If a Firm Is Using a Linear Program to Determine

question 67

Multiple Choice

If a firm is using a linear program to determine production amounts of its chairs and tables, which of the following constraints must be in the model?

• A) non-negativity
• B) labor hours
• C) machine hours
• D) profit maximization
• E) wood availability

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Definitions:

Cost Of Production Report

A report prepared periodically by a processing department, summarizing (1) the units for which the department is accountable and the disposition of those units and (2) the costs incurred by the department and the allocation of those costs between completed and incomplete production.

Equivalent Units

A concept in process costing that converts partially completed units into an equivalent number of fully completed units to measure output in a consistent way.

Process Costing System

An accounting method used to allocate costs to units of production in continuous processes, suitable for homogenous products.

Work In Process Inventory

The direct materials costs, the direct labor costs, and the applied factory overhead costs that have entered into the manufacturing process but are associated with products that have not been finished.