Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which of the following statements is true? A. The word "cost" has the same meaning in all situations in which it is used. B. Cost data, once classified and recorded for a specific application, are appropriate for use in any application. C. Different cost concepts and classifications are used for different purposes. D. All organizations incur the same types of costs. E. Costs incurred in one year are always meaningful in the following year.
2. Which of the following is a product cost? A. Glass in an automobile. B. Advertising. C. The salary of the vice president-finance. D. Rent on a factory. E. Both "A" and "D." 3. The accounting records of Georgia Company revealed the following costs: direct materials used,
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This can also be a true statement if the period costs were prepaid (i.e., prepaid advertising, depreciation). E. Product costs eventually affect both the balance sheet and the income statement. 17. In a manufacturing company, the cost of goods completed during the period would include which of the following elements? A. Raw materials used. B. Beginning finished goods inventory. C. Marketing costs. D. Depreciation of delivery trucks. E. All of the above. 18. Which of the following equations is used to calculate cost of goods sold during the period? A. Beginning finished goods + cost of goods manufactured + ending finished goods. B. Beginning finished goods - ending finished goods. C. Beginning finished goods + cost of goods manufactured. D. Beginning finished goods + cost of goods manufactured - ending finished goods. E. Beginning finished goods + ending finished goods - cost of goods manufactured.
19. Holden Industries began July with a finished-goods inventory of $48,000. The finished-goods inventory at the end of July was $56,000 and the cost of goods sold during the month was $125,000. The cost of goods manufactured during July was: A. $104,000. B. $125,000. C. $117,000. D. $133,000. E. some other amount. 20. Carolina Plating Company reported a cost of goods manufactured of $520,000, with the firm's year-end balance sheet revealing work in process and finished goods of $70,000 and $134,000, respectively. If supplemental information
The correct answer is D, $700,000. The nonmanufacturing costs are the costs incurred to make the inventory are crossed out below. Notice that purchasing raw material is not the same thing as incurring a cost. You have simply traded one asset for another. You have not yet used it to make a product, or provide a service.
Gabe's Auto produces and sells an auto part for $30.00 per unit. In 2010, 100,000 parts were
1. For financial accounting purposes, what is the total amount of product costs incurred to make 10,000 units?
Consolidated Company makes cardboard boxes. During the most recent accounting period Consolidated paid $60,000 for raw materials, $48,000 for labor, and $52,000 for overhead costs that were incurred to make boxes. Consolidated started and completed 400,000 boxes. Consolidated desires to earn a gross margin that is equal to 40% of product cost. Based on this information the selling price per box is:
3. Using the variable costing method, which of the following costs are assigned to inventory?
1. Consider the $13.4 million of freight costs. What is the correct (GAAP) method of accounting for these? How did Dollar General in fact originally account for these costs? (Include in your answer a table of the effects on income in any years affected, both before and after tax, of the correct accounting and the accounting they originally used.
In exams, you will not have demonstrated your understanding of the answers to these exercises if you seek only to memorise them. You are encouraged to use tutorial time to discuss issues that will test and clarify your understanding of these exercises, as well as expanding your analytical and critical-thinking skills. 2.5 Costs can be classified and reported in many different ways, depending on the purpose for which managers will use the information. Students should be careful how they interpret this phrase. It is not really different costs but the same bundle of
3. For each of the individual overhead accounts at Bridgeton, do you believe the given cost is variable, fixed, or something else? Why? (Use information or evidence from the case to support your evaluation, if possible. For most of these costs, there is no single right answer from the case information, so the goal is to come up with a reasonable estimate.)
22. Mitch Company’s ending inventory is understated by $4,000. The effects of this error on the current year’s cost of goods sold and net income, respectively, are
1. The cost of a computer system installed last year is an example of: (Points: 2)
4. Assume that the interest in a new basis for cost accounting at Destin Brass Products remains high. In the following month, quantities produced and sold, activities, and costs were
Milligan’s Backyard Storage Kits, a mail order company, sells a variety of backyard storage unit kits and landscaping decorations to its customers. Although the company makes a profit, David Milligan, the company’s owner, realizes that he can improve his company’s operations if he better manages his inventory. Mr. Milligan requests your help in preparing an Inventory Analysis worksheet. The Inventory Analysis worksheet provides Mr. Milligan with information about his annual sales, cost of goods sold, gross profit, and markup on this products. Preparing the worksheet for Mr. Milligan requires you to insert columns, use several functions, and apply proper formatting to the
Company operates in the Industrial Sector – Services, and Industry – Regional Airlines. According to the Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC), company belongs to the industry group 451: Air
We want to know the amount aluminum cans account for in the cost of sales. According to the provided information cans account for 60% of net revenues. Net revenue in 1994 will be $231,207 * 1.04 = $240,455. The cans contribute 0,60 * $240,455 = $144,273. With a gross margin on cans of 27% the cost of sales of aluminum cans for 1994 is
inventories of finished goods, or whether less was produced than sold, which would mean a