FATİH UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT

MAN 305 COST ACCOUNTING

FINAL EXAM

Instructor: Ali COSKUN

Duration: 90 Minutes                                                                                                                         January 7, 2005

QUESTIONS

Question 1.

Summer Company produces bikes. It has two departments that process items: Assembly and Testing.

The Information for Assembly Department for September include:

 

            Beginning work-in-process inventory        1,600 units

            Units started                                          2,000 units

            Units transferred to Testing                       3,200 units

            Conversion costs                             $ 216,000

            Cost of direct materials                       $ 132,000

            Beginning work-in-process costs:

                        Materials                                 $ 104,000

                        Conversion                              $   32,080

 

Beginning work-in-process is completed 70% as to direct materials and 50% as to conversion costs.

Ending work-in-process is completed 80% as to direct materials and 60% as to conversion costs.

 

a. Prepare a production cost worksheet with supporting schedules using the first in first out method (FIFO) of process costing.

b. Prepare  a journal entry for September transfers from Assembly to Testing Department

 

 

Question 2.

Salamon Inc. allocates overhead based upon machine hours. Budgeted manufacturing overhead was $289,000 and budgeted machine hours were 8,500. Actual manufacturing overhead was $287,600 and actual machine hours were 8,400.

Ending balances before proration are as follows: Materials inventory      $200,000                  

Finished goods inventory      90,000

The cost of goods sold         700,000

Work in process                   10,000

a. Determine the budgeted manufacturing overhead rate per machine hour.

b. Compute the over/underallocated overhead.

c.Dispose the under-overallocated amount using proration based on ending balances in Work in Process, Finished Goods and Cost of Goods Sold.

d. Prepare the journal entry to dispose of the under/overallocated manufacturing overhead.

 

 

Question 3.

Tamara's Battery Company has two service department's Personnel and Maintenance. The Maintenance Department's costs of $160,000 are allocated on the basis of standard hours used. The Personnel Department's costs of $40,000 are allocated based on the number of employees. Costs of Department A and B are $80,000 and $120,000, respectively.

Data on standard service hours and number of employees are as follows:

    

                                       Maintenance        Personnel       Production Departments

Standard service               Department       Department              A             B

Hours used                              400                   200                  480          320

Number of Employees               15                     20                    60          225

Allocate service department costs to production departments using reciprocal method.

 

 

 

Question 4.

Troy Company processes 50,000 gallons of direct materials to produce two products, Product X and Product Y. Product X sells for $1 per gallon, and Product Y, the main product, sells for $30 per gallon. The following information is for August:

                                                                  Beginning      Ending

          Production         Sales      Inventory      Inventory

Product X:         5,375             5,000             0                375

Product Y:        10,000             9,000             0               1,000

The manufacturing costs totaled $150,000.

 

a. How much is cost of the ending inventory under product by-product method (method A)?

b. What is the gross margin for Troy Company under product by-product method (method A)?

 

 

Question 5.

Kaplan, Inc. produces two products, Small and Large. Central costs are allocated to the two products in various ways. Advertising expense is $300,000 and it is allocated on the basis of sales.  Total payroll processing costs are $96,000 and they are allocated on the basis of number of employees. Total rent expense is $120,000 and it is allocated on the basis of square footage. There were no beginning or ending inventory. Relevant information for the current month is presented below:

                                                  Small            Large

Square footage                           6,000          18,000

Number of employees                 1,020             580

Number of units produced        5,000            1,500

Sales                                    $400,000     $2,000,000

Direct materials cost             $100,000     $   800,000

Direct labor cost                   $220,000     $   750,000

 

a. Calculate the total cost of each product lines.

b. Calculate the operating income for the current month.

 

 

Question 6.

Golding Company uses a predetermined overhead rate to allocate overhead. Overhead is allocated on the basis of direct labor hours in department 1 and on the basis of machine hours in department 2. At the beginning of the year, the following estimates are provided:

 

Department One              Department Two

Direct Labor Hours             100,000                             20,000
Machine Hours                    10,000                             30,000
Direct Labor Cost            $ 750,000                        $ 160,000

Overhead Cost                $ 250,000                        $ 162,000

 

Actual Costs reported for all jobs during the year are as follows:

            Department One                Department Two

Direct Labor Hours               98,000                             21,000
Machine Hours         11,000                             32,000
Direct Labor Cost            $ 748,000                        $ 168,000

Overhead Cost                $ 247,500                        $ 175,000

 

The accounting Records of the company show the following data for Job 60:

            Department One               Department Two

Direct Labor Hours               125                                    50
Machine Hours           10                                  205
Direct Material Cost        $ 1,580                            $ 2,650

Direct Labor Cost             $   937                            $    400


a. Compute the predetermined overhead rate for each department.

b. Compute the total cost of Job 60.

c. If there are 50 units in Job 60, what is the unit cost?