Print these pages. Answer each of the following questions, explaining your answers or showing your work, and then compare your solutions to those provided at the end of the practice exam.
1. Hooker Company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. The following data about the Packaging Department were taken from the company’s accounting records:
• There were no units in the work in process inventory and 150,000 units in the finished goods inventory at the beginning of the month. • The company sold 500,000 units during the month. • There were 32,000 units, which were 75% complete as to conversion costs, in the work in process inventory and 120,000 units in the finished goods inventory at the end of the month.
Part (a) How many units were transferred from the Packaging Department to the Finished Goods Department during the month?
Part (b) What were the equivalent units of production for conversion costs for the month?
2. Mann Company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. The following data for the Blending Department were taken from the company’s accounting records: • The department’s beginning work in process inventory, which was 100% complete as to materials and 70% complete as to conversion, was comprised of 120,000 units. • 360,000 units were started in process during the period. • The company’s ending work in process inventory, which was 100% complete as to materials and 60% complete as to conversion, was comprised of 80,000 units.
Part (a) How many units were transferred out of the Blending Department during the month?
Part (b) What were the equivalent units of production for conversion costs for the month?
3. Elliott Company uses the weighted-average method in its