Steinhoff Products, Inc

question 8

Multiple Choice

Steinhoff Products, Inc., has a Sensor Division that manufactures and sells a number of products, including a standard sensor that could be used by another division in the company, the Safety Products Division, in one of its products. Data concerning that sensor appear below: The Safety Products Division is currently purchasing 4,000 of these sensors per year from an overseas supplier at a cost of $48 per sensor.
Assume that the Valve Division is selling all of the valves it can produce to outside customers. From the standpoint of the Valve Division, what is the lost contribution margin if the valves are transferred internally rather than sold to outside customers?

• A) $76,000
• B) $969,000
• C) $120,000
• D) $20,000

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Definitions:

Public Good

A product or service that is made available to all members of a society, typically free of charge, and which no individual can be excluded from using.

Common Resource

A shared resource that multiple parties can access and use, which often leads to overuse and depletion due to a lack of exclusive ownership.

Positive Externality

A benefit that affects a party who did not choose to incur that benefit, often associated with public goods or services that extend beyond the direct participants in an economic activity.

Rival in Consumption

Refers to a situation where the consumption of a good by one individual prevents or diminishes its consumption by another.