FATέH UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT

MAN 305 COST ACCOUNTING

FINAL EXAM

Instructor: Ali COSKUN

Duration: 80 Minutes                                                                                                 February 13, 2006

QUESTIONS

Question 1. (25 points)

Jordana Woolens is a manufacturer of wool cloth. It has two departments that process items, Cutting and Finishing. The information for Cutting Department for March is as follows:

            Beginning work-in-process ……   6,000 units

Units started ……………………   14,000 units

            Units completed ………………… 16,000 units

Cost of beginning work-in-process

Direct materials …………….…  $ 6,000

Conversion  ………………….…  $ 2,600

Costs added during month:

Direct materials …………….… $ 22,800

Conversion  ……………………  $ 29,800

Degree of Completion:

Beginning work-in-process is 65% as to direct materials and 40% as to conversion costs.

Ending work-in-process is 80% as to direct materials and 50% as to conversion costs.

Required:

a. Prepare a production cost worksheet using the weighted average method.

b. Prepare  a journal entry for March transfers from Cutting to Finishing Department.

 

PLEASE CHOOSE 3 (THREE) OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND ANSWER

 

Question 2. (25 points)

Clark Company had the following activities during 2005:

 

    Direct materials:

       Direct material inventory (31/12/2005)         $ 23,000

       Direct material inventory (01/01/2005)            25,000

       Purchases during 2005                                  97,000

     Direct manufacturing labor                               20,000

     Indirect manufacturing costs                            15,000

     Ending work-in-process inventory                      5,000

     Beginning work-in-process inventory                 1,000

     Ending finished goods inventory                       20,000

     Beginning finished goods inventory                  30,000

 

Required:

a. What is Clark's cost of direct materials used during 2005?

b. What is Clark's cost of goods manufactured during 2005?

c. What is Clark's cost of goods sold during 2005?

 

Question 3. (25 points)

General Hospital uses a job cost system for all patients who have surgery.

In January, the pre-operating room (PRE-OP) and operating room (OR) had budgeted allocation bases of 2,000 nursing hours and 1,000 nursing hours, respectively.

The budgeted nursing overhead charges for each department for the month were $84,000 and $66,000, respectively.

The hospital floor for surgery patients had budgeted overhead costs of $600,000 and 7,500 nursing hours for the month.

For patient Jim Carter, actual hours incurred were eight and four hours, respectively, in the PRE-OP and OR rooms.

He was in the hospital for 4 days (96 hours). Other costs related to Carter were:

 

                              PRE-OP             OR            In-room

     Patient medicine costs     $  100                   $  250          $1,200

     Direct nursing costs        $ 2,400          $ 3,500         $5,400

 

The hospital uses a budgeted overhead rate for allocating overhead to patient stays.

 

Required:

a. Determine the budgeted nursing overhead rate for PRE-OP Cost.

b. Determine the budgeted nursing overhead rate for OR Cost.

c. Determine the budgeted overhead rate for the hospital floor for surgery.

d. What is the total cost of the stay of patient Jim Carter?


Question 4. (25 points)

Yakima Manufacturing purchases trees from Cascade Lumber and processes them up to the split-off point. The products are then sold to an independent company that markets and distributes them to retail outlets. The following information was collected for the month of October.

 

Trees processed:  50 trees (yield is 30,000 sheets of paper and 30,000 pencil casings and no scrap)

Production:       paper                            30,000 sheets

                        pencil casings               30,000

Sales:               paper                29,000 at $0.04 per page

                        pencil casings               30,000 at $0.10 per casing

Cost of purchasing 50 trees and processing them up to the split off point to yield 30,000 sheets of paper and 30,000 pencil casings is $1,500.

Yakima Manufacturing's accounting department reported no beginning inventories; however, ending inventory amounts reflected 1,000 sheets of paper in stock.

Required:

a. What is the approximate production cost per unit for each pencil casing and each sheet of paper if the sales value at split off method is used?

b. How much is the cost of goods sold .

c. How much is the cost of the ending inventory.

 

 

Question 5. (25 points)

Jake's Battery Company has two service department's Personnel and Maintenance. The Maintenance's Department 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 $90,000 and $230,000, respectively.

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

                      Maintenance        Personnel      Production Depts

Standard service           Department       Department          A           B

Hours used                         300                   300               600       300

Number of Employees          25                     25                 75        150

 

What is the cost of the Department A and B using the step-down method if the service department with the highest percentage of interdepartmental support service is allocated first? (Rounded up)

 

Question 6. (25 points)

Flyer Corporation manufactures two products, Product A and Product B.

The company estimated manufacturing overhead would incur $396,000 in manufacturing overhead costs and produce 5,500 units of Product B and 22,000 units of Product A during the current year. Unit costs for materials and direct labor are:

 

                                   Product A          Product B

      Direct material ............     $9              $20

      Direct labor .................     $7            $15

 

The company's overhead costs can be allocated to four major activities. These activities and the amount of overhead cost allocatable to each for the current year are given below:

 

                              Estimated                     Expected Activity   

                                                    Overhead    Product  Product

Activity Cost Pools                           Costs               A           B        Total

Machine setups required ...  $170,000                   700      1,000               1,700

Purchase orders issued ....       37,000                  300        200        500

Machine-hours required ....      91,000    4,000     9,000              13,000

Maintenance requests issued    98,000                  400        600                1,000

                               $396,000

 

Using the data above and an activity-based costing approach, determine the unit product cost of each product for the current year.