VA Contractors: VA Advanced (Class A) questions with correct answers

VA Contractors: VA Advanced (Class A) questions with correct answers For 1 month a company bills out $38,000 in completed work, and receives $22,000 in payments plus $8,000 from the previous month's billings. They pay their total bill of $26,000 to supply houses for this month's purchases, and another $5,000 to supply houses for last month's purchases. Using a cash accounting method and NOT considering any other revenue or expenses, what is the company's net income for the month? - ANSWER -Loss of $1,000 The owner requests for change which will cost the contractor $15,000 in labor and materials and $2,250 in overhead costs. With the change, the contractor would be relieved of $18,000 in labor and materials costs, and $2,400 in overhead costs from the original contract. The original bid included profit of 20% of all costs. The contractor wants to make a profit of 20% of all costs on the changes. The adjusted contract price for the change order should be... - ANSWER -A decrease of $3,780 Which of the following would typically be covered by a contractor's comprehensive general liability insurance policy? - ANSWER -Damage to adjoining property from a crane accident What is the total gross compensation and employment status for a carpenter, given the following information? A contractor hires a carpenter to do the finish work for a 10-home project. The carpenter is to be paid $16 per hour. The contractor provides all materials and equipment, such as a table saw. The carpenter provides all of his own hand tools. The contractor and the carpenter agree that all of the homes are to be completed within 60 8-hour working days, without overtime. The contractor provides the carpenter with a schedule of the order in which homes are to be worked on. The contractor provides a helper to assist the carpenter. The contractor sets the work schedule each day. The carpenter spends 600 hours to complete this project, including 120 hours of overtime. - ANSWER -The carpenter is an employee and is owed $10,560 for the project What is the name of the process when a facilitator meets with the major participants in a project, prior to the commencement of the project, to identify the shared goals of all participants? - ANSWER -Partnering What is the average collection period ratio for a firm that has $365,000 in annual revenues, $6,600 in current receivables, and net income of $32,000? - ANSWER - 6.6 Who oversees compliance with Material Safety Data Sheets? - ANSWER -OSHA A non-exempt employee of a contractor covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act works 60 hours during a workweek. The agreement is to pay the employee $400 each week regardless of the numbers of hours worked. What should be the employee's gross pay for the worksheet? - ANSWER -$700.50 In the previous year, a company had revenues of $500,000 project overhead of $40,000 and company overhead of $75,000. The company expects the percentage for project and company overhead to remain the same for the current year. The company desires to make a 10% profit on a project it is bidding. The project would have $80,000 in direct costs. What should the bid price be? - ANSWER -Between $110,000 and $120,000 How much state income tax MUST be paid by a corporation that has $30,000 of Federal taxable income? The company deducted $2,000 of state and local taxes on the Federal return, and had $2,000 of qualified worker retraining expenses. The corporation does business ONLY in Virginia. - ANSWER -$1,080 How much is an employer who withheld employee Medicare and Social Security taxes or $765 required to send to the IRS? - ANSWER -$1,530 An insurer offers the contractor a 20% per year reduction in premiums if the contractor has a defied safety program in place. The insurer's standard rates are $8 per $1,000 of coverage. The contractor has $300,000 in coverage. How much in premiums will the contractor save a 3-year period by having a defined safety program in place? - ANSWER -Between $1,001 and $1,500 Where would depreciation of equipment first be entered? - ANSWER -General journal What is the gross pay of a non-exempt employee who works 45 hours during a holiday week, and receives 8 hours additional pay for the holiday? The employee earns $12.50 per hour. - ANSWER -$693.75 A contractor pays a workers' compensation rate of $0.08 per $100 of office employee payroll, $0.15 per $100 of field supervisor payroll, and $0.26 per $100 of field employee payroll. Total office employee payroll for the year is $25,000. Total field supervisor payroll is $48,000. Total field employee payroll is $225,000. The contractor receives a discount of 5% of total premiums for having a safety