The Gray Company Has a Staff of Five Clerks in Its

question 50

Multiple Choice

The Gray Company has a staff of five clerks in its general accounting department.Three clerks who work during the day perform sundry accounting tasks; the two clerks who work in the evening are responsible for (1) collecting the cost data for the various jobs in process, (2) verifying manufacturing material and labor reports, and (3) supplying production reports to the supervisors by the next morning.The salaries of these two clerks who work at night should be classified as:

• A)Period costs.
• B)Direct costs.
• C)Product costs.
• D)Indirect costs.

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Definitions:

Surplus

An excess of income or assets over expenditure in a given period, often referring to a government's budget.

Quantity Supplied

The total amount of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at a given price over a specific period.

Quantity Demanded

The amount of a good or service consumers are willing and able to buy at a specific price level, ceteris paribus.

Equilibrium Price

The price level where the supply of goods meets the demand for those goods.