The Articles of Confederation

question 47

Multiple Choice

The Articles of Confederation

• A) provided for a bicameral legislature.
• B) established a strong executive branch.
• C) allowed the states to retain most of the power.
• D) created a way to raise taxes to fund an army.
• E) ended slavery.

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Definitions:

Conversion Costs

The combined costs of direct labor and manufacturing overhead and conversion costs are used to transform raw materials into finished products.

Equivalent Unit

A concept in cost accounting used to apportion costs to partially completed goods, treating them as a fraction of a fully completed unit.

Process Costing System

An accounting methodology used to allocate costs to units of product in continuous processes or industries where the products are indistinguishable from each other.

Weighted-Average Method

An inventory costing method that calculates the cost of goods based on the average cost of all similar items in inventory.