Exam 4: Process Costing

Bettie Corporation uses a weighted-average process costing system to collect costs related to production. The following selected information relates to production for October: All materials at Bettie are added at the beginning of the production process. -What total amount of cost should be assigned to the units in work in process on October 31?

Gunes Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. This month, the beginning inventory in the first processing department consisted of 800 units. The costs and percentage completion of these units in beginning inventory were: A total of 8,500 units were started and 7,400 units were transferred to the second processing department during the month. The following costs were incurred in the first processing department during the month: The ending inventory was 50% complete with respect to materials and 35% complete with respect to conversion costs. 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. -The cost of ending work in process inventory in the first processing department according to the company's cost system is closest to:

Poirrier Corporation uses process costing.The following data pertain to its Assembly Department for February. Required: Determine the equivalent units of production for the Assembly Department for February using the weighted-average method.

Process costing is employed in industries that produce basically homogeneous products such as bricks,flour,or cement but would not be appropriate for assembly-type operations such as those that manufacture computers.

Lorona Inc.has provided the following data concerning the Assembly Department for the month of April.The company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing. During the month,7,400 units were completed and transferred from the Assembly Department to the next department. Required: Determine the cost of ending work in process inventory and the cost of units transferred out of the department during April using the weighted-average method.

Bistrol Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. This month, the beginning inventory in the first processing department consisted of 800 units. The costs and percentage completion of these units in beginning inventory were: A total of 8,400 units were started and 7,500 units were transferred to the second processing department during the month. The following costs were incurred in the first processing department during the month: The ending inventory was 70% complete with respect to materials and 60% complete with respect to conversion costs. 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. -The cost per equivalent unit for conversion costs for the first department for the month is closest to:

The Assembly Department started the month with 24,000 units in its beginning work in process inventory.An additional 309,000 units were transferred in from the prior department during the month to begin processing in the Assembly Department.There were 29,000 units in the ending work in process inventory of the Assembly Department.How many units were transferred to the next processing department during the month?

The units in beginning work in process inventory plus the units started into production must equal the units transferred out of the department plus the units in ending work in process inventory.

Haffner 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: 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. -What are the equivalent units for materials for the month in the first processing department?

Sumter Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. The following data pertain to operations in the first processing department for a recent month: -How many units were started into production during the month?

In June, one of the processing departments at Furbush Corporation had ending work in process inventory of $12,000. During the month, $404,000 of costs were added to production and the cost of units transferred out from the department was $426,000. -In the department's cost reconciliation report for June,the total cost accounted for would be:

Jahncke Inc.uses the weighted-average method in its process costing.The following data concern the company's Assembly Department for the month of November. Required: Compute the costs per equivalent unit for the Assembly Department for November.

The "costs accounted for" portion of the cost reconciliation report includes the cost of ending work in process inventory and the cost of beginning work in process inventory.

Carpenter Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. This month, the beginning inventory in the first processing department consisted of 600 units. The costs and percentage completion of these units in beginning inventory were: A total of 7,800 units were started and 7,100 units were transferred to the second processing department during the month. The following costs were incurred in the first processing department during the month: The ending inventory was 85% complete with respect to materials and 70% complete with respect to conversion costs. 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. -How many units are in ending work in process inventory in the first processing department at the end of the month?

Under the weighted-average method,the cost of units transferred out of a department is computed as follows for a cost category:

In June, one of the processing departments at Furbush Corporation had ending work in process inventory of $12,000. During the month, $404,000 of costs were added to production and the cost of units transferred out from the department was $426,000. -In the department's cost reconciliation report for August,the total cost to be accounted for would be:

Gunes Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. This month, the beginning inventory in the first processing department consisted of 800 units. The costs and percentage completion of these units in beginning inventory were: A total of 8,500 units were started and 7,400 units were transferred to the second processing department during the month. The following costs were incurred in the first processing department during the month: The ending inventory was 50% complete with respect to materials and 35% complete with respect to conversion costs. 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. -What are the equivalent units for conversion costs for the month in the first processing department?

The "costs to be accounted for" portion of the cost reconciliation report includes the cost of beginning work in process inventory and the costs added during the period.

Mccabe Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing.The following data pertain to its Assembly Department for September. Required: Compute the equivalent units of production for both materials and conversion costs for the Assembly Department for September using the weighted-average method.

Bistrol Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. This month, the beginning inventory in the first processing department consisted of 800 units. The costs and percentage completion of these units in beginning inventory were: A total of 8,400 units were started and 7,500 units were transferred to the second processing department during the month. The following costs were incurred in the first processing department during the month: The ending inventory was 70% complete with respect to materials and 60% complete with respect to conversion costs. 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. -The total cost transferred from the first processing department to the next processing department during the month is closest to: