Which One of the Following Is a Characteristic of a Business

question 91

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is a characteristic of a business combination accounted for as an acquisition?

• A) The combination must involve the exchange of equity securities only.
• B) The transaction establishes an acquisition fair value basis for the company being acquired.
• C) The two companies may be about the same size, and it is difficult to determine the acquired company and the acquiring company.
• D) The transaction may be considered to be the uniting of the ownership interests of the companies involved.
• E) The acquired subsidiary must be smaller in size than the acquiring parent.

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Definitions:

Weighted-Average Inventory Method

An inventory costing method that assigns a cost to inventory and cost of goods sold based on the average cost of all similar items in inventory.

Equivalent Units

A concept in cost accounting used to allocate costs to partially completed goods, converting them into full units of output for reporting purposes.

Work in Process Inventory

Items that are partway through their manufacturing process but have not yet reached their final form.

Equivalent Units

A concept in cost accounting used to allocate costs to partially completed goods, measured in terms of the amount of finished goods those partial items represent.