Exam 18: Process Cost Systems

Carmelita Inc., has the following information available: At the beginning of the period, there were 500 units in process that were 60 percent complete as to conversion costs and 100 percent complete as to direct materials costs. During the period 4,500 units were started and completed. Ending inventory contained 340 units that were 30 percent complete as to conversion costs and 100 percent complete as to materials costs. (Assume that the company uses the FIFO process cost method.) The cost of completing a unit during the current period was

Both job order and process cost accounting use equivalent units of production to determine costs.

The three categories of manufacturing costs comprising the cost of work in process are direct labor, direct materials, and:

Department W had 2,400 units, one-third completed at the beginning of the period, 16,000 units were transferred to Department X from Department W during the period, and 1,800 units were one-half completed at the end of the period. Assume the completion ratios apply to direct materials and conversion costs. What are the total gross number of units to be assigned cost on the cost of production report for Department W?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a process cost system?

Costs of ending work in process inventory are included in the cost per equivalent unit computation.

The entry to transfer goods in process from Department X to Department Y includes a debit to Work in Process-Department X.

Describe the flow of materials in a process cost accounting system.

Costs are transferred, along with the units, from one work in process inventory account to the next in a process costing system.

The Mountain Springs Water Company has two departments. Purifying and Bottling. The Bottling Department received 67,000 liters from the Purifying Department. During the period, the Bottling Department completed 65,000 liters, including 3,000 liters of work in process at the beginning of the period. The ending work in process was 5,000 liters. How many liters were started and completed during the period?

The Mountain Springs Water Company has two departments. Purifying and Bottling. The Bottling Department received 67,000 liters from the Purifying Department. During the period, the Bottling Department completed 65,000 liters, including 3,000 liters of work in process at the beginning of the period. The ending work in process was 5,000 liters. How many liters were started and completed during the period?

Mocha Company manufactures a single product by a continuous process, involving three production departments. The records indicate that direct materials, direct labor, and applied factory overhead for Department 1 were $100,000, $125,000, and $150,000, respectively. The records further indicate that direct materials, direct labor, and applied factory overhead for Department 2 were $55,000, $65,000, and $80,000, respectively. In addition, work in process at the beginning of the period for Department 1 totaled $75,000, and work in process at the end of the period totaled $60,000. The journal entry to record the flow of costs into Department 1 during the period for direct labor is:

Department E had 4,000 units in Work in Process that were 40% completed at the beginning of the period at a cost of $12,500. 14,000 units of direct materials were added during the period at a cost of $28,700. 15,000 units were completed during the period, and 3,000 units were 75% completed at the end of the period. All materials are added at the beginning of the process. Direct labor was $32,450 and factory overhead was $18,710. The number of equivalent units of production for the period for conversion if the first-in, first-out method is used to cost inventories was:

Amos Company's molding department opened on October 1, 2012. During October, 35,000 units were completed and transferred out to the next department. On October 31, 2012, the 9,000 units which remained in inventory were 40% complete with respect to conversion costs and 100% complete with respect to materials. Required: How many equivalent units of work did the molding department complete during October for materials and conversion costs?

The following production data were taken from the records of the Finishing Department for June: Determine the number of material equivalent units of production in the June 30 Finishing Department inventory, assuming that the first-in, first-out method is used to cost inventories and materials were added at the beginning of the process.

Conversion and direct materials are generally both added at the end of the production process.

Zang Co. manufacturers its products in a continuous process involving two departments, Machining and Assembly. Present entries to record the following selected transactions related to production during June:

Zither Co. manufactures a product called Zens in a three-process series. All materials are introduced at the beginning of the first process. Zither uses the first-in, first-out method of inventory costing. Unit and cost data for the first process (Department A) for the month of October 2012 follow: Prepare Zither's Department A cost of production report for October.

For which of the following businesses would a process cost system be appropriate?

The inventory at June 1 and costs charged to Work in Process - Department 60 during June are as follows: During June, 32,000 units were placed into production and 31,200 units were completed, including those in inventory on June 1. On June 30, the inventory of work in process consisted of 4,600 units which were 85% completed. Inventories are costed by the first-in, first-out method and all materials are added at the beginning of the process. Determine the following, presenting your computations (Prepare your computations using unit cost data to four decimal places, i.e. $4.4444, to minimize rounding differences):