On the income statement, a merchandiser would normally give a single sales figure (the sum of all its individual sales accounts) because

Select one:

a. it is too time consuming to separate all individual sales terms.

b. merchandisers only have one product available for sale.

c. the details are not relevant to most users of the income statement.

d. perpetual inventory systems cannot separate various sales items.

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Which of the following best indicates that a company is managing its inventory efficiently?

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a. a low gross profit margin

b. a high days sales in inventory ratio

c. a low inventory turnover ratio

d. a high inventory turnover ratio

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Which of the following statements is correct?

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a. Under a periodic system, the Merchandise Inventory account is only updated once per period.

b. Cost of goods sold computed under a periodic system would be higher than under a perpetual system.

c. Under a perpetual system, the Merchandise Inventory account is only updated once per period.

d. The value of inventory computed under a periodic system would be lower than under a perpetual system