ACC400 Week-1

  

Exercise 16.1

Listed below are eight technical accounting terms introduced or emphasized in the reading

Work in process Inventory Cost of finished goods manufactured

Conversion Costs Cost of Goods sold

Period Cost Management Accounting

Product Cost Manufacturing Overhead

Each of the following statements may or may not describe one of these technical terms. For each statement, indicate the accounting term described or answer None if the statement does not describe any of the terms

a.  The preparation and use of accounting information designed to assist managers in planning and controlling the operations of a business

b. All manufacturing costs other than direct materials used and direct labor

c. Direct materials and direct labor used in manufacturing a product

d. A manufacturing cost that can be traced conveniently and directly to manufactured units of a product.

e. The account debited at the time that the manufacturing overhead account is credited

f. The amount transferred from the work in process Inventory account to the finished goods Inventory account.

g. Costs that are debited directly to expense accounts when the costs are incurred

  

Exercise 16.2

Into which of the three elements of manufacturing cost would each of the following be classified? 

1. Tubing used in manufacturing      bicycles. 
2. Wages paid by an automobile      manufacturer to employees who test-drive completed automobiles. 
3. Property taxes on machinery. 
4. Gold bullion used by a jewelry      manufacturer. 
5. Wages of assembly-line workers      who package frozen food. 
6. Salary of plant superintendent. 
7. Electricity used in factory      operations. 
8. Salary of a nurse in a factory      first-aid station. 

  

Exercise 16.3

Indicate whether each of the following should be considered a product cost or a period cost. If you identify the item as a product cost, also indicate whether it is a direct or an indirect cost. For example, the answer to item 0 is "indirect product cost." Begin with item a. 

0. Property taxes on factory building. 

1. Cost of disposal of hazardous waste      materials to a chemical plant. 
2. Amounts paid by a mobile home      manufacturer to a subcontractor who installs plumbing in each mobile home.      
3. Depreciation on sales showroom      fixtures. 
4. Salaries of security guards in      administrative office building. 
5. Salaries of factory security      guards. 
6. Salaries of office workers in the      credit department. 
7. Depreciation on raw materials      warehouse. 
8. Income taxes on a profitable      manufacturing company.