Days' Sales in Inventory

question 36

Multiple Choice

Days' sales in inventory:

• A) Is also called days' stock on hand.
• B) Focuses on average inventory rather than ending inventory.
• C) Is used to measure solvency.
• D) Is calculated by dividing cost of goods sold by ending inventory.
• E) Is a substitute for the acid-test ratio.

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Definitions:

Inventory Amounts

The price of items that are up for sale at the termination of a bookkeeping period.

Audit

An examination of the financial reports to ensure that they represent what they claim and conform with generally accepted accounting principles.

Contra-Asset

A contra-asset account is an asset account where the balance of the account will either be a zero or a negative figure, which offsets the balance of the related asset account.

Doubtful Accounts

Receivable accounts that may potentially become bad debts as the likelihood of collection is uncertain.