The Plus Items in the Table Are "Export-Type" Entries and

question 180

Multiple Choice

$$\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { (1) Goods Exports } & + \$ 200 \\\hline \text { (2) Balance on Capital Account } & 0 \\\hline \text { (3) Net Transfers } & 0 \\\hline \text { (4) Imports of Services } & - 100 \\\hline \text { (5) Net Investment Income } & 0 \\\hline \text { (6) US Purchases of Assets Abroad } & - 50 \\\hline \text { (7) Goods Imports } & - 250 \\\hline \text { (8) Foreign Purchases of Assets in the US } & + 150 \\\hline \text { (9) Exports of Services } & + 50 \\\hline\end{array}$$ The plus items in the table are "export-type" entries and the minus items are "import-type" entries in the balance of payments for the hypothetical country of Zippo. The current account items for Zippo
Are

• A) 1, 2, 3, and 4.
• B) 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9.
• C) 6 and 8.
• D) 1, 2, 4, 7, and 9.

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Definitions:

Conversion Costs

The combined costs of direct labor and overhead that are incurred to convert raw materials into finished products.

Raw Steel

The unprocessed product from melting iron ore, scrap steel, and other additives in a blast furnace, which is the base material for making steel products.

Process Cost System

A method of accounting used in manufacturing where costs are accumulated over a period and averaged over all units produced.

Work In Process Inventory

The direct materials costs, the direct labor costs, and the applied factory overhead costs that have entered into the manufacturing process but are associated with products that have not been finished.