Which of the Following Statements Concerning a Process Cost Accounting

question 91

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning a process cost accounting system is false?

• A) The units in beginning inventory plus the units transferred out during the month should equal the units in the ending inventory plus the units transferred in during the month.
• B) If material is used evenly throughout a process, the number of equivalent material units will equal the number of equivalent units for the conversion (processing) costs.
• C) Actual costing may be used in a process costing system to assign indirect overhead costs to departments.
• D) The units in beginning inventory plus the units transferred in during the month should equal the units in the ending inventory plus the units transferred out during the month.

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