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No. 1
When production levels are expected to decline within a relevant range, what effects would be antiClpate-d with respect to each
Fixed costs per unit increase. Variable costs per unit also increase.
Fixed costs per unit stay the same. Variable costs per unit decrease
Fixed costs per unit stay the same . Variable costs per unit increase.
Fixe d costs per unit stay the same . Variable costs per unit also stay the same.
Fixed costs per unit increase. Vanable costs per unit no change.
No. 4
Operating income reported urtder full costing will exceed operating income reported under variable costing for a given period if:
The variable overhead exceeds the fixed overhead
Sales exceed production for that period.
Production equals sales for that period
The fixed overhead exceeds the variable overhead
Production exceeds sales for that period
No. 5
What is the definition of a variable cost?
A cost that, within the relevant range, includes both variable and fixed cost components.
A cost that varies with the cost driver, but in discrete steps within the relevant range, also called semi-fixed cost
A cost that changes in total in response to changes in one or more cost drivers
The total cost (materials, labor, and overhead} divided by the number of units of output.
The portion of the total cost that, within the relevant range, does not change with a change in the quantity of a design
No. 12
When is job costing system propriate to use?
When the costs of a product increase dramatically.
When products produced are homogenous in nature.
When mass production is used
Whenit is impractical to use trace cost to individual products
When most cost incurred for the job can be readily identified with a specific product
No. 13
The three major differences between process and job order costing systems are those relating to:
quantity, quality and cost
responsibility for cost, system design, and authorization codes
speed, accuracy and design
none of these answer choices are correct
cost object, product or service variety, and timing of unit calculation
No. 17
Which of the following best describes fixed cost?
it may change in total when such change depends on production volume within the relevant range]
it may change in total when such change is related to changes in production volume
it is constant per unit of change in production volume
it may change in total when such change is unrelated to changes in production volume
No. 18
Which of the following methods accurately represents the process below?
A customer orders twenty cases of nails, and the firm then produces the nails
overhead assignment method
order method
pull method
labor decision method
push method
No. 19
There is no convenient or economical way to trace a(n) _________ from the cot to the cost pool to the cost object
cost allocation
indirect cost
cost driver
cost assignment
direct cost
No. 20
Inventory under the variable costing method includes:
Prime cost and all conversion cost
Direct materials cost and direct labor cost
Direct materials cost, direct labor cost and variable factory overhead cost
Direct materials cost, direct labor cost, but no factory overhead cost.
Prime cost but not conversion cost
No. 22
What is the assignment of indirect cost to cost pools and cost objects called?
Cost allocation nia
Cost integration
Allocation bases
Cost separation
Overhead cost
No. 23
A company's operatng income recently increased by 30% while its inventory increased in a given year. Which of the following a
favorable income results?
Activity-based costing
Standard direct costing
Direct costing
Full-costing (same)
Variable costing
No. 26
How will unit (average) cost of manufacturing (materials, labor and overhead) usually change if the production level rises?
It will remain constant
It will decrease, but not iin direct proportion to the production increases
It will decrease inversely and in direct proportion to the production increases
It will increase, but inversely with the production increase
It will increase in direct proportion to the production increase
No. 27
Under full costing, fixed manufacturing overhead costs would be classified as:
Product cost
Selling cost
Inventory cost
Period cost
Annual cost
No. 28
No. 32
Complete the inventory formula:
Beginning inventory + ____________ = _____________ + Ending Inventory
None of the answers are correct
Cost transferred out; cost added
Cost added; cost of good manufactured
Cost of goods sold; cost added
Cost added; cost transferred out (same)
No. 33
Which of the following is not a correct pairing of the activity and the potential cost driver?
Process loan applicatios-number of loan applications processed
Mail customer statements-number of accounts by customer type and size
Provide cashier service-number of customers
Advise customers on baking services-number of ATM transactions
No.34
Home Products Incorporated has failed to reach its planned activity level during its first two years of operation. The following ta
produced, sales, and normal activity for these years and the projected relationship for Year 3. All prices and costs have remaine
expected to do so in Year 3. Income has been positive in both Year 1 and Year 2.
Units Produced Sales Planned Production
Year 1 90,000 90,000 100,000
Year 2 95,000 95,000 100,000
Year 3 95,000 90,000 100,000
Because Home Products uses a full costing system, one would predict operating income for Year 3 to be:
Less than year 2
Greater then operating income under variable costing
Less than the operating income under variable costing
The same as operating income under variable costing
None of these answer choices is correct
No. 35
In an income statement prepared using the variable costing method, which of the terms should appear?
Gross Profit (margin) Net income
A) Yes Yes
B) Yes No
C) No No
D) No Yes
Not enough information is given to make a determination
Option D (SAME)
Option C
Option B
Option A
No. 36
The two main advantages of using predetermined factory overhead rates are to provide more accurate unit cost information and
Simplify the accounting process
Insure transmission of correct data
Extend the useful life of the cost data
Provide cost information on a timely basis
Adjust for variances in data sources
No. 38
Product costing provides useful cost information for all the following except:
Financial statement reporting
For non-manufacturing firms
Management planning cost control and performance evaluation
Identifying and hiring competent managers
Both manufacturing and non-manufacturing firms
No. 39
Many firms use which one of the following terms to indicate the use of job costing in service industries?
Industry costing
Standard costing
Normal costing
Project costing
Actual costing
No. 40
When completed units are transferred to the warehouse.
Cost of Goods Sold account id debited
Finished Goods Inventory is debited
Work-in-Process Inventroy is debited
Finished Goods Inventory is credited
Cost of Goods Manufactured account is debited
No. 42
Which of the following can produce unit product costs that fluctuate significantly?
Standard costing system
Overhead costing system
Industry costing system
Normal costing system
Actual costing system
No. 45
The Gray Company has a staff of five clerks in its general accounting department. Three clerks who work during the day perfor
the two clerks who work in the evening are responsibile for (1) collecting the cost data for tha various jobs in process, (2) verifyi
and labor reports, and (3) supplying production reports to the supervisors by the next morning. The salaries of these two clerks
be classified as:
Product costs
Indirect costs
Variable Costs
Direct costs
Period costs same
No. 47
A manufacturer of machinery currently produces equipment for a single client. The client supplies all required raw material on a
manufacturer contracts to complete the desired units from this raw material. The total production costs incurred by the manufac
as:
Conversion costs same
Prime costs
FIxed costs
Factory overhead
Variable production costs
No. 49
The value stream income statement can be compared to
The static budget
The contribution income statement
A streamlined production process
Value chain analysis
A streamlined accounting system
No. 51
Which of the following is not among the most frequently used volume-based cost drivers for applying factory overhead?
Machine hours
Direct labor hours
None of theses answers are correct
Number of products made
Direct labor costs
No. 52
Other things being equal, income computed by the variable costing method will exceed that computed by the full costing metho
Units sold exceed unit produced
Fixed manufacturing costs increase
Variable manufacturing costs increase
Units produced exceed unit sold nia
Units produced exceeds units started
No. 55
In job costing, the job might consist of:
a batch of similar products
a batch of identical products
a single product
a single, well-defined project
a single product, a batch of products, or a single well-defined project
ADD
The term relevant range as used in cost accounting means the range over which;
Relevant costs are incurred
Costs may fluctuate
relevant costs are avoided
cost relationships are approximately linear
Production may vary
10 volume-based rates are appropriate in situations where the incurrence of factory overhead
is related to several non-homogenous cost drivers
is related to a single, common cost driver
is related to multiple cost drivers
varies considerably from period to period
is relatively small in amount
13 Which of the following industries is more suitable for using a job costing system?
Food processing
Medical Clinics
Cement manufacturing
Petroleum product manufacturing
Chemical plants
22 Total product costs at the end of the accounting period should be based on what?
Estimated overhead
applied overhead
Normal overhead
Standard overhead
actual overhead
26 If the volume of production is increased over the level planned, the cost per unit wold be expected to
Increase for fixed costs and increase for variable costs
remain unchanged for fixed costs and increase for variable costs
decrease for fixed costs and remain unchanged for variable costs
decrease for fixed costs and decrease for variable costs
decrease for fixed costs and increase for variable costs
51 Product costing system design or selection:
Requires an understanding of the nature of the business
Should provide useful cost information for strategic and operational decision needs
All of these answer choices are correct
Involves cost management expertise
Should be cost effective in design and operation
37 Volume-based cost accounting systems often do not provide sufficiently accurate product costing because they:
Too often use an allocation base that does not have a cause-effect relationship to resource usage
37 Home Products Incorporated has failed to reach its planned activity level during its first two years of operation. The fo
relationship between units produced, sales, and normal activity for these years and the projected relationship for Year
remained the same for the last two years and are expected to do so in Year 3. Income has been positive in both Year 1
Because Home Products uses a full costing system, one would predict operating income for Year 3 to be:
Greater than Year 2.
Equal to Year 1.
Greater than Year 1.
Equal to Year 2.
38 Which of the following can be inferred as an argument against the use of variable costing?
Fixed manufacturing overhead is necessary for the production of a product.
39 Which of the following is not one of the four steps to obtain the predetermined overhead rate?
40 Which of the following is not technology used to track cost flows in a company?
Card reader
Biometric scanning device
Barcode technology
Smart phone
RFID scanner
41 A job in which quantity of products is ordered by a single customer is more likely to be an example of:
the lean method of production
the resource-based method
the single method of production
the push method of production
the pull method of production (nia)
42 Under variable costing, fixed manufacturing overhead costs would be classified as:
product costs
selling costs
annual costs
inventory cost
period costs nia
43 A normal costing system uses actual costs for direct materials and direct labor, and:
Estimated costs for factory overhead (nia)
Estimated costs that the firm should attain
Estimated factory overhead costs based on material cost
Actual costs for factory overhead
Charges actual factory overhead as a lump sum
45 The key distinction between job costing and process costing is:
The standard applies
The use made of the collected data
The difference in detail required by each approach
The journal entries required
The accumulation of costs to assign to cost objects (nia)
48 Operating income reported under full costing will exceed operating income reported under variable costing for a given
Production exceeds sales for that period
49 What is the assignment of indirect costs to cost pools and cost objects called?
Cost Allocation
50 Which of the following journal entries is correct if scrap is being incurred and sold for all jobs in common in the amoun
Debit - Cash 600
Credit - Factory Overhead 600
ld be antiClpate-d with respect to each of the following?
nia
st pool to the cost object
*NOTE: Allocation bases are cost drivers used to allocate or assign these costs to cost objects.
a given year. Which of the following accounting methods would produce the most
wo years of operation. The following table shows the relationship between units
ar 3. All prices and costs have remained the same for the last two years and are
hould appear?
more accurate unit cost information and tax
ce industries?
clerks who work during the day perform sundry accounting tasks;
tha various jobs in process, (2) verifying manufacturing material
ning. The salaries of these two clerks who work at night should
supplies all required raw material on a no-cost basis. The
duction costs incurred by the manufacturer are correctly identified
its first two years of operation. The following table shows the
and the projected relationship for Year 3. All prices and costs have
come has been positive in both Year 1 and Year 2.
verhead rate? 1) Identify the activities that will be used to allocate overhead and estimate theircosts,
2) Identify the allocation base for each activity and estimate the total quantity of each allocationbase,
3) Compute the predetermined overhead rate for eachactivity,
4) Allocate indirect costs to the cost objectesp
y to be an example of:
(nia)
creased in a given year. Which of the following accounting methods would produce the most favorable income results?
SOLUTION
2021 2022 2.6
Units sold 2,500.00 3,200.00
Units produce 3,000.00 3,000.00
Costs
Variable facto 0.65 0.65
Fixed factory 1,290.00 1,290.00
Variable marke 0.80 0.80
Fixed Selling 650.00 650.00
1. Full costing operating income for 2021 is calculated to be:
Sales 6500
Less: Cost of Goods Sold
Beginning Inventory 0
Cost of goods produced 3240
Cost of goods available for sale 3240
Less: Ending inventory 540
Cost of goods sold (total) 2700
Gross Margin 3800
Less: Selling & Administrative expenses:
Fixed 650.00
Variable 2000
Total Selling and administrative expenses 2,650.00
Net operating income 1,150.00
Sales 8320
Less: Cost of Goods Sold
Beginning Inventory 325
Cost of goods produced 1950
Cost of goods available for sale 2275
Less: Ending inventory 195
Cost of goods sold (total) 2080
Add: Selling & Administrative expenses: 2560 4640
Gross Margin 3680
Less: Selling & Administrative expenses:
Less: Fixed manufacturing costs 1,290.00
Less: Selling and administrative expenses 650.00
Total Selling and administrative expenses 1,940.00
Net operating income 1,740.00
3. Variable costing operating income for 2021 is calculated to be:
Sales 6500
Less: Cost of Goods Sold
Beginning Inventory 0
Cost of goods produced 1950
Cost of goods available for sale 1950
Less: Ending inventory 325
Cost of goods sold (total) 1625
Add: Selling & Administrative expenses: 2000 3625
Gross Margin 2875
Less: Selling & Administrative expenses:
Less: Fixed manufacturing costs 1,290.00
Less: Selling and administrative expenses 650.00
Total Selling and administrative expenses 1,940.00
Net operating income 935.00
Sales 8320
Less: Cost of Goods Sold
Beginning Inventory 540
Cost of goods produced 3240
Cost of goods available for sale 3780
Less: Ending inventory 324
Cost of goods sold (total) 3456
Gross Margin 4864
Less: Selling & Administrative expenses:
Fixed 650.00
Variable 2560
Total Selling and administrative expenses 3,210.00
Net operating income 1,654.00
No. 3
Furniture Comp any incurred the following costs during 2016:
Conversion costs $240,000
Prime costs $210,000
Manufacturing overhead $115 ,000
What was the amount of direct materials and direct labor used for the year?
Direct materials Direct laoor
A. $95 ,000 $100,000
B. $105,000 $80,000
C. $125,000 $90,000
D. $85,000 $125,000
Option D
Option A
Option B
Option C
None of these options are correct
SOLUTION
Prime cost = DL + DM
DM DL
OPTION D 85000 125000 210000
No6
Randall Company manufactures products to customer specifications. A joo costing
system is used to accumulate production costs. Factory overhead cost wes applied at
125% of direct labor cost Selected data concerning the past year's operation of the
company are presented below.
January 1 December 31.
Direct materials $77,000 40,000
Work in process 66,000 42,000
Finished goods 115,000 100,000
Other information
Direct materiais purchases $324,000
Cost of goods available for sale 950,000
Actual factory averneed costs 260,000
The cost of goods sold (before adjustment for under or overapplied overhead) is
$811,000
$348,000.00
$867,000
$835,000
$850,000.00
The cost of goods manufactured during the year is:
835,000
SOLUTION
Cap Incorporated manufactures call point pens that sell at wholesale for $0.80 per unit. Buageted production in potn 2021
and 2022 was 8,000 units. There was no beginning inventory in 2021. The following cete summarized the 2021 and 2022
operations
2021 2022
Units sold 6,500 9,000
Units produced 8,000 8,000
Costs
Variable factory overhead per unit $0.20 $1,200
Fixed factory overhead $1,200 $1,200
Variable marketing per unit $0.30 $0.30
Fixed Selling and Administrative 320 320
SOLUTION
Sales 5200
Less: Cost of Goods Sold
Beginning Inventory 0
Cost of goods produced (8000*0.35) $2,800.00
Cost of goods available for sale 2800
Less: Ending inventory [(8000-6500)*0.35] -$525.00
Cost of goods sold (total) 2275
Gross Margin 2925
Less: Selling & Administrative expenses:
Fixed 320
Variable $1,950.00
Total Selling and administrative expenses 2270
Net operating income 655
Full costing operating income for 2022 is calculated to be
Unit product cost under full costing:
Variable overhead per unit $0.20
Fixed overhead per unit (1200/8000) $0.15
Product cost per unit $0.35
Sales 7200
Less: Cost of Goods Sold
Beginning Inventory $525.00
Cost of goods produced (8000*0.35) $2,800.00
Cost of goods available for sale $3,325.00
Less: Ending inventory [(8000-6500)*0.35] -$175.00
Cost of goods sold (total) $3,150.00
Gross Margin $4,050.00
Less: Selling & Administrative expenses:
Fixed 320
Variable $2,700.00
Total Selling and administrative expenses 3020
Net operating income $1,030.00
No. 10
d production in potn 2021 Cap Incorporated manufactures call point pens that sell at wholesale for $0.80 per unit. Buageted produc
arized the 2021 and 2022 in potn 2021 and 2022 was 8,000 units. There was no beginning inventory in 2021. The following cete
summarized the 2021 and 2022 operations
2021 2022
Units sold 6,500 9,000
Units produced 8,000 8,000
Costs
Variable factory overneed per unit $0.20 $1,200
Fixed factory overneed $1,200 $1,200
Variable marketing per unit $0.30 $0.30
Fixed Selling and Administrative 320 320
SOLUTION
Sales
Less: Cost of Goods Sold
Beginning Inventory 0
Cost of goods produced $1,600.00
Cost of goods available for sale 1600
Less: Ending inventory $300.00
Cost of goods sold (total) $1,300.00
Add: Selling & Administrative expenses: $1,950.00
Gross Margin
Less: Selling & Administrative expenses:
Less: Fixed manufacturing costs $1,200
0.8 Less: Selling and administrative expenses 320
Total Selling and administrative expenses
Net operating income
Variable costing operating income for 2022 is calculeted to be
Unit profuct cost under variabl costing:
Variable overhead per unit $0.20
Product cost per unit $0.20
Sales
Less: Cost of Goods Sold
Beginning Inventory $300.00
Cost of goods produced $1,600.00
Cost of goods available for sale $1,900.00
Less: Ending inventory $100.00
Cost of goods sold (total) $1,800.00
Add: Selling & Administrative expenses: $2,700.00
Gross Margin
Less: Selling & Administrative expenses:
Less: Fixed manufacturing costs $1,200
Less: Selling and administrative expenses 320
Total Selling and administrative expenses
Net operating income
No. 11
esale for $0.80 per unit. Buageted production Blue Sky Incorporated listed the following cata for the current year
g inventory in 2021. The following cete Buageted factory overhead 1,271,000.00
Budgeted direct inbor hours 82000
Budgeted macnine hours 41,000
Actual factory overhead 1,201,000.00
Actual direct labor hours 86300
Actual machine hours 39,400
If overhead is applied based on direct labor nours overapplied underapplied overeed is
(Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places)
$174775 overapplied
$136,650 overapplied
0
$136,650 underapplied.
$174775 underapplied
SOLUTION
0.8
5200
$3,250.00
$1,950.00
$1,520
$430.00
7200
$4,500.00
$2,700.00
$1,520
$1,180.00
No. 14
Music incorporated planned and manufactured 250,000 units of its single product in 2022
its first year of operations. Verisole manufacturing costs were 30 per unit of production.
Planned and actual fixed manufacturing costs were 600,000 Marketing and administrative
costs (all fixed) were 300,000 in 2022. Music Incorporated sold 200,000 units of product
in 2022 at 60 per unit
SOLUTION
Units manufactured @ 30 7,500,000.00
Planned & Actual fixed manufacturin 600,000.00
Marketing & Administrative cost 300,000.00
$15,300 underapplied
$51,600 overapplied
$15,300 overapplied
0
$51,600 underapplied
$10,800 overapplied
$10,800 underapplied
$15,300 underapplied
$0
$15,300 overapplied
SOLUTION
OR
Conversion Costs 221,000
Prime Cost 195,000
Direct Materials used -85,000
Direct Labor 110,000
Factory overhead 111,000
OR
Conversion Cost - Direct Labor (*Prime cost - direct materials used) = Factory overhead
No. 24
y Construction, Incorporated recently lost a portion of its financial records in an Assume the following information pertaining to Sta
theft. The following accounting information remained in the office files:
SOLUTION
materials used
ial inventory, Beginning 26,000.00
materials purchases 12,000.00
direct materials available 38,000.00
Direct materials inventory, Ending 14,000.00
materials used 24,000.00
labor - wages 50000
y overhead applied 20,000.00
manufacturing costs incurred during year 94,000.00
Work in process inventory, Beginning 18,500.00
manufacturing costs to account for 112,500.00
Work in process inventory, Ending 14,500.00
f goods manufactured 98,000.00
No. 25
ormation pertaining to Star Company: Woodcarving Company incurred the following costs during May:
$
Beginning Ending Conversion costs 460,000
130,000 124,000 Prime costs 390,000
85,000 104,000 Manufacturing overhead 315,000
117,000 130,000
What was the amount of direct materials and direct labor used
e period are as follows: Direct materials Direct labor
A. $100,000 $295,000
896,000 B. $105,000 $215,000
199,000 C. $245,000 $145,000
156,000 D. $70,000 $75,000
SOLUTION
Prime cost = DL + DM
156,000 DM DL
130,000 OPTION C $245,000 $145,000
-117,000
169,000
No. 30 Incorporated recently lost a portion of its records in an office fire. The following
Conrad,
ing costs during May: information was salvaged from the accounting records.
Direct labor cost incurred during the period amounted to 1.5 times the factory overhead
Chief Financial Officer of Conrad, Incorporated has asked you to recalculate the follow
accounts and to report to him by the end of the day.
What is the amount in the finished goods inventory at the beginning of the year?
$20,000
$15,000
$10,500 (gelay)
$390,000 $25,000
$18,000
$68,500
72,500
75,000
96,000
94,000 (nia)
SOLUTION
Direct materials used
Material inventory, Beginning
Direct materials purchases
Total direct materials available
Less: Direct materials inventory, Ending
Direct materials used
Direct labor - wages
Factory overhead applied
Total manufacturing costs incurred during year
Add: Work in process inventory, Beginning
Total manufacturing costs to account for
Less: Work in process inventory, Ending
Cost of goods manufactured
Add: Finished Good, Beginning
Total Goods Available for Sale
Less: Finished Good, Ending
COGS
What should be the amount in the finished goods inventory at the beginning of t
year?
$15,000
$55,000
57,000
61,000
45,000
SOLUTION
What is Lang's unit cost for January, calculated on the varibale costing basis?
$8.50
$7.20
$7.50
$6.20
$9.50
SOLUTION
you to recalculate the
Direct materials 40,000
Direct labor 22,000
Variable overhead 10,000
Total Variable Costs 72,000
Divide units 10000
Unit cost 7.2
The December 31 balances of these inventory accounts were ten percent lower than the balances at
the beginning of the year.
The normal cost of goods sold, before under or overapplied overhead is:
1,354,700
1,336,700
1,373,600
1,332,600
1,339,300
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
$33,000
11,000
$4,000
31,000
$30,000
Product X
each (2 full time) Direct materials
Drect labor
Units completed
each CPA Direct labor hours
40
SOLUTION
$80
$60 The total cost of Job X is:
$130
$90
$110
corporated uses direct labor hours to assign overhead, the unit product cost for Product X will The total factory overhead ap
ect materials + direct labor + (overhead per direct labor hour * direct labor hours) / units completed
,000 + 3,000 + ($100 * 100) / 100 units = $180
ect materials + direct labor + (overhead per direct labor hour * machine hours) / units completed
,000 + 3,000 + ($100 * 50) / 100 units = $130
No. 62
Star Incorporated is a job-order manufacturer. The company uses a predetermined
ead rate based on direct labor hours to apply overhead to individual jobs. For the Jeffrey's Bottling Company incurred the following c
t year, estimated direct labor hours were 114,000 and estimated factory overhead
695,400. The following information was for September. Job X was completed during Prime Costs
mber, while Job Y was started but not finished. Direct Materials
Direct Labor
Manufacturing Overhead
mber 1, inventories: $9,000 Conversion Cost
in-process (All Job X). 37,400
80,400
als purchases $125,000
materials requisitioned:
54,500
40,000
labor hours:
5,000
4,500
costs incurred:
labor ($6.00 per hour) $57,000
16,200
y supervisory salaries 7,200
8,400
istrative offices 2,200
equipment depreciation costs:
$9,000
istrative offices 1,900
ct materials used $14,400
Exact
Predetermined Overhead Rate 41.17647058824