1. The specific identification method of inventory costing is recommended when a business deals in unique and high-priced inventory items.

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True

False

2.- Given the same purchase and sales data, the three major costing methods for inventory will result in three different amounts for cost of goods sold. Assume the cost of inventory is rising.

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True

False

3.- Which of the following inventory costing methods yields the highest net income during a period of rising inventory costs?

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a. last-in, first-out

b. specific identification

c. first-in, first-out

d. weighted-average

4. A company that uses the perpetual inventory system purchased 500 pallets of industrial soap for $7,000 and paid $800 for the freight-in. The company sold the whole lot to a supermarket chain for $12,000 on account. Which of the following entries correctly records the sale?

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a.

Sales Revenue

12,000

Merchandise Inventory

12,000

b.

Cost of Goods Sold

12,000

Sales Revenue

12,000

c.

Accounts Receivable

12,000

Sales Revenue

12,000

Cost of Goods Sold

7,800

Merchandise Inventory

7,800

d.

Merchandise Inventory

12,000

Cost of Goods Sold

12,000

5. A company decides to ignore a very small error in their inventory balance. This is an example of application of the ________.

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a. disclosure principle

b. materiality concept

c. consistency principle

d. accounting conservatism

6. A company reports in its financial statements that it uses the FIFO method of inventory costing. This is an example of the disclosure principle.

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True

False

7. Which of the following inventory costing methods uses the cost of the oldest purchases to calculate the cost of goods sold?

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a. specific identification

b. last-in, first-out

c. first-in, first-out

d. weighted-average

8. In a period of rising costs, the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method results in lower cost of goods sold and higher net income than the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.

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True

False

9. A company is uncertain whether a complex transaction should result in an asset being recorded at $100,000 or at $150,000. Under the conservatism principle, they should choose to show it at $100,000.

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True

False

10. The consistency principle states that a business should use the same accounting methods from period to period.

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True

False