Consider Each of the Items Below

question 36

Multiple Choice

Consider each of the items below. Place the proper letter in the blank space provided to indicate the nature of the account or accounts to be debited when recording each transaction using the preferred accounting treatment. Prepayments should be recorded in balance sheet accounts. Disregard income tax considerations unless instructed otherwise.
-Jim Parra and Mary Lawson, maintenance repair workers, spent five days in unloading and setting up a new $6,000 precision machine in the plant. The wages earned in this five-day period, $480, are recorded.

• A)asset(s) only
• B)accumulated amortization, depletion, or depreciation only
• C)expense only
• D)asset(s) and expense
• E)some other account or combination of accounts

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Definitions:

Profitability Index (PI)

The present value of an investment’s future cash flows divided by its initial cost; also benefit/cost ratio.

Straight-Line Depreciation

A framework for spreading out the cost of a physical asset across its useful lifespan in identical yearly contributions.

Mutually Exclusive

Mutually exclusive is a statistical term describing two or more events that cannot occur simultaneously, often used in decision making or project selection scenarios.

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is a financial metric used to evaluate the profitability of potential investments by calculating the discount rate that makes the net present value of all cash flows from the investment equal to zero.