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IMANET Exam CMA Topic 1 Question 72 Discussion

Actual exam question for IMANET's CMA exam
Question #: 72
Topic #: 1
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Multi Frame Company has the following revenue and cost budgets for the two products

it sells:

The budgeted unit sales equal the current unit demand, and total fixed overhead for the year is budgeted at $975,000. Assume that the company plans to maintain the same proportional mix. In numerical calculations, Multi Frame rounds to the nearest cent and unit.The total number of units needed to break even if the budgeted direct labor costs were $2 for plastic frames instead of $3 is

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Capital budgeting is the process of planning and controlling investments for long-tern, projects It is this long-term aspect of capital budgeting that presents the management accountant with specific challenges. Most financial and management accounting topics concern tracking and reporting activity for a single accounting or reporting cycle, such as one month or one year, By their nature, capital projects affect multiple accounting periods and will constrain the organization's financial planning well into the future. Once made, capital budgeting deacons tend to be relatively inflexible.


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Salena
19 days ago
Wait, did they say the company rounds to the nearest cent and unit? That's going to make this a real challenge.
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Gilma
23 days ago
Alright, time to put my problem-solving skills to the test. Gotta love these little tricky 'what-if' scenarios.
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Laila
1 months ago
Haha, these accountant questions always make my head spin. But I'm going to give it my best shot - maybe I'll get lucky and pick the right answer!
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Loreen
22 days ago
I think the answer is A) 154028 units.
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Oliva
1 months ago
Okay, let's see. If the direct labor cost for plastic frames goes down, that should affect the break-even point. Time to crunch some numbers!
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Kristofer
2 months ago
Hmm, this looks like a tricky one. I'll need to really focus on the fixed overhead and the direct labor cost changes to get this right.
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Hollis
23 days ago
Then we can use that to find the break-even point with the new direct labor cost for plastic frames.
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Mitzie
27 days ago
I think we need to calculate the contribution margin for each product first.
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Princess
2 months ago
I'm not sure, but I think the answer might be A) 154,028 units.
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Eladia
2 months ago
I disagree, I believe the answer is D) 146,177 units.
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Nada
2 months ago
I think the answer is C) 156,000 units.
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