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Process Costing(Quick Test)

Author:
Harold Averkamp, CPA, MBA

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    1. 1. If the units produced vary significantly from each other, a __________ costing system may be more advantageous than the process costing system.

    2. 2. Because some units of products are at various stages of completion at the end of a month, __________ units of production are used for assigning a department’s manufacturing costs to products.

    3. 3. Conversion costs consist of direct __________ and manufacturing overhead.

    4. 4. The units completed by Department A and sent to Department B for further processing are referred to as __________–__________ units by Department A.

    5. 5. Department A’s costs for the units it sent to Department B are referred to as __________–__________ costs by Department B.

    6. 6. The cost per equivalent unit is used to assign costs to units finished and to the units in the ending __________–__________–__________ inventory.

    7. 7. In a process costing system, costs are typically collected or accumulated in __________ before being assigned to products.

    8. 8. In a process costing system, a __________ cost report is used to account for the units and costs in a department.

    9. 9. The method in which the units in beginning inventory are treated as if they were started and completed in the current period is __________.

    10. 10. Under which method are the units in beginning inventory treated separately from the units that were started and completed in the current period?

    11. 11. In a process costing system, the units are more likely to be produced for __________.

    12. Use the following information for answering Questions 12 - 13:
      At the beginning of May, a department's beginning work-in-process consisted of 6,000 units. During May, it started 40,000 units. At the end of May its work-in-process contained 7,000 units.

    13. 12. The total number of units to be accounted for in May was __________ units.

    14. 13. Assuming no spoilage, the number of units that were transferred out of the department during May was __________ units.

    15. Use the following information for answering Questions 14 - 16:
      In August, a manufacturing department had 1) no beginning inventory, 2) started 30,000 units of product, and 3) had 2,000 units of product in work-in-process inventory at the end of August. The ending work-in-process inventory was 100% complete for materials and 30% complete for conversion costs.

    16. 14. The department’s number of equivalent units for materials for the month of August was __________.

    17. 15. The department’s number of equivalent units for conversion costs for the month of August was __________ under the weighted average method.

    18. 16. The department’s number of equivalent units for conversion costs for the month of August was __________ under the FIFO method.

    19. Use the following information for answering Questions 17 - 18:
      During July a department has 1) completed the conversion costs on the 1,000 units of product that were 20% complete at the end of the previous month, 2) started and completed 8,000 units, and 3) started 600 units but completed only 40% of the conversion costs.

    20. 17. The number of equivalent units for the conversion costs under the weighted average method is __________.

    21. 18. The number of equivalent units for the conversion costs under the FIFO method is __________.

    22. Use the following information for answering Questions 19 - 25:
      A department began the month of July with its beginning work-in-process inventory consisting of 10,000 units which were 100% complete for materials and 40% complete for conversion costs. The costs associated with the beginning inventory are $30,000 for materials and $80,000 for conversion costs.

      During July, the department also started an additional 200,000 units. Its ending work-in-process inventory on July 31 consisted of 20,000 units which were 100% complete for materials and 20% complete for conversion costs.

      During July, the department requisitioned and used materials having a cost of $581,100 and incurred conversion costs of $2,306,200.

    23. 19. Under the weighted average method, the cost of materials per equivalent unit for July was $__________.

    24. 20. Under the weighted average method, the conversion costs per equivalent unit for July was $__________.

    25. 21. Under the weighted average method, the total cost of the units transferred out of the department was $__________ (consisting of $__________ of materials cost, and $__________ for conversion costs).

    26. 22. Under the weighted average method, the total cost of the units in the July 31 ending work-in-process inventory was $__________ (consisting of $__________ of materials cost and $__________ for conversion costs).

    27. 23. Under the FIFO method, the conversion costs per equivalent unit for July was $__________. (Rounded to the nearest cent.)

    28. 24. Under the FIFO method, the materials costs per equivalent unit for July was $__________. (Rounded to the nearest cent.)

    29. 25. Using the answer in Question 24 rounded to the nearest cent, the total amount of materials costs in the July 31 ending work-in-process inventory under the FIFO method will be $__________.

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For the past 52 years, Harold Averkamp (CPA, MBA) has worked as an accounting supervisor, manager, consultant, university instructor, and innovator in teaching accounting online. He is the sole author of all the materials on AccountingCoach.com.

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