Accounting Procedures Allow a Business to Evaluate Its Inventory Costs

question 8

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? This example is what type of test?

• A) A one-sample test of means.
• B) A two-sample test of means.
• C) A paired t-test.
• D) A test of proportions.

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Definitions:

Simulation Analysis

A technique used to predict the outcome of a project or investment by running multiple simulations with various sets of assumptions.

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Managerial Options

Choices or decisions available to managers that allow them to steer the company in different strategic directions.

Strategic Planning

A systematic process for envisioning a desired future and translating this vision into broadly defined goals and a sequence of steps to achieve them.