ACG 2071 EXAM 3 PRACTICE SOLUTION
STUDY SHEET QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS
●● if the unit selling price increases, what happens to the break even
point?
Answer: it decreases
●● if the fixed cost increases, what happens to the break even point?
Answer: it increases
●● unit contribution margin
Answer: sales price per unit - variable cost per unit
●● operating income
Answer: contribution margin - fixed costs
●● contribution margin ratio
Answer: contribution margin/sales
●● variable cost per unit
Answer: total variable costs/total units
, ●● fixed cost per unit
Answer: total fixed costs/total units
●● as the amount of units produced increases, what happens to the fixed
cost per unit?
Answer: it decreases (but total fixed cost stays the same)
●● operating leverage
Answer: contribution margin/operating income
●● margin of safety (%)
Answer: (sales - sales at break even) / sales
●● three primary assumptions of cost-volume-profit analysis:
Answer: 1. total sales & total costs can be represented by a straight line
2. there is no change in inventory during the period
3. cost can be divided into fixed and variable components
●● type of chart that plots only profit line rather than sales and costs
lines:
Answer: profit-volume chart
STUDY SHEET QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS
●● if the unit selling price increases, what happens to the break even
point?
Answer: it decreases
●● if the fixed cost increases, what happens to the break even point?
Answer: it increases
●● unit contribution margin
Answer: sales price per unit - variable cost per unit
●● operating income
Answer: contribution margin - fixed costs
●● contribution margin ratio
Answer: contribution margin/sales
●● variable cost per unit
Answer: total variable costs/total units
, ●● fixed cost per unit
Answer: total fixed costs/total units
●● as the amount of units produced increases, what happens to the fixed
cost per unit?
Answer: it decreases (but total fixed cost stays the same)
●● operating leverage
Answer: contribution margin/operating income
●● margin of safety (%)
Answer: (sales - sales at break even) / sales
●● three primary assumptions of cost-volume-profit analysis:
Answer: 1. total sales & total costs can be represented by a straight line
2. there is no change in inventory during the period
3. cost can be divided into fixed and variable components
●● type of chart that plots only profit line rather than sales and costs
lines:
Answer: profit-volume chart