Chen Company Manufactures Keyboards in a Two-Department Process, Assembly and Finishing

question 29

Multiple Choice

Chen Company manufactures keyboards in a two-department process, Assembly and Finishing. Information on the first department, Assembly, follows:
There was no beginning inventory, and of the 200,000 units started in production 168,000 were completed and transferred to the Finishing department, while 32,000 units were still in process. These units had all materials added but were only 75 percent complete as far as conversion costs.
-The equivalent units for materials are

• A) 168,000.
• B) 200,000.
• C) 192,000.
• D) 32,000.

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Definitions:

Expense

Outflows or other using up of assets or incurring of liabilities during a period from delivering or producing goods, rendering services, or carrying out other activities that constitute the entity's ongoing major operations.

Asset

Resources owned by a company that are expected to provide future economic benefits, including tangible and intangible items like property, equipment, and trademarks.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

An estimate of the amount of accounts receivable that a company does not expect to collect, treated as a contra-asset account.

Bad Debts Expense

The cost associated with accounts receivable that a company does not expect to collect.