Economics Assignment
Question 1
At QBE for a project, _______________________.
There is an indifference to accept or reject the project
Both accept and reject the project
Reject the project
Accept the project
Question 2
Direct labor and materials are examples of?
a) Fixed Costs
b) Variable Cost per Unit
c) Variable Costs
d) Profit per unit
Question 3
Fixed costs/(Revenues - Variable costs) equals _________________.
a) Variable Cost per Unit
b) QBE
c) Total Costs
d) Total Profit
Question 4
The fixed costs at Harley Motors are $1 million annually. The main product has revenue of $8.50 per unit and $4.25 variable cost. (a) Determine the breakeven quantity per year.
a) 125,296 units
b) 235,294 units
c) 294,175 units
d) 335,250 units
Question 5
The fixed costs at Harley Motors are $1 million annually. The main product has revenue of $8.50 per unit and $4.25 variable cost. (b) Determine the annual profit if 350,000 units are sold.
a) At 350,000 units; profit = $123,500
b) At 350,000 units; profit = $650,075
c) At 350,000 units; profit = $487,500
d) At 350,000 units; profit = $1,088,500
Question 6
A call center in India used by U.S. and U.K. credit card holders has a capacity of 1,400,000 calls annually. The fixed cost of the center is $775,000 with an average variable cost of $2 and revenue of $3.50 per call.
(a) Find QBE.
a) 525,000 calls per year
b) 516,667 calls per year
c) 522,672 calls per year
d) 521,350 calls per year
Question 7
A call center in India used by U.S. and U.K. credit card holders has a capacity of 1,400,000 calls annually. The fixed cost of the center is $775,000 with an average variable cost of $2 and revenue of $3.50 per call.
(b) The center manager expects to dedicate the equivalent of 500,000 of the 1,400,000 capacity to a new product line. This is expected to increase the center's fixed cost to $900,000, of which 50% will be allocated to the new product line. Determine the average revenue per call necessary to make 500,000 calls the breakeven point for only the new product.
a) Avg. revenue = $2.90 per call
b) Avg. revenue = $4.35 per call
c) Avg. revenue = $2.50 per call
d) Avg. revenue = $3.15 per call
Question 8
An engineering firm can lease a measurement system for $1000 per month or purchase one for $15,000. The leased system will have no monthly maintenance cost, but the purchased one will cost $80 per month. At an interest rate of 0.5% per month, how many months must the system be required to break even?
a) n is approximately 9 months
b) n is approximately 21 months
c) n is approximately 12 months
d) n is approximately 17 months
Question 9
Jeremy is evaluating the operational costs of the manufacturing processes for specific components of a wireless home security system. The same components are produced at plants in New York (NY) and Los Angeles (LA). The records for the last 3 years from NY report a fixed cost of $400,000 per year and a variable cost of $95 per unit in year 1, decreasing by $3 per unit per year. The LA reports indicate a fixed cost of $750,000 per year and a variable cost of $50 per unit, increasing by $4 per unit per year. If the trends continue, how many units must be produced in year 4 for the two processes break even?
a) 14,584 units
b) 10,584 units
c) 13,584 units
d) 12,584 units
Question 10
Machine A has a fixed cost of $40,000 per year and a variable cost of $60 per unit. Machine B has an unknown fixed cost, but with this process 200 units can be produced each month at a total variable cost of $2000. If the total costs of the two machines break even at a production rate of 2000 units per year, what is the fixed cost of machine B?
a) $140,000 per year
b) $160,000 per year
c) $130,000 per year
d) $150,000 per year
Question 11
Convert $10,000 present dollars into then-current dollars of year 10 if the inflation rate is 7% per year.
a) $19,762
b) $19,672
c) $19,627
d) $19,276
Question 12
Convert $10,000 future dollars in year 10 into constant-value dollars (not equivalent dollars) of today if the inflation-adjusted (market) interest rate is 11% per year and the inflation rate is 7% per year.
a) $0
b) $503.42
c) $5083.49
d) $15155.23
Question 13
Ford Motor Company announced that the price of its F-150 pickup trucks is going to increase by only the inflation rate for the next 2 years. If the current price of a truck is $21,000 and the inflation rate is expected to average 2.8% per year, what is the expected price of a comparably equipped truck 2 years from now?
a) $22,192
b) $25,192
c) $12,192
d) $15,192
Question 14
Calculate the inflation-adjusted interest rate when the annualized inflation rate is 27% per year (Caracas, 2004) and the real interest rate is 4% per year.
a) 29.08% per year
b) 32.08% per year
c) 31.08% per year
d) 30.08% per year
Question 15
What market interest rate per quarter would be associated with a quarterly inflation rate of 5% and a real interest rate of 2% per quarter?
a) 6.5% per quarter
b) 8.3% per quarter
c) 10.1% per quarter
d) 7.1% per quarter.