While Observing a Client's Annual Physical Inventory,an Auditor Recorded Test

question 52

Multiple Choice

While observing a client's annual physical inventory,an auditor recorded test counts for several items and noticed that certain test counts were higher than the recorded quantities in the client's perpetual records.This situation could be the result of the client's failure to record

• A) Purchase discounts.
• B) Purchase returns.
• C) Sales.
• D) Sales returns.

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The charge incurred for the manufacturing of one more unit of a particular good or service.

Average Fixed Cost

The fixed costs of production divided by the quantity of output produced, typically decreasing as production increases.

Average Variable Cost

The total variable costs of production divided by the quantity of output produced, indicating the cost of producing one more unit of a good or service.

ATC

The average total cost is defined as the total production cost divided by the quantity of produced output.