15. Erastic Corporation has $18,000 in cash, $10,000 in marketable securities, $40,000 in account receivable, $48,000 in inventories, and $46,000 in current liabilities. The corporations current assets consist of cash, marketable securities, accounts receivable, and inventory. The corporations acid-test ratio is closest to:

• 1.26

• 2.52

• 1.48

• 0.87

16.

Johansen Corporation uses a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. The Corporation has provided the following estimated costs for the next year:

Direct materials	$	6,000
Direct labor	$	20,000
Rent on factory building	$	15,000
Sales salaries	$	25,000
Depreciation on factory equipment	$	8,000
Indirect labor	$	12,000
Production supervisor's salary	$	15,000

Jameson estimates that 20,000 direct labor-hours will be worked during the year. The predetermined overhead rate per hour will be:

• $2.50 per direct labor-hour

• $2.79 per direct labor-hour

• $3.00 per direct labor-hour

• $4.00 per direct labor-hour

17. Rawe Corporations accounts receivable at the end of Year 2 was $341,000 and its accounts receivable at the end of Year 1 was $293,000. Sales, all on account, amounted to $1,395,000 in Year 2. The companys average collection period for Year 2 is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

• 89.2 days

• 83.0 days

• 76.7 days

• 4.4 days

18.

Data concerning three of the activity cost pools of Salcido LLC, a legal firm, have been provided below:

Activity Cost Pool	Total Cost		Total Activity
Researching legal issues	$	22,580	780	research hours
Meeting with clients	$	1,303,209	7,533	meeting hours
Preparing documents	$	93,940	5,880	documents

The activity rate for the meeting with clients activity cost pool is closest to:

• $76 per meeting hour

• $173 per meeting hour

• $1,303,209 per meeting hour

• $97 per meeting hour

19. Which of the following would be an acceptable measure of activity for a material handling activity cost pool?

Options	Number of material moves	Weight of material moved
A	Yes	Yes
B	No	Yes
C	Yes	No
D	No	No

• Option D

• Option C

• Option A

• Option B