answers 2025/2026
Cost of Goods Sold - ANS ✔✔The cost of the merchandise inventory that the business has sold
to customers
Periodic Method - ANS ✔✔An inventory system that requires businesses to obtain a physical
count of inventory to determine quantities on hand
Perpetual Method - ANS ✔✔An inventory system that keeps a running computerized record of
merchandise inventory
FOB Destination - ANS ✔✔Situation in which the buyer takes ownership (title) to the goods at
the delivery destination point and the seller typically pays the freight
FOB Shipping Point - ANS ✔✔Situation in which the buyer takes ownership (title) to the goods
after the goods leave the sellers place of business (shipping point) and the buyer typically pays
the freight
Gross Profit - ANS ✔✔Excess of net sales revenue over cost of goods sold (sales revenue-cost of
goods sold=gross profit)
Shrinkage - ANS ✔✔The loss of inventory that occurs because of theft, damage, and errors
Consistency - ANS ✔✔A business should use the same accounting methods and procedures
from period to period