1. If a company uses a periodic inventory system, it will use all of the following accounts during the year to record normal transactions except: A. costs of goods sold; B. purchase returns; C. sales revenue; D. purchases.

2. Which of the following would be included in the Cost of Goods Sold account on a merchandising company's income statement? A. sales commissions; B. shipping costs from the manufacturer to the merchandiser; C. costs of advertising; D. sales taxes.

3. A manager of Company X gets a bonus if net income of a certain amount is achieved. If she had her 'druthers', she would love to use what method of inventory costing (in most situations and if permitted)? A. FIFO; B. LIFO; C. Specific identification; D. weighted-average

4. For most property, plant, and equipment, depreciation is caused by which of the following: A. changes in fair value; B. the process of valuation; C. obsolescence; D. setting aside cash to replace the assets when they wear out

5. Which of the following would not be included in the Machinery account? The cost of: A. freight costs; B. Tearing down a factory wall in order to get the large machine into the factory; C. Extra cost because the company didn't have the cash last year when machine prices were cheaper; D. Paying duty to American authorities for the American product