycle is also expected to be longer
a.
Znvestment in working capital is expected to be lowdr
's expected to be higher
Degree of financial leverage
46. Which of the following credit terms results in the highest effective
annual cost if the discount is not taken’
a. 2/20, n/40
b. 1/10, 2/30
€. 2/15, n/25
d. 3/30, n/60
FO) which of the following woutd cause the break-even point to change?
‘a. Sales increased
b. Total production decreased
otal variable costa increased 45
production
d. Fixed costs increased
owing to addition to physical plant
Pe lentesce divects= of Etna conte COPEsTY,
Eo cestment ‘budget constraint of P'S milo” hore are five proie
from which company can choose fron, Each, roles
jes entirety (ice. each project fe
oo y ies Gal outlay Profitebility Indes
20.¥ou are the
Project initia
ee P 900,000 2
B P 600,000 :
¢ p 900,000
D Pp 600,000
e p 2,400,000
1s undertake? se all profitability
s would You oe te craven since sil Prof
show
fe groater Ebel 1.0
gyects B,C and P
jects B and 0
jects B and ©of
fs MORE Felevane de
SPEOEAGEE Ge he cagtes cet teh teech, oandaj mucuid es) sensed
b, SoBtrollabiiity
Woidabi lity
Linearity
ausality
a
2
7 Rum Company manufactures and sell ingle product.
ad sells a single product:
Tey 201 2017
wate gates ( 26 per unit) 10,000 15,000
Matectieenees 4,000’ pounds 4, 000 pounds
eter ty a t's poe pound 10 per pound
Bees 2,000 hours 2,500 hours
labor cost $20 hour P25 per hour
How did the operational p one 5 ae
Oat Oe eee hone eect Tabor chang:
a. Increased by 208
b. Increased by 10%
&. Decreased by 108
4. Decreased by 20%
24.A temporary working capital typically supports
a. Seasonal peaks
b. Company's need for cash
©. Settlement of long-term debt
d. ‘Aequisition of capital equipment
nthy,
24.Given the following information for Gin Company, which has
implemented an annual 50-workweek progran
Economic order quantity 6,000 unite
Average investment in inventory per U 5.00
Carrying costs per year 40%
Transaction costs per placement P 100
Normal lead tine 26 days
Maximum lead time
what is the company’s opt
a. 27,692 units
be 28/800 units
e. 34,615 unit
a. 36,000 units
mum reorder point?
25. An anventory management. tool:
a. ABC system
b. Gantt chart
¢, Baumol model
d. ‘bu Pont technique
that total asset
Brandy's pro-forma balance sheet shows
Siccesse by f 200,000 white retaining a debt-equity ratio of
indy? =
@. pebl RUSE increase by P 100,000
b, vebt must increase by P 125,000
Equity must increase by P 375,000
Mity must increase by the full amount of P 990,000
)
ithe effective rate: of @ 12¥ discounted lean) 0: 200, 000,
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26. One that {s NOT descriptive of Management Advisory Services (MAS)
4, MAS engagements are broad in scopo and varied in nature
bl MAS ia repetitive as far as the sane client is concerned
€. MAS involves problem-solving affecting the future operations of
the cllent
4. MAS pinpoints actions to be taken, the benefits of which will
be received in the future
29. The following information were furnished by a prospective investor
relating to a capital project wherein he is interested to invest:
Net invoice cost of new equipment P 150,000
Working capital required to support project 100, 000
Incidental costs for freight and installation 50, 000
Estimated proceeds from sale of old equipment 20, 000
Loas on sale of old equipment being replaced 30, 000,
Estimated cost of repair of old machine 25,000
Gost of training operators of new machine 15, 000
Annual ineremental cash income before tax 80, 000
Estimated life of new equipment 5 years
Income tax rate 408
How much {e the net capital outlay or net amount of Anvestment for
decision-making purposes?
a. 230,000
b. F 260,000 - i
® 270, 000
P 276,000
@
30.Whieh of the following transactions would be most detrimental to a
firm’s current ratio, which is currently at 4.07 =
a. Buy raw mate on credit
b. Settle accounts payable with cash
©. Selling marketable securities at cost
a. Pay off & portion of long-term debt with cash
y handzade pipes, has
ve years
aitacrest river. comprny, @manvrocturer of aux
experienced « steady grovth in its sales for the past f
Increased coupetition, tewever, has ied the’ president, J
believe that an aggtessive advertising campaign will be neces
next year to maintain the company’s present grouth. To prepare
next year’s advertising campaign, the company's accountant presents
the following data for the current year, 2017:
Variable ‘costs (pex pipe!
Direct labor
Direct materials
Variable overhead
fotal variable costs
Fixed! cos!
Manufacturing
Selling
Administrative
Total fixed costs
sales price per pipe
Expected sales, 2017
Mohn has & 531cs ae a oop is desired, what is the maximum amount
patetax income of F MO ' ing at a sales level of 22,000 pipes?
‘ean be spent on aavertiai
B 12,500
D., to
(20,000 pipFinishin,
Shippin,
Re-engincori
Resvazen
Pa ee
poe ech COMPAnY Urns out 200 portable fans a day at a cost of P 250
Flem an f9F Materials and variable conversion cost. tt takes the
inte Ciavec noe means lati caiocneany Maeeaale
usual
al credit terms extended es
GenatagTectE terms extended to {ts custonors is 20 days, and the £128
11y pays its supplies in 20 days. Assuming the foregoing
cles
are constant, what anoun' Working capital must Bacardi
mninces mount of working capital
9p9, 000
P 1,400,000
P 1,800,900
B 2,400, 000
34. Which group of ratios primarily measures risks?
aA. Liquidity, activity and debe
b. Activity, debr and profitabitity
| Liquidity, profitability and debt
|. Activity, Liquidity and common e
mity
35, Rloody Mary Company {s attempting to select the best group
Independent projects competing for the firm's fixed capital budget of
310,000,000. Any unused portion of this budget will earn less than
its 200 cost of capital. A sumaxy of key data about the proposed
projects, follow:
Project initial investment IRR PV of inflows at 208
B B 3,000,000 aie P 3,080,000
B P 9,000,000 258 P 9,320,000
c P 1,000,000 248 P 1,060, 000
. # 7,000,000 238 B 7,350, 000
nt?
Which projects should the rirm imptem
a. Projects B and C
f b. Projects ¢ and 2
€. Projects A and D
d. Projects A, 8, Cand 0
Bei fonic Company has annial sales of P 2,500,000 (bad debts are 3
Gales). The credit and collection manager is considering institutin
4 stricter collection policy where bad debts would be reduced to 1.9%
lof the total sales, and the average collection period (i-e., days
cies outstanding) vould fall from 45 dayo to 30 days. However,
Gales woula also fali by an estimated P 300,000 annually. Varieble
Diccsts are 75% of sales and the cost of carrying receivables is 10%.
i
Uissvaing that the tex rate is 40%, what would be the decrease
Gavestment in receivables if the change were made?
tof LEAST importance fort
ital budgeting ...
terest Earned ratio
financial leverage
of capital« 2017 Baten)
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aB.Which of the following are acceptable criturie sor determining the
average cost of capital (WACC)?
\d historical costs of
weights in the weight
a. Market value of tho capite) structure a
financing
b. Market value of capital structure and
and equity
c. Using the aft
capital structure
4. Using book values of the capital
Jevel of debt and equity
tacget mix of debt
tax cost of debt and the market value of the
structure and the prior
4 overhead ral
39.A, company Uses a budg in applying ove:
diction orders on a labor cost basis for Department A and on 2
eochine hour basis for Department B. At the beginning of the year,
the company made the following predictions:
upset Oepartment_A
Factory overhead
Direct labor cost
e 147,000
P 17,500 P 1,50
Machine hours 300 10,000 10,500
During the month of January, the cost record for a job order, Wo. 105
of 30 units of product), which Was processed through b
shows the following:
ACTOAL Department A
Materials issued P30
Direct labor cost 36
Machine hours 6
‘A applies overhead based on dizect labor peso
machine hours. What
Assuming that Departmer
and that Department » applies overhead based
is the unit cost of the job?
B8.75
b.
ce. 2
3
wm
40.Assume the same data in No. 39, and that at the end of the yer,
actual factory overhead amounted to P 80,000 and B 69,000 in
Department A and 8, respectively.
Assume further that the actual direct labor cost was P 74,000
Pepartment A and actual machine hours were 9,000 in Departmé
company’s overhead must
a@- Over-applied by P 3,250
b. Over-applied by P 1,750
€. Under-applied by P 1,500
d. Under-applied by P 1,750
‘an aggressive working) capital policy in
On the hand, Absolut Company follows
pieces of information
“Kahlua Company follows
Sworking capital management
onsetvative financing policy.
None can conclude that:
@ Kahlua has less
iguidity risk
Rahlua has a low
eurrent ratio
Mahlua finances 5!
iAbeciut finances sho:
iva has low ratio
ut has a high ratio
Based on the
Absolut has
Liquidity
rent ratio while Absolut has @ high
term debt while
s with 10:
h short-term debt
total debt whil
to total de
hort-term asset
rt-term assets wit
of short-term debt ©
t short-term debt
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high
ality
fice equi
ulatora that ara sold only! by
ment dealers. A lage discount
culators this year at an average
atenent expected for the coming year
following »
ng wath
Variable peatts at ots)? 4,800,00
roduction costs (average of P 20) 1,800,000
Contribution margin
Pixed cost ee
Tocome
The 30, 000
706,000
260,000 _
500,000
ie Units to be bought by the choin ace in
Bunch’ Company. currently punch has the capacity to produce
0,000 units per yea
» 10% decline in
expected th
Sales at regular prices -- some customers would recognize
Store’s prodict aid make thelt purchases at the lover Pr
Poles mix remains unchanged, showld Punch accept the special «
A. Yen, because the company would gain P 30,000
5 because the company woutd gain P
the company would gain P
ause the company would Lose F
riable t, the total dost Jin
position on a cost-volume-profit graph:
Shift upward and have ateeper slope
Shift upward and have flatter slope
Shift downward and have steeper slope
G. Sift downward and have ale}
4 company in:
per
».
P 1.50 per 9
44. Scotch Company will yay a divider
the next 22 months. the required rat
{2 10% and the constant growth rate ia St. What is
© conmon share ef Scotch Compan
current macket price
‘a. 30.008
b. 26.638
: 15.008
a. 10,008
45. Dividend payout = Dividend yleid y
a, Plowback ratio
bi Barings per share
€, Price-earnings rati
@. No meaningful amount
GE.Onder the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), what
Tate of return of stock of Johnny Walk
free rate of 7.5%, and a market risk pr
a, 9.008
b. 13.508
€. 15.00%
d. 15.388
ts break-even pe
EA does NOT describe coupany operating at
B Margin of safety ratio 1s nit
Fixed cost equals unit contr
ita sold
ibution margin multiplied
at sales evel below this point would be
favorable to the compan
fame) inj tae rates triggers cor
Seven sales due to increased expenses
ponding increase in53
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Demand
Demand for
money decreases
d. Inflation and denand for money also in
Jack Daniel company 1s diss
ROE) of 15%. If the profit nm:
Unchanged at 84 and 1.25,
debt ratio increase to achieve a 20% AoE?
©. 158
508,
of the following is NOT conside
riance?
a. overhead ty variance
sapac
b: Overhead effic
Fixed overhead budget variance
i chivas company = P 30,000,000
dividend payout
ratio. Chivas
financing will
expe
ny uses
4 break point
Com
here be
‘a. P 18,000,000
b. P 20,000,000
e. P 30/000,000
d. P 45,000,000
whose entire amount is usuall
a. Direct cost
b. Period cost
4
Conversion cost
Factory overhead
John Ls consider:
4 new computer-operated lathe.
the computer-operated lathe follow:
Eexpectively,
Variable overhead spending variance
which 4s
‘no. preferred
in chi
4 proposal to sell
information on th
intied with last
policies,
Remaining useful ite
What is the pre-tax pi
a. 1.87 years
b. 2.00 years
3.29 years
d. 3.53 years
edule t
i. The budget sc
fhe direct labo!
Sales budget
Product ion budget
Raw materials pu
Schedule of cash rece3|
pts
r budget would be!
yases bud
coat P 100,000
Accumilated depreciation 60,000
Salvage value now 20,000
Salvage value in ¢ years 0
Annual depreciation 10,000
Annual cash operating costs 200, 000
ayback period foi
4 years,
a differential cost
an existing lathe and p
© che
your's
by how much must
ly the
stock
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aura on equity
remained
the tot
able overhea:
existing
————<«<—
ath andinformat score.
ton base
4 business encity does Anctude
dopartus has two service departents and tyo producin
a the Building and Grounds service departnent
or departments on tho banis of square footage
eae he depuztmants in the company apd the amount
, h dapartment are presented below
Producing Department A 2
: Producing Department & 30,000 sq.
Budgeted costs in the Buliding and Grounds department total P 34,00¢
or the year
Assuming the step method ia used and
hiding and Ground:
> the Cafeteria would be:
a PO
Di P 4,69
= 8 4,800
4. -P 5,56
Sj. In present value problema, un! J otherwise, flows are
assumed to be
a. At the end of ¢ fod
bs At the beginning of the period
c. In the middle of a tine period
d. Spread out evenly over at
period
58. Under standard co!
(debited) to Work-In-Process Iavento
S regate labor paytol
b. ual labor hours at standard rates
€: Standard lebor hours at actual rat
@) “Standard labor hours at standard rotes
ing, the amount of direct labor
59. product price i= expected
inerense by 5%
Glasticity of demand of the product is sa
product's demand is said to be (1) a 7
expected to decrease by (11)
‘a. (1) price-elastic (11) Tov
b. (1) price~elastic (31)
€- U) price-inelastle (71) 10%
d. (I) price-inelastic (11) 2.5
60.A company practicing Ju: r (orn) for th
manufacture of its lone product
@ Even point to be higher than the non-JIT
B. Standard cost variances to be mostly favorable
€! Most production costs to be ire feion-making
i. Absorption costing ard variable costing income to be equal
elevant in
Hong-term goal of financial managene
Be Avoid risk
| Maxinize profits
UHaximize shareholders’ won:
Hsxinize the booksagen aomsony emits
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b igher salen growth rates
the four
y for next
overhead
catego
b3.Mocktails Manufacturing has four categord
categories and expected overhead coats for each
year are listed below.
Maintenance P 200,000
Material handling 32,000
setups. 100,000
Inspector 120,000
determined overhead rate,
applied using a pF
Labor hours. 50,000 direc
Ked to
getting this
Bids are based on ful.
currently, overhead is
based on budgeted direct
budgeted for fext year. The company hes been 2
for a proposed job. |The plait manager feels ¢
feud reauit in new business in future years
manufacturing cost plus 20%
Estinates for the proposed job are 4s follo
pirect materials ® 6,000
Direct labor (2,000 hours) —P 10,000
Sumber of material moves 12
Number 10
Number 2
Number 500
tn [tue Gave; toll mendtacturing) coat bar | peep calculated by
Beet pp esuchead (using &) volume pared) cost Grits Labor
a heard of a new way of applying overhead
the plant manager ha:
that uses cost pools and cost drive
Machine hours 20,000
Material move 7,600
setups 2,800
Quality inspections 4,000
oie puen fs the bid (peice “sesunlng ACL ty Based co
used?
a. P 21,820
b, P 25,040
ie, p28, 944
Pp 30,048
spies of total quality
js Not among the princiP 1 qua
be customex-orsented
ero defects
pb. strive for 4 :
he first time
Be po it right © st tse
guild teamwork and one
ends to nininizeHeaacemenr 4
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Additional information
he ney technoloqy
ia exp
‘000
ome other pe
P 6
How much is the
Be # 15,000
17,500
3 other pes
how eng 12
L.s years
1 year and
20 months
Some other
and
Between 40%
ragiaterea
tine ot
gat lige of 1 *
tax rate waa alceady
logy: é
ite of 10 year
ted to have ®
tu
present val