Use the Following Information for the Next 4 Questions

question 89

Multiple Choice

Use the following information for the next 4 questions.
Tong, Inc. is a manufacturing company that uses a process costing system. All direct material is added at the start of the process, and spoilage is discovered at the end. During the first period of operations 15,000 units of material were placed into production at a cost of $20 each (ignore conversion costs for this process) . Ending work in process was 2,000 units, good units completed totaled 11,000 units, and normal spoilage is 15% of the units surviving inspection. Inspection takes place after the units are completed.
-The unit cost assigned to the good units completed is

• A) $-0-
• B) $20.00
• C) $24.00
• D) $23.00

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Definitions:

Period Cost

Costs that are not directly tied to the production process and are expensed in the period they are incurred, such as selling and administrative expenses.

FIFO Cost Flow

An inventory valuation method where the oldest inventory items are recorded as sold first, leaving the newest items in inventory.

Finished Goods Inventory

Finished Goods Inventory consists of the completed products that are ready for sale but have not yet been sold, representing one of the components of a company's total inventory.

Predetermined Overhead Rate

A rate used to allocate estimated overhead costs to products or job orders, based on a particular activity base.