ACCT 241 Week 4 Assignment Help 3 | American University

ACCT 241 Week 4 Assignment Help 3 | American University 


1.

 

Quality Brick Company produces bricks in two processing departments—Molding and Firing. Information relating to the company’s operations in March follows:

 

A.     Raw materials used in production: Molding Department, $23,000; and Firing Department, $8,000.

B.     Direct labor costs incurred: Molding Department, $12,000; and Firing Department, $7,000.

C.     Manufacturing overhead was applied: Molding Department, $25,000; and Firing Department, $37,000.

D.     Unfired, molded bricks were transferred from the Molding Department to the Firing Department. According to the company’s process costing system, the cost of the unfired, molded bricks was $57,000.

E.      Finished bricks were transferred from the Firing Department to the finished goods warehouse. According to the company’s process costing system, the cost of the finished bricks was $103,000.

F.      Finished bricks were sold to customers. According to the company’s process costing system, the cost of the finished bricks sold was $101,000.

 

Required:

Prepare journal entries to record items (a) through (f) above. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)


 

2.

Clonex Labs, Inc., uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. The following data are available for one department for October:

           

 

Percent Completed

 

Units

Materials

Conversion

Work in process, October 1

30,000

65

%

30

%

Work in process, October 31

15,000

80

%

40

%

 

The department started 175,000 units into production during the month and transferred 190,000 completed units to the next department.

 

Required:

Compute the equivalent units of production for October.

 


3.

 

Superior Micro Products uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. Data for the Assembly Department for May appear below:

 

 

Materials

Labor

Overhead

Work in process, May 1

$

18,000

$

5,500

$

27,500

Cost added during May

$

238,900

$

80,300

$

401,500

Equivalent units of production

 

35,000

 

33,000

 

33,000

 

Required:

Compute the cost per equivalent unit for materials, labor, overhead, and in total. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

 

 

                       

4.

 

Data concerning a recent period’s activity in the Prep Department, the first processing department in a company that uses process costing, appear below:

 

 

Materials

Conversion

Equivalent units in ending work in process inventory

 

2,000

 

 

800

 

Cost per equivalent unit

$

13.86

 

$

4.43

 

 

A total of 20,100 units were completed and transferred to the next processing department during the period.

 

Required:

1. Compute the cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, conversion, and in total.

2. Compute the cost of the units completed and transferred out for materials, conversion, and in total.

 

                        

 

5.

Maria Am Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. The Baking Department is one of the processing departments in its strudel manufacturing facility. In June in the Baking Department, the cost of beginning work in process inventory was $3,570, the cost of ending work in process inventory was $2,860, and the cost added to production was $43,120.

 

Required:

Prepare a cost reconciliation report for the Baking Department for June.

 

 

    

Cost of beginning work in process inventoryselected answer correct

$3,570selected answer correct

Costs added to production during the periodselected answer correct

43,120selected answer correct

Total cost to be accounted for

$46,690

Costs accounted for as follows:

Cost of ending work in process inventoryselected answer correct

$2,860selected answer correct

Cost of units completed and transferred outselected answer correct

43,830selected answer correct

Total cost accounted for

$46,690

 

 

 

6.

Chocolaterie de Geneve, SA, is located in a French-speaking canton in Switzerland. The company makes chocolate truffles that are sold in popular embossed tins. The company has two processing departments—Cooking and Molding. In the Cooking Department, the raw ingredients for the truffles are mixed and then cooked in special candy-making vats. In the Molding Department, the melted chocolate and other ingredients from the Cooking Department are carefully poured into molds and decorative flourishes are applied by hand. After cooling, the truffles are packed for sale. The company uses a process costing system. The T-accounts below show the flow of costs through the two departments in April:

 

Work in Process—Cooking

Balance 4/1

8,000

Transferred out

160,000

Direct materials

42,000

 

 

Direct labor

50,000

 

 

Overhead

75,000

 

 

Work in Process—Molding

Balance 4/1

4,000

Transferred out

240,000

Transferred in

160,000

 

 

Direct labor

36,000

 

 

Overhead

45,000

 

 

 

Required:

 Prepare journal entries showing the flow of costs through the two processing departments during April. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

 

 

 

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