A Department Adds Raw Materials to a Process at the Beginning

question 101

Multiple Choice

A department adds raw materials to a process at the beginning of the process and incurs conversion costs uniformly throughout the process.For the month of January, there were no units in the beginning work in process inventory; 80,000 units were started into production in January; and there were 20,000 units that were 40% complete in the ending work in process inventory at the end of January.What were the equivalent units of production for conversion costs for the month of January?

• A)60,000 equivalent units.
• B)72,000 equivalent units.
• C)68,000 equivalent units.
• D)80,000 equivalent units.

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Definitions:

Actual Costs

The true amount of money spent on a project or activity, as opposed to estimated or budgeted costs.

Standard Costs

Standard costs are predetermined estimates of the cost to manufacture a single unit or a number of units of a product during a specific time period.

Variance Standard

A method used in budgeting and accounting to analyze the difference between planned financial outcomes and actual results.

Quantity Standard

A predetermined benchmark of the amount of input that should be used in the production of goods or services.