Nut House Manufactures and Sells Jars of Peanut Butter

question 54

Multiple Choice

Nut House manufactures and sells jars of peanut butter. All of the company's output passes through five production processes, which are performed in sequential order. Identify the correct answer assuming that process costing is in use.

• A) The processing departments may define "units of output" differently.
• B) Costs transferred from one processing department are not charged to the next processing department (or to finished goods).
• C) The cost accounting system does not separately measure the per-unit cost of each manufacturing process.
• D) Some portion of total manufacturing overhead should be charged to each processing department.

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