Raphael's Refining Uses a Weighted Average Process Costing System

question 46

Multiple Choice

Raphael's Refining uses a weighted average process costing system. For a particular period, its opening inventory consisted of 100 items (60 per cent complete as to conversion costs) whose costs were $1600 made up of material $300 and conversion cost $1300. During the month, 1000 items were started and 950 were completed. Ending inventory of WIP was one-third complete. There was no spoilage. Costs placed in process during the month were materials $1600 and conversion costs $13 700. Materials are added at the halfway point. What is the amount of cost that would be allocated to goods completed in the period?

• A) $14 615
• B) $16 513
• C) $16 900
• D) $16 150

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Definitions:

Summated Ratings

A method of scoring a questionnaire by adding up the total of all the responses to get a combined measure of an attitude or trait.

Quantitative

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Guttman's Scale

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Thurstone's Method

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