Calculate equivalent units for conversion costs-total costs


Question 1: Marginal Maintenance Company makes screwdrivers in a single process and uses weighted average process costing. All material is added at the start of the process. The following information is available for May production:

 

Units

Beginning Work in Process (30% complete)

4.000

Plus : Units Started

20.000

Total to Account for

24.000

Less: Ending Work in Process (40% complete)

5.000

Units Completed

19.000

The following costs are available for May:

 

rvlaterial

Conversion Cost

Total Cost

Beginning Work in Process

$7.800

$7.000

514.800

Current Cost

52.200

56.000

108.200

Total Cost

$60.000

$63.000

5123.000

What are the equivalent units for conversion costs?    
 
A    19,000
 
B    20,000
 
C    21,000
 
D    19,800
   
Question 2: Dreamland Company produces pillows. Each pillow has a variable cost of $8 and fixed costs are $78,000 per month. Each pillow sells for $17. If the company produces and sells 65,000 pillows in February, at this level of activity, total costs per unit are:    
 
A    $8.00.
 
B    $9.20.
 
C    $9.00.
 
D    $7.80.

Question 3: PotteryWorks Company sold 60,000 units of product for $22 per unit. Their unit product cost using process costing is $11 per unit and the company has fixed costs of $240,000 per month. The company predicts that a $2 decrease in the selling price will generate a 20% increase in sales during the next period. If the company lowers the price which of the following will occur in the next period?    
 
A    Net income will increase by $36,000.
 
B    Net income will decrease by $12,000.
 
C    Total fixed costs will increase by $48,000.
 
D    The variable costs per unit will decline by $2 per unit.

Question 4: Sam’s Chop has budgeted the following costs for a month in which 1,500 steak dinners will be produced and sold: Materials, $3,750; labor (variable), $3,000; rent(fixed),$2,400; straight-line depreciation, $600; and other costs that don’t change when the number of dinner sold changes, $1,800. Sam sells the steak dinners for $10.00 each.

What is the budgeted total fixed cost?
   
A    $11,550
 
B    $7,800
 
C    $4,800
 
D    $3,750
   
Question 5: Paul’s Pizza produced and sold 2,000 pizzas last month and had fixed costs of $6,000. If production and sales are expected to increase by 10% next month, which of the following statements is true?    
 
A    Total fixed costs will increase.
 
B    Total fixed costs will decrease.
 
C    Fixed cost per unit will increase.
 
D    Fixed cost per unit will decrease.

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