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Question # 4

Calculate AMI’s degree of operating leverage. Show your calculations.

Essay

Apex Manufacturing lnc. (AMI) is a Canada-based company that manufactures a manufactures and unique part for aircrafts. It has few competitors in the market. The company is exposed to exchange rate risk because about 90% of its products are exported to the U.S, and most of its sales contracts are in U.S. dollars. AMI has the capacity to manufacture 1,500 units of the part per year. For the year just ended. AMI manufactured and sold 1,000 units. The operating results are shown below.

Recently, A new customer made a one-area order of 500 units of the part at $1.200 per unit. The CTO asked the controller to analyze this offer. AMI is considering adjusting its sales price next year in a recent meeting, the CFO suggested to use the market-based approach for pricing decisions, bat the controller insisted that the cost-based approach is more favorable to the company.

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Question # 5

Mow many student enrolments per year ate required for the new busmen English course to break, even at its current price? Snow your calculations

Essay

Online Learning Inc. lOLI) is a privately-held company based in the IUC that specializes in providing online courses in English as a Second Language (ESL). OLI is trying to set up a new sales office in a foreign country. It needs a business license to operate in that country. The license normally lakes six months to obtain. An official of that country said that he could expedite the process for a fee of €300.

OLI estimates the new sales office can bring €300,000 incremental profit annually OLI has just launched a new online 40-houi course to help adult ESL learners master basic business English. The price of the new course is €500 per student, the variable cost is €300 per student, and the total fixed cost of the new course is €300.000 per year OLI spent €200.000 to develop the new course before launching it. There are many online course providers in the marketplace, and each has its own feature However, OLI's highly qualified staff and good reputation have enabled it to charge a premium price compared to its major competitors. Recent market research indicates that if OLI raises the price of its new business English course by 10V the student enrollment would decrease by 5V A regional airlines company in Asia has approached OLI and offered to enroll 1.000 of its employees in the new course if OLI would agree to a special price of €350 per employee If OLI accepts this offer, an additional €10,000 onetime cost would be required to temporally expand its capacity to accommodate the new students.

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Question # 6

Calculate QDDs financial leverage ratio show your calculations

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Quality Digital Design (QDD) Inc is a public-traded technology company Selected financial data of QDD for the prior year are as follows

QDD's stock was trading at $160 per share at the beginning of the yea: and at $176 per share by the end of the year. The company paid dividends of S5 per share. The company "s stock had a beta of 1 4 The stock market provided a total return of 12% last year, well above the 3°o risk free rate of return

QDD is considering the issuance of $200 million of bonds to fund the repurchase of $200 million of its stock. QDD is evaluating the bond, including its term structure, maturity, and whether it should be callable obtaining the lowest coupon interest is an important objective of QDD. The CFO has estimated that sales for the current year would remain the same as last year and the new bond would add S12 million in annual interest payments

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Question # 7

Clark inc, expects to incur the following selected costs an a new product being planned for introduction early next.

  • Design an development costs of $100,000 that will be incurred this year.
  • Marketing costs of $50,000 to be incurred %50 this year %50 year
  • Manufacturing costs of $500,000 to be incurred next year.
  • In addition to external market factors, the pricing decision should be based on cost. The product cost that should be used is
A.

$500,000

B.

$525, 000

C.

$550,000

D.

$650, 000

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Question # 8

A corporation has $80 million in current assets comprised of $30 million in inventory and $50 million in cash and marketable securities it has current liabilities of $50 million. If the corporation purchases an additional $10 million in inventory with trade credit this would

A.

increase its current ratio and increase its quick ratio

B.

not change its current ratio and decrease its quick ratio

C.

not change its current ratio and not change its quick ratio

D.

decrease its current ratio and decrease its quick ratio

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Question # 9

Identify and explain two ways for AMI to hedge its exchange rate risk.

Essay

Apex Manufacturing lnc. (AMI) is a Canada-based company that manufactures a manufactures and unique part for aircrafts. It has few competitors in the market. The company is exposed to exchange rate risk because about 90% of its products are exported to the U.S, and most of its sales contracts are in U.S. dollars. AMI has the capacity to manufacture 1,500 units of the part per year. For the year just ended. AMI manufactured and sold 1,000 units. The operating results are shown below.

Recently, A new customer made a one-area order of 500 units of the part at $1.200 per unit. The CTO asked the controller to analyze this offer. AMI is considering adjusting its sales price next year in a recent meeting, the CFO suggested to use the market-based approach for pricing decisions, bat the controller insisted that the cost-based approach is more favorable to the company.

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Question # 10

if a company increases the price of its product from $3010 $35, demand would decrease from 30, 000 units to 20.000 units. What is the price elasticity of demand for the company using the midpoint formula?

A.

0.4

B.

0.5

C.

2.0

D.

2.7

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Question # 11

All of the following describe ethical leaders except

A.

dedicated leaders who can keep promises and commitment

B.

flexible leaders how new ethical behavior to be negotiable

C.

supportive leaders who encourage employees to adhere to company policy

D.

leaders who demonstrate high ethical standards

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Question # 12

Safety Strollers was recently sued by several people who alleged harmful and unsafe strollers. The management team was largely unconcerned about these lawsuits due to the apparent negligence of the plaintiffs However, a consumer grassroots effort Drought these dangers into the public eye and the management team now fears for their brand s reputation and the sales o' their products. The facts are staring to get distorted and some stores are electing to no longer carry this brand. This situation could best be considered a

A.

hazard loss mal can be mitigated with liability insurance

B.

cost of doing business mat the company's m-house legal counsel will hand.

C.

financial risk managed through product diversification

D.

catastrophic force that could have been managed better with a robust crisis management plan

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Question # 13

Harris Wholesale Grocery Company has gross sales per year of $7 million and grants credit terms to its customers of 2/5. net 15 As a result. 60% of customers pay on the discount date 20% pay on the net due date, and 20% pay on average 10 days after the due date Assuming that sales are uniform throughout the year and using a 360-day year In the calculation what is the approximate annual amount of discount that Hams customers are allowed to take?

A.

$28,000

B.

$84,000

C.

$140, 000

D.

$210,000

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Question # 14

To minimize me risk of a two-stock portfolio, a company should most likely purchase stocks that have

A.

negatively correlated expected returns

B.

positively correlated expected returns

C.

equally correlated expected returns

D.

no correlated expected returns

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Question # 15

The CFO at GameX, a handheld game manufacturer has asked a financial analyst to provide an analysis and evaluation of the company versus three of its competitors. The analyst prepared the following report.

Based or the analysis the analyst is justified to write in his evaluation mat in order to Improve its position in the market. GameX should

A.

reduce its debt load

B.

increase its inventory

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Question # 16

On January 1, 2008 the exchange rate between the U S dollar (S) and Indian Rupee (Rs) was $t = Rs 39. 2676. On January 1, 2009 the rate was Rs 1 = $0,0205. Based only on the relative currency appreciation or depreciation, which country's exports would likely have increased?

A.

India

B.

U.S

C.

Neither India or U.S

D.

Both India and U.S

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Question # 17

How many units should be produced and sow it AMI'S target net income is $600,000? Snow your calculations.

Apex Manufacturing lnc. (AMI) is a Canada-based company that manufactures a manufactures and unique part for aircrafts. It has few competitors in the market. The company is exposed to exchange rate risk because about 90% of its products are exported to the U.S, and most of its sales contracts are in U.S. dollars. AMI has the capacity to manufacture 1,500 units of the part per year. For the year just ended. AMI manufactured and sold 1,000 units. The operating results are shown below.

Recently, A new customer made a one-area order of 500 units of the part at $1.200 per unit. The CTO asked the controller to analyze this offer. AMI is considering adjusting its sales price next year in a recent meeting, the CFO suggested to use the market-based approach for pricing decisions, bat the controller insisted that the cost-based approach is more favorable to the company.

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Question # 18

According to the IMA Statement of Ethical Professional Practice, identify and explain the standard(s) that Matthew would violate if he chooses not to report the issue regarding the accounting manager.

Apex Manufacturing lnc. (AMI) is a Canada-based company that manufactures a manufactures and unique part for aircrafts. It has few competitors in the market. The company is exposed to exchange rate risk because about 90% of its products are exported to the U.S, and most of its sales contracts are in U.S. dollars. AMI has the capacity to manufacture 1,500 units of the part per year. For the year just ended. AMI manufactured and sold 1,000 units. The operating results are shown below.

Recently, A new customer made a one-area order of 500 units of the part at $1.200 per unit. The CTO asked the controller to analyze this offer. AMI is considering adjusting its sales price next year in a recent meeting, the CFO suggested to use the market-based approach for pricing decisions, bat the controller insisted that the cost-based approach is more favorable to the company.

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