Phantom Company Has Beginning and Ending Work-In-Process Inventories That Are

question 25

Multiple Choice

Phantom Company has beginning and ending Work-in-Process Inventories that are 45% and 10% complete, respectively. Materials are added at the beginning of the process. If first-in, first-out (FIFO) process costing is used, the total equivalent units for materials will equal the number of units:

• A) transferred out during the period.
• B) started and completed during the period.
• C) started into the process during the period.
• D) started into the process plus the units in the ending inventory.

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Definitions:

Moral Hazard

A situation where one party engages in risky behavior knowing that they are protected from the consequences by another party.

Adverse Selection

A situation where asymmetric information results in high-risk individuals being more likely to select into or remain in a contract designed for low-risk individuals, affecting insurance markets and other transactional relationships.

Asymmetric Information

A situation in which one party to a transaction has more or superior information compared to another.

Moral Hazard

The situation where one party is more likely to take risks because they do not bear the full consequences of those risks.