Lanier Company Began Operations on January 1, 2014, and Uses

question 38

Multiple Choice

Lanier Company began operations on January 1, 2014, and uses the FIFO method in costing its raw material inventory. Management is contemplating a change to the LIFO method and is interested in determining what effect such a change will have on net income. Accordingly, the following information has been developed: Based upon the above information, a change to the LIFO method in 2015 would result in net income for 2015 of

• A) $590,000.
• B) $650,000.
• C) $670,000.
• D) $710,000.

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Definitions:

Risk Aversion

The preference to avoid uncertainty and risky situations, often influencing economic and financial decisions.

Adverse Selection

The case in which an individual knows more about the way things are than other people do. Adverse selection problems can lead to market problems: private information leads buyers to expect hidden problems in items offered for sale, leading to low prices and the best items being kept off the market.

Moral Hazard

The situation that can exist when an individual knows more about his or her own actions than other people do. This leads to a distortion of incentives to take care or to expend effort when someone else bears the costs of the lack of care or effort.

Risk Aversion

The tendency to prefer certainty over uncertainty, avoiding risk in decision-making or preferring safer investments.