Questions from Cost Accounting


Q: Missouri Corporation shows the following information concerning the work in process at

Missouri Corporation shows the following information concerning the work in process at its plant: • Beginning inventory was partially complete (materials are 100 percent complete; conversion costs are...

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Q: Paulista Corporation’s division managers have been expressing growing dissatisfaction with the methods

Paulista Corporation’s division managers have been expressing growing dissatisfaction with the methods the organization uses to measure division performance. Division operations are evaluated every qu...

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Q: Your company has a travel policy that reimburses employees for the “

Your company has a travel policy that reimburses employees for the “ordinary and necessary” costs of business travel. Employees often mix a business trip with pleas...

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Q: An article in The Wall Street Journal indicated that dressmaker Fallo Me

An article in The Wall Street Journal indicated that dressmaker Fallo Me (name changed) backdated invoices to record revenue in the quarter before sales were actually made. As long as sales remained s...

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Q: Overview River Beverages is a food and soft drink company with

Overview River Beverages is a food and soft drink company with worldwide operations. The company is organized into five regional divisions with each vice president reporting directly to the CEO, Cindy...

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Q: When the fraud at PepsiCo occurred, the company had five somewhat

When the fraud at PepsiCo occurred, the company had five somewhat diverse groups of divisions: food products, such as Frito-Lay, Inc.; transportation, such as northAmerican Van Lines, Inc.; sporting g...

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Q: The board of directors of the Cortez Beach Yacht Club (CBYC

The board of directors of the Cortez Beach Yacht Club (CBYC) is developing plans to acquire more equipment for lessons and rentals and to expand club facilities. The board plans to purchase about $50,...

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Q: Hamilton Corp. manufactures a component used in a popular gaming console

Hamilton Corp. manufactures a component used in a popular gaming console. Demand has been strong and the executive staff at Hamilton is planning for next year. On October 1, they call you into a budge...

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Q: The Casings Plant of Wyoming Machines makes plastics shells for the company’s

The Casings Plant of Wyoming Machines makes plastics shells for the company’s calculators. (Each calculator requires one shell.) For each of the next two years, Wyoming expects to sell 160,000 calcula...

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Q: Westile Company buys plain ceramic tiles and prints different designs on them

Westile Company buys plain ceramic tiles and prints different designs on them for souvenir and gift stores. It buys the tiles from a small company in Europe, so at all times it keeps on hand a stock e...

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