The Acquisition Cost of a Certain Raw Material Changes Frequently

question 2

Multiple Choice

The acquisition cost of a certain raw material changes frequently. The book value of the inventory of this material at year end will be the same if perpetual records are kept as it would be under a periodic inventory method only if the book value is computed under the

• A) weighted-average method.
• B) moving average method.
• C) FIFO method.
• D) None of these are correct.

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Definitions:

Activity-Based Costing

An accounting method that assigns costs to products and services based on the activities and resources that go into producing them, providing more accurate product costing.

Manufacturing Overhead

Costs involved in the manufacturing process that cannot be directly linked to the production of a specific product, like maintenance and factory supervision.

Traditional Costing System

A costing methodology that assigns manufacturing overhead costs to products based on volume-related measures like labor hours or machine hours.

Direct Labor-Hours

The total hours worked by employees directly involved in the manufacturing process or providing service, used to allocate expenses in job costing.