Which of the Following Would Usually Be Found on a Job Cost Sheet Under a Normal Cost System

True/False Questions 1. Job-order costing is used in manufacturing companies and process costing is used in service companies. Ans: False AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1 Level: Easy 2. A flour manufacturer is more likely to use process costing than job-order costing whereas a manufacturer of customized leather jackets is more likely to use job-order costing than process costing. Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1 Level: Easy 3. Normally a job cost sheet is not prepared for a job until after the job has been completed. Ans: False AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Medium 4. Job cost sheets contain entries for actual direct material, actual direct labor, and actual manufacturing overhead cost incurred in completing a job. Ans: False AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Easy 5. Multiple departmental overhead rates generally provide more accurate product costs than a single plant-wide overhead rate. Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3 Level: Easy 6. If direct labor-hours is used as the allocation base in a job-order costing system, but overhead costs are not caused by direct-labor-hours, then jobs with high direct labor requirements will tend to be overcosted relative to jobs with low direct labor requirements. Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3 Level: Easy 7. The journal entry for cost of goods manufactured includes only the costs of units that are finished. Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 4 Level: Medium 8. The following entry would be used to record depreciation on manufacturing equipment: Ans: False AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 4 Level: Medium 9. Including manufacturing overhead costs in product costs ensures that each product will earn a profit. Ans: False AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 5 Level: Medium 10. A debit balance in the Manufacturing Overhead account at year end means that overhead was underapplied. Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 7,8 Level: Medium 11. Nonmanufacturing costs are expensed as incurred, rather than going into the Work in Process account. Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 7 Level: Easy 12. Indirect materials are not charged to a specific job but rather are included in manufacturing overhead. Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 7 Level: Easy 13. Overhead is underapplied if actual overhead costs for a period are greater than the amount of overhead cost which has been charged to Work in Process. Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 8 Level: Easy 14. Two of the reasons why overhead may be underapplied are: (1) the estimated overhead cost may be too low, and (2) the estimated base may be too high. Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 8 Level: Easy 15. If the predetermined overhead rate is based on the estimated total amount of the allocation base at capacity, it is more likely that overhead will be underapplied than overapplied. Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting Appendix: 3A LO: 9 Level: Medium Multiple Choice Questions 16. Which of the following statements is correct concerning job-order costing? A) Job-order costing would be appropriate for a textbook publisher. B) All the costs appearing on a job cost sheet are actual costs. C) Indirect materials are charged to a specific job. D) Job-order costing is mainly used in firms with homogeneous products such as oil refineries. Ans: A AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1,2 Level: Medium 17. Which of the following types of firms typically would use process costing rather than job-order costing? A) A small appliance repair shop. B) A manufacturer of commercial passenger aircraft. C) A specialty equipment manufacturer. D) A breakfast cereal manufacturer. Ans: D AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1 Level: Easy 18. Which of the following would usually be found on a job cost sheet under a normal cost system? A) B) C) D) Actual direct material cost Actual manufacturing overhead cost Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Ans: B AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Easy 19. In a job-order cost system, which of the following events would trigger recording data on a job cost sheet? A) the purchase of direct materials B) the payment of fire insurance on the factory building C) the payment for product advertising D) none of the above Ans: D AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Medium 20. The job cost sheet: A) summarizes all costs charged to a particular job. B) contains only direct costs such as direct materials and direct labor. C) is discarded after production is completed on a particular job. D) is useful only in process costing. Ans: A AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Medium 21. What source document is used to determine the actual amount of direct materials to record on a job cost sheet? A) bill of materials B) production order C) materials purchase order D) materials requisition form Ans: D AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Medium 22. In a predetermined overhead rate in a job-order costing system that is based on machinehours, which of the following would be used in the numerator and denominator? A) B) C) D) Numerator Actual manufacturing overhead Actual manufacturing overhead Estimated manufacturing overhead Estimated manufacturing overhead Denominator Actual machine-hours Estimated machine-hours Actual machine-hours Estimated machine-hours Ans: D AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3 Level: Easy Source: CPA, adapted 23. Which of the terms below would make the following sentence correct? Multiple overhead rate costing systems are usually more ____________ than plantwide overhead rates. A) B) C) D) accurate complex Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Ans: A AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3 Level: Medium 24. In a job-order costing system, the application of manufacturing overhead would be recorded as a debit to: A) Raw Materials inventory. B) Finished Goods inventory. C) Work in Process inventory. D) Cost of Goods Sold. Ans: C AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 4,5 Level: Medium 25. In a job-order costing system, the incurrence of indirect labor costs would usually be recorded as a debit to: A) Manufacturing Overhead. B) Finished Goods. C) Work in Process. D) Cost of Goods Sold. Ans: A AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 4 Level: Medium 26. What journal entry is made in a job-order costing system when $8,000 of materials are requisitioned for general factory use instead of for use in a particular job? A) Work in Process Manufacturing Overhead B) Work in Process Raw Materials C) Manufacturing Overhead Work in Process D) Manufacturing Overhead Raw Materials $8,000 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000 Ans: D AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 4 Level: Medium 27. A good description of “cost of goods manufactured” is the recorded cost of the: A) units completed during the period. B) units started and completed during the period. C) work done on all units during the period. D) work done this period on units completed this period. Ans: A AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 6 Level: Medium 28. In a job-order costing system, the cost of a completed but unsold job is: A) closed to Cost of Goods Sold. B) part of the Work in Process inventory balance. C) adjusted to exclude any applied overhead. D) part of the Finished Goods inventory balance. Ans: D AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 7 Level: Medium 29. If overhead is underapplied, then: A) actual overhead cost is less than estimated overhead cost. B) the amount of overhead cost applied to Work in Process is less than the actual overhead cost incurred. C) the predetermined overhead rate is too high. D) the Manufacturing Overhead account will have a credit balance at the end of the year. Ans: B AACSB: Analytic LO: 8 Level: Medium AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting 30. Overapplied overhead would result if: A) the plant was operated at less than normal capacity. B) overhead costs incurred were less than estimated overhead costs. C) overhead costs incurred were less than overhead costs charged to production. D) overhead costs incurred were greater than overhead charged to production. Ans: C AACSB: Analytic LO: 8 Level: Medium AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting 31. Elliott Company uses a predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. The company manufactures tools to customer specifications. The following data pertain to Job 1501: Direct materials used ................................................... Direct labor-hours worked ........................................... Direct labor rate per hour ............................................. Machine-hours used .................................................... Predetermined overhead rate per machine-hour ............ $4,200 300 $8.00 200 $15.00 What is the total manufacturing cost recorded on Job 1501? A) $8,800 B) $9,600 C) $10,300 D) $11,100 Ans: B AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking LO: 2,5 Level: Easy Source: CPA, adapted AICPA FN: Reporting Solution: Direct materials used ................................................................... Direct labor (300 hours × $8.00 per hour) .................................... Manufacturing overhead applied (200 hours × $15.00 per hour) ... Total manufacturing cost for job 1501 ......................................... $4,200 2,400 3,000 $9,600 32. Job 910 was recently completed. The following data have been recorded on its job cost sheet: Direct materials............................ Direct labor-hours ........................ Direct labor wage rate .................. Machine-hours ............................. $3,193 21 labor-hours $12 per labor-hour 166 machine-hours The company applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine-hours. The predetermined overhead rate is $15 per machine-hour. The total cost that would be recorded on the job cost sheet for Job 910 would be: A) $3,220 B) $3,760 C) $5,935 D) $3,445 Ans: C AACSB: Analytic LO: 2,5 Level: Easy AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting Solution: Direct materials ........................................................................... Direct labor (21 hours × $12 per hour).......................................... Manufacturing overhead (166 hours × $15 per hour) ..................... Total manufacturing cost for job 910 ............................................ $3,193 252 2,490 $5,935 33. The following data have been recorded for recently completed Job 450 on its job cost sheet. Direct materials cost was $3,044. A total of 46 direct labor-hours and 104 machine-hours were worked on the job. The direct labor wage rate is $15 per labor-hour. The company applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine-hours. The predetermined overhead rate is $13 per machine-hour. The total cost for the job on its job cost sheet would be: A) $4,332 B) $3,734 C) $3,072 D) $5,086 Ans: D AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2,5 Level: Easy Solution: Direct materials ........................................................................... Direct labor (46 hours × $15 per hour) ......................................... Manufacturing overhead (104 hours × $13 per hour) .................... Total manufacturing cost for job 450 ........................................... $3,044 690 1,352 $5,086 34. Avery Co. uses a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. For the month of October, Avery's estimated manufacturing overhead cost was $300,000 based on an estimated activity level of 100,000 direct labor-hours. Actual overhead amounted to $325,000 with actual direct labor-hours totaling 110,000 for the month. How much was the overapplied or underapplied overhead? A) $25,000 overapplied B) $25,000 underapplied C) $5,000 overapplied D) $5,000 underapplied Ans: C AACSB: Analytic LO: 3,5,8 Level: Medium AICPA BB: Critical Thinking Source: CPA, adapted AICPA FN: Reporting Solution: Actual manufacturing overhead ................................................... $325,000 Applied manufacturing overhead ($3 per DLH* × 110,000 DLHs) 330,000 Manufacturing overhead overapplied ........................................... $ 5,000 *Predetermined overhead rate = $300,000 ÷ 100,000 direct labor-hours = $3 per direct labor-hour Since applied manufacturing overhead exceeds actual manufacturing overhead, manufacturing overhead is overapplied. 35. Heller Cannery, Inc., uses a predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. The company estimated that it would incur $510,000 in manufacturing overhead during the year and that it would work 100,000 machine-hours. The company actually worked 105,000 machine-hours and incurred $540,000 in manufacturing overhead costs. By how much was manufacturing overhead underapplied or overapplied for the year? A) $4,500 overapplied B) $4,500 underapplied C) $30,000 overapplied D) $30,000 underapplied Ans: B AACSB: Analytic LO: 3,5,8 Level: Medium AICPA BB: Critical Thinking Source: CPA, adapted AICPA FN: Reporting Solution: Actual manufacturing overhead .................................................... Applied manufacturing overhead ($5.10 per DLH* × 105,000 DLHs).......................................... Manufacturing overhead underapplied .......................................... *Predetermined overhead rate = $510,000 ÷ 100,000 machine-hours = $5.10 per machine-hour $540,000 535,500 $ 4,500 36. Woodman Company uses a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. Estimated and actual data for direct labor and manufacturing overhead for last year are as follows: Direct labor-hours ........................ Manufacturing overhead............... Estimated Actual 600,000 550,000 $720,000 $680,000 The manufacturing overhead for Woodman Company for last year was: A) overapplied by $20,000 B) overapplied by $40,000 C) underapplied by $20,000 D) underapplied by $40,000 Ans: C AACSB: Analytic LO: 3,5,8 Level: Medium AICPA BB: Critical Thinking Source: CMA, adapted AICPA FN: Reporting Solution: Actual manufacturing overhead ................................. $680,000 Applied manufacturing overhead ($1.20* × 550,000). 660,000 Manufacturing overhead underapplied ....................... $ 20,000 *Predetermined overhead rate = $720,000 ÷ 600,000 direct labor-hours = $1.20 per direct labor-hour 37. Darrow Company uses a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. Last year, the company worked 10,000 direct labor-hours and incurred $80,000 of actual manufacturing overhead cost. If overhead was underapplied by $2,000, the predetermined overhead rate for the company for the year must have been: A) $7.80 B) $8.00 C) $8.20 D) $8.40 Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3,5,8 Level: Hard Solution: Actual manufacturing overhead − Applied manufacturing overhead = underapplied $80,000 − Applied = $2,000 Applied = $78,000 Direct labor-hours × Predetermined overhead rate = Applied manufacturing overhead 10,000 × Predetermined overhead rate = $78,000 Predetermined overhead rate = $78,000 ÷ 10,000 direct labor-hours Predetermined overhead rate = $7.80 per direct labor-hour