FATέH UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT

MAN 305 COST ACCOUNTING

MIDTERM EXAM I

Instructor: Ali COSKUN

Duration: 90 Minutes                                                                                                                            October 20, 2004

QUESTIONS

Question 1.

The following data (in thousands of dollars) have been taken from the accounting records of Karling Corporation for the just completed year.

  Administrative expenses .............……….. $150

  Direct labor ....................……………........ $200

  Finished goods inventory, beginning .….. $120

  Finished goods inventory, ending ....….... $160

  Manufacturing overhead incurred ...….... $230

  Materials inventory, beginning …........…. $ 40

  Materials inventory, ending .....…......…..  $ 70

  Purchases of raw materials .........……….. $120

  Sales ………………................................... $990

  Selling expenses ..................…………...... $140

  Work in process inventory, beginning ….. $ 70

  Work in process inventory, ending ....…... $ 50

Prepare a cost of goods manufactured schedule and an income statement for the year.

 

Question 2.

The following journal entries without dollar data were taken from the accounting records of Crack Company. Crack Company has a job-order costing system and applies overhead to jobs using a budgeted overhead rate.


 

1. Work in Process ...................... XXX

   MOH Control ........................... XXX

       Wages Payable .........................       XXX

 

2.MOH Control ........................... XXX

       Raw Materials .........................       XXX

 

3.MOH Control ........................... XXX

       Accumulated Depreciation ......       XXX

 

4. Work in Process ...................... XXX

       Raw Materials .........................       XXX

 

5. Work in Process ...................... XXX

       MOH Allocated  ......................       XXX

 

6. Finished Goods ....................... XXX

       Work in Process ......................       XXX

 

7. Raw Materials ......................... XXX

       Accounts Payable ....................       XXX

 


a. Which one is the entry to record the purchase of raw materials: ..........................

b. The entry to transfer the cost of goods manufactured for the period is: ..............................

c. The entry to record the allocation of overhead is: ..............

d. The entry to record depreciation on manufacturing equipment is: ............

 

Question 3.

The Transformer Company uses a job-order cost system. The following information was recorded for September:

                                                Added During September

                        September 1         Direct          Direct

   Job Number     Inventory          Materials        Labor

         41               $1,000              $  300          $200

         42                1,400                   250           300

         43                500                 1,500           150

         44                750                 4,000           400

The direct labor wage rate is $10 per hour. Overhead is allocated at the rate of $5 per direct labor-hour. Jobs 41, 42, and 43 have been completed and transferred to finished goods. Job 42 has been delivered to the customer. (only Job 44 still in WIP inventory)

 

a. How much is the ending Work in Process inventory?

b. How much is The Cost of Goods Manufactured for September?

c. How much is The Cost of Goods Sold for September (before disposition of any under- or overapplied overhead)?

 

Question 4.

The following T accounts are for Stanford Company:

 

Material Inventory

 

Work in Process

 

Finished Goods Inventory

(Beg.) 7,000

(1) 19,000

24,000 (2)

 

(Beg.) 11,000

(2) 15,000

(4) 18,000

(6) 31,000

 

62,000 (7)

 

(Beg.) 18,000

(7) 62,000

(End.) 15,000

   ?   (8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOH Control

 

MOH Allocated

 

Cost of Goods Sold

(2)   9,000

(3) 16,000

(4)   8,000

(5)   5,000

 

 

 

31,000 (6)

 

(8)   ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wages Payable

 

Accounts Payable

 

Accumulated Depreciation

 

26,000 (4)

 

 

19,000 (1)

  5,000 (5)

 

 

82,000 (Beg.)

16,000 (3)

 

 

a. How much is the indirect labor cost? .........................

b. The cost of goods manufactured is: ............................

c. The cost of goods sold (before adjustment for under- or overallocated overhead) is: .......................

d. The cost of direct materials used is: ......................................

e. The ending Work in Process account balance would be: ..............................

f. How much is the under- or overallocated overhead? ................................

 

Question 5.

Tarrell Company uses a budgeted overhead rate based on direct labor hours to allocate manufacturing overhead to jobs. At the beginning of the year the company estimated its total manufacturing overhead cost at $400,000 and its direct labor-hours at 100,000 hours. The actual overhead cost incurred during the year was $350,000 and the actual direct labor hours incurred on jobs during the year was 90,000 hours.

 

a. Determine the budgeted manufacturing overhead rate.

b. What is the manufacturing overhead allocated?

c. Compute over-or under allocated manufacturing overhead.

d. What is the proper journal entry to write off the over-or under allocated manufacturing overhead to cost of goods sold.

 

Multiple Choice Questions

* Variable costs are costs whose per unit costs vary as the activity level rises and falls.

a) True                          b) False

* Indirect manufacturing labor costs include the compensation of all manufacturing labor that can be traced to the cost object in an economically feasible way.

a) True                          b) False

* Job-costing system is a system where the cost object is an individual unit, batch, or lot of a distinct product or service.

a) True                          b) False

* Inventoriable costs are all costs of a product that are regarded as an asset when they are incurred and then become cost of goods sold when the product is sold.

a) True                          b) False

* In a manufacturing company, goods available for sale equals the sum of the cost of goods manufactured and the beginning finished goods inventory.

a) True                          b) False

* Prime cost consists of direct materials combined with:

a) direct labor.              b) manufacturing overhead.

c) indirect materials.     d) cost of goods manufactured.

* Actual costs are defined as

a) costs incurred.          b) direct costs.              c) indirect costs.           d) predicted costs.

* Each of the following would be a period cost except:

a) the salary of the company president's secretary.        b) the cost of a general accounting office.

c) depreciation of a machine used in manufacturing.      d) sales commissions.