In a Manufacturing Process Overhead Costs Are Added to Which

question 11

Multiple Choice

In a manufacturing process overhead costs are added to which inventory account?

• A)Raw Materials
• B)Finished Goods
• C)Work-in-Process
• D)Cost of Goods Sold

Recognize the relationship between production function features and cost function characteristics.

Evaluate the effect of fixed costs, variable costs, and total costs on firm decisions.

Understand the concept of returns to scale and its impact on production and cost.

Calculate input ratios and optimal bundle selections under different pricing scenarios.

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Definitions:

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

Costs that do not vary with the level of production, such as rent, salaries of permanent staff, and property taxes on a factory.

Variable Costing

A method of accounting that incorporates only the costs that vary with production into the cost of products, leaving out any fixed manufacturing overhead.

Absorption Costing

A fiscal recording method that consolidates every cost involved in manufacturing, which includes the price of direct materials, payments for direct labor, and total overhead costs, whether stable or fluctuating, into the cost allocated to a product.

Variable Costing

A costing method that incluonly direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead in product costs, excluding fixed manufacturing overhead.