Budgets provide financial objectives to achieve. If actual operations results do not meet the budgeted objectives, it may indicate inefficiency or ineffectiveness of the operations. Therefore, the managers should pay attention to the business activities which fail to meet the budgeted goals and be accountable for significant deviations. Which of the following is best explained by the above statements?   Operating budgets Zero-based budgeting Budgetary control Capital budgeting

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1) Budgets provide financial objectives to achieve. If actual operations results do not meet the budgeted objectives, it may indicate inefficiency or ineffectiveness of the operations. Therefore, the managers should pay attention to the business activities which fail to meet the budgeted goals and be accountable for significant deviations.

Which of the following is best explained by the above statements?

  Operating budgets
Zero-based budgeting
Budgetary control
Capital budgeting 

2) Glacier Trails manufactures backpacks for adventurers. The backpacks come in two types: Daytripper, and Excursion. Glacier anticipates the following sales volumes for the coming period:

Daytripper: 2,000 backpacks

Excursion: 1,200 backpacks

Desired ending inventory for Daytripper and Excursion are 30 and 50 units respectively. In the beginning of the budget year, Glacier expects to have 10 Daytripper and 15 Excursion backpacks. What would be the production budgets for Daytripper and Excursion? 

  
Daytripper:2,030; Excursion: 1,250
Daytripper:2,210; Excursion: 885
Daytripper:2,020; Excursion: 1,235
Daytripper:2,010; Excursion: 1,185 
 
3) Fezzari manufactures mountain bicycles. The company expects to produce 2,800 bikes in the next year. The budgeted direct labor hours are 3,800 hours. The budgeted total manufacturing overhead costs include $1.50 per direct labor hour for the perks for factory workers, $20 per bike produced for utilities, $12,000 for general liability insurance, $150,000 for equipment depreciation, $360,000 for the floor supervisor salaries, and $54,000 for the rent on the factory facilities. 

What is the cash budget for the manufacturing overhead costs? 

  
$632,000
 
 
 
 
  
$576,000
 
 
 
 
  
$637,700
 
 
 
 
  
$487,700
 
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