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Quiz – Chapter 4 - Solutions 1. Salter Company uses the FIFO method in its process costing system. The company reported 25,000 equivalent units for materials last month. The company's beginning work in process inventory consisted of 6,000 units, 40% complete with respect to materials. The ending work in process inventory consisted of 4,000 units, 70% complete with respect to materials. The number of units started during the month was: A) 25,400 units. B) 23,400 units. C) 22,600 units. D) 24,600 units.

Beginning Inv. Started & Comp. Ending Inv.

6,000 ? 4,000

% 60% 100% 70%

Direct Materials 3,600 ? 2,800 25,000

C is correct. You can calculate the equivalent units for Started & Completed
18,600 (25000 – 3600 – 2800) The equivalent units are the same as the actual units. The units started are the Ending Inventory (4,000) plus the Started & Completed units (18,600)
This is 22,600 units. 2. The following data were taken from the accounting records of Abacus Company, which uses the FIFO method in its process costing system: Beginning work in process inventory: 20,000 units (materials 100% complete, labor and overhead 60% complete) Started in process during the period: 80,000 units Ending work in process inventory: 30,000 units (materials 100% complete, labor and overhead 70% complete) The equivalent units are: A) Material, 90,000 units; labor and overhead, 89,000 units. B) Material, 100,000 units; labor and overhead, 91,000 units. C) Material, 60,000 units; labor and overhead, 53,000 units. D) Material, 80,000 units; labor and overhead, 79,000 units. D is correct. You need to figure out that there are 50,000 Started & Completed units (80,000 – 30,000).

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Beginning Inv. Started & Comp. Ending Inv.

% 20,000 0%/40% 50,000 100% 30,000 100%/70%

Direct Materials 0 50,000 30,000 80,000

Conversion 8,000 50,000 21,000 79,000

3. Tabet Corporation uses the FIFO method in its process costing system. Operating data for the Curing Department for the month of March appear below:

Beginning work in process inventory ...... Transferred in from the prior department during March ........................................ Completed and transferred to the next department during March ..................... Ending work in process inventory ...........

Units 5,700

Percent Complete 70%

57,000 58,700 4,000

90%

According to the company's records, the conversion cost in beginning work in process inventory was $20,349 at the beginning of March. The cost per equivalent unit for conversion costs for March was $5.00.

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How much conversion cost would be assigned to the units completed and transferred out of the department during March? A) $273,550 B) $293,899 C) $285,000 D) $293,500 B is correct.

Beginning Inv. Started & Comp. Ending Inv.

5,700 53,000 4,000

% 30% 100% 90%

Conversion 1,710 53,000 3,600

You know that Started & Completed is 53,000 units (57,000 – 4,000). You are told the cost per equivalent unit of Conversion Cost is $5.00. Units completed consist of Beginning Inventory and Started & Completed units. The cost of these units is:

Beginning Inv. Started & Comp.

Cost $28,899 265,000 $293,899

Calculation $20,349 + (1,710 x $5) 53,000 x 5

Use the following to answer questions 4-10: Hache Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. Data concerning the first processing department for the most recent month are listed below:

Beginning work in process inventory: Units in beginning work in process inventory ................ Materials costs ................................................................ Conversion costs ............................................................. Percentage complete with respect to materials ............... Percentage complete with respect to conversion ............ Units started into production during the month ................. Units transferred to the next department during the month Materials costs added during the month ............................ Conversion costs added during the month ......................... Ending work in process inventory: Units in ending work in process inventory ..................... Percentage complete with respect to materials ............... Percentage complete with respect to conversion ............

700 $8,000 $7,800 50% 35% 5,200 4,400 $90,300 $125,600 1,500 50% 30%

Note: Your answers may differ from those offered below due to rounding error. In all cases, select the answer that is the closest to the answer you computed. To reduce rounding error, carry out all computations to at least three decimal places.

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4. What are the equivalent units for materials for the month in the first processing department? A) 750 B) 5,900 C) 4,400 D) 5,150 D is correct. You need to calculate that the Started & Completed units are 3,700 (4,400 – 700).

Beginning Inv. Started & Comp. Ending Inv.

700 3,700 1,500

% 100% 100% 50%/30%

Direct Materials 700 3,700 750 5,150

Conversion 700 3,700 450 4,850

5. What are the equivalent units for conversion costs for the month in the first processing department? A) 5,900 B) 4,400 C) 4,850 D) 450 C is correct. See above table. 6. The cost per equivalent unit for materials for the month in the first processing department is closest to: A) $16.66 B) $15.31 C) $17.53 D) $19.09 D is correct. The numerator for Direct Materials is this month’s Direct Material costs ($90,300) + the Direct Material cost in the Beginning Inventory from last month. ($8,000). Divide the numerator by the equivalent units: $98,300/5150 = 19.08738

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7. The cost per equivalent unit for conversion costs for the first department for the month is closest to: A) $28.89 B) $22.61 C) $27.51 D) $25.90 C is correct. The numerator for Conversion Costs is this month’s Conversion costs ($125,600) + the Conversion cost in the Beginning Inventory from last month. ($7,800). Divide the numerator by the equivalent units: $133,400/4850 = 27.50515 8. The cost per equivalent whole unit for the month in the first processing department is closest to: A) $39.27 B) $46.59 C) $49.39 D) $52.66 B is correct. The cost of one equivalent unit is the cost per equivalent unit for Direct Material plus the cost per equivalent unit for Conversion Costs 19.08738 + 27.50515 = 46.59253 9. The total cost transferred from the first processing department to the next processing department during the month is closest to: A) $231,700 B) $274,893 C) $205,005 D) $215,900 C is correct.

Beginning Inv. Started & Comp.

Calculation 700 (19.08738 + 27.50515) 3,700 x (19.08738 + 27.50515)

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Cost $ 32,614.77 172,392.40 $205,007.10

10. The cost of ending work in process inventory in the first processing department according to the company's cost system is closest to: A) $26,692 B) $69,888 C) $34,944 D) $20,966 A is correct.

Ending Inv.

Calculation (750 x 19.08738) + (450 x 27.50515)

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Cost $26,692.85

Answer Key -- Quiz Chapter 6 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

C D B D C D C B C A

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