Accounting Procedures Allow a Business to Evaluate Its Inventory Costs

question 18

Multiple Choice

Accounting procedures allow a business to evaluate its inventory costs based on two methods: LIFO (last in first out) or FIFO (first in first out) . A manufacturer evaluated its finished goods inventory (in $000s) for five products with the LIFO and FIFO methods. To analyze the difference,they computed FIFO − LIFO for each product. Based on the following results,does the LIFO method result in a lower cost of inventory than the FIFO method? What is the decision at the 5% level of significance?

• A)Fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude LIFO is more effective.
• B)Reject the null hypothesis and conclude LIFO is more effective.
• C)Reject the alternate hypothesis and conclude LIFO is more effective.
• D)Fail to reject the null hypothesis.

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Definitions:

Indirect Ownership Interests

Refers to a situation where an entity owns an interest in another entity through an intermediary rather than directly.

Tiered Corporate Group

A hierarchical structure where a parent company controls subsidiary companies, which in turn may control their own subsidiaries, creating multiple levels of entity relationships.

Control

The power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities, often through ownership of a majority of voting rights.

Sequential Consolidation Method

A process of combining financial statements of a parent company and its subsidiaries one at a time in a specific sequence.