ACCOUNTING TOOLS FOR BUSINESS
DECISION MAKING ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PACKAGE
●● examples of variable costs
Answer: - direct materials
- direct labor (wages of assembly workers)
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●● examples of a manufacturers direct costs
Answer: - wages of assembly workers
- direct materials
●● examples of a manufacturers indirect costs
Answer: - tools used to create the prducts
- the factory accountants salary
●● best description of a product cost
Answer: cost directly associated with the production of a good, recorded
as inventory until product is sold
, ●● "3 pieces of the pie"
Answer: direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead
●● when do you use job order costing systems?
Answer: for customized products
●● The cost of any raw materials used in production of a customized
product should be transferred out of the "Raw Materials Inventory"
account and into...
Answer: works in progress inventory
●● The cost of any direct labor used in production of a customized
product should be recorded in what account?
Answer: also works in progress inventory
●● what are the four steps for accoungint for overhead?
Answer: 1) set the predetermiend overhead rate
2) apply estimated overhead rate to jobs
3) record actual overhead
4) adjust overhead
●● what account is ajusted to account for differences in overhead?
Answer: cost of goods sold
DECISION MAKING ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PACKAGE
●● examples of variable costs
Answer: - direct materials
- direct labor (wages of assembly workers)
-
●● examples of a manufacturers direct costs
Answer: - wages of assembly workers
- direct materials
●● examples of a manufacturers indirect costs
Answer: - tools used to create the prducts
- the factory accountants salary
●● best description of a product cost
Answer: cost directly associated with the production of a good, recorded
as inventory until product is sold
, ●● "3 pieces of the pie"
Answer: direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead
●● when do you use job order costing systems?
Answer: for customized products
●● The cost of any raw materials used in production of a customized
product should be transferred out of the "Raw Materials Inventory"
account and into...
Answer: works in progress inventory
●● The cost of any direct labor used in production of a customized
product should be recorded in what account?
Answer: also works in progress inventory
●● what are the four steps for accoungint for overhead?
Answer: 1) set the predetermiend overhead rate
2) apply estimated overhead rate to jobs
3) record actual overhead
4) adjust overhead
●● what account is ajusted to account for differences in overhead?
Answer: cost of goods sold