Fogelin Promotional Services Uses a Job Order System for Costing

question 58

Multiple Choice

Fogelin Promotional Services uses a job order system for costing and billing promotional services for dance and ballet performances. Fogelin has 4 public relations specialists, plus an office staff. At the beginning of 2012, Fogelin estimated the total cost of salaries and benefits for the public relations specialists at $403,200, and a total of 7,200 billable hours for the year. All remaining office and administrative costs were estimated at $676,800.
A new client is contracting with Fogelin to promote a ballet tour in the U.S. Fogelin estimates that the job will require 40 billable hours of specialist time. If Fogelin wishes to make a 25% gross profit on the job, what price should Fogelin quote to the client?

• A) $2,800
• B) $6,000
• C) $7,500
• D) $4,700

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

The additional output produced as a result of employing one more unit of a particular input, assuming all other inputs remain constant.

Total Cost

The complete cost of production, including both fixed and variable costs, incurred by a business in the production of goods or services.

Input Price

The cost of resources or raw materials used in the production of goods and services.

Productivity

The measure of how efficiently inputs are converted into outputs in any production process.