Quiz - Job Order Costing Problems
Quiz - Job Order Costing Problems
FOJA, CPA
Direction: Write the letter of your answer in the space before each number.
The Tse Manufacturing Company uses a job-order costing system and applies overhead to jobs using a
predetermined overhead rate. The company closes any balance in the Manufacturing Overhead account
to Cost of Goods Sold. During the year the company's Finished Goods inventory account was debited
for ₱ 125,000 and credited for ₱ 110,000. The ending balance in the Finished Goods inventory
account was ₱ 28,000. At the end of the year, manufacturing overhead was overapplied by ₱ 4,500.
1. The balance in the Finished Goods inventory account at the beginning of the year was:
a. ₱ 28,000. b. ₱ 13,000. c. ₱ 17,500. d. ₱ 8,500.
2. If the estimated manufacturing overhead for the year was ₱ 24,000, and the applied overhead
was ₱ 26,500, the actual manufacturing overhead cost for the year was:
a. ₱ 19,500. b. ₱ 22,000. c. ₱ 28,500. d. ₱ 31,000.
Summit Company has provided the following inventory balances and manufacturing cost data for the
month of January:
Month of January
Cost of goods manufactured ........ ₱515,000
Manufacturing overhead applied .... ₱150,000
Direct materials used ............. ₱190,000
Actual manufacturing overhead ..... ₱144,000
Under Summit's job-order costing system, any over or underapplied overhead is closed to the Cost of
Goods Sold account at the end of the calendar year (i.e., December 31).
3. What was the total amount of direct material purchases during January?
a. ₱180,000 b. ₱190,000 c. ₱195,000 d. ₱200,000
The Bus Company uses a job-order cost system. The following information was recorded for September:
The direct labor wage rate is P10 per hour. Overhead is applied at the rate of P5 per direct labor-
hour. Jobs 1, 2, and 3 have been completed and transferred to finished goods. Job 2 has been
delivered to the customer.
7. The Cost of Goods Sold for September (before disposition of any under- or overapplied
overhead) is:
a. ₱2,100. b. ₱5,925. c. ₱3,700. d. ₱1,950.
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Beginning Ending
Finished goods inventory ............ ₱30,000 ₱40,000
Work in process inventory ........... ₱20,000 ₱13,000
Raw materials inventory ............. ₱21,000 ₱26,000
Purchases of raw materials .......... ₱71,000
Factory depreciation ................ ₱ 5,000
Other factory costs ................. ₱10,000
Direct labor ........................ ₱27,000
Indirect labor ...................... ₱ 6,000
Selling expense ..................... ₱12,000
Over- or underapplied overhead ...... -0-
The information below has been taken from the cost records of Tercel Company for the past year:
Inventories
Beginning Ending
Raw Materials ............. ₱75,000 ₱ 85,000
Work in Process ........... 80,000 30,000
Finished Goods ............ 90,000 110,000
11. The cost of raw materials purchased during the year amounted to:
a. ₱411,000. b. ₱360,000. c. ₱316,000. d. ₱336,000.
12. Direct labor costs charged to production during the year amounted to:
a. ₱135,000. b. ₱225,000. c. ₱360,000. d. ₱216,000.
The Milo Company's records for May contained the following information:
The company uses a predetermined overhead rate of ₱5.00 per direct labor hour to apply
manufacturing overhead to jobs.
13. The actual overhead cost incurred during the month was:
a. ₱50,000. b. ₱55,000. c. ₱40,000. d. ₱45,000.
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14. The total cost added to Work in Process during May was:
a. ₱101,000. b. ₱106,000. c. ₱61,000. d. ₱111,000.
Mallet Company has only Job 844 in process on March 1 of the current year. The job has been charged
with ₱2,000 of direct material cost, ₱2,500 of direct labor cost, and ₱1,750 of manufacturing
overhead cost. The company assigns overhead cost to jobs at a predetermined rate of 70% of direct
labor cost. Any under- or overapplied overhead cost is closed to Cost of Goods Sold at the end of
the month.
During March, the following activity and amounts were recorded by the company:
Labor:
Direct labor hours worked during the month ..... 2,500
Direct labor cost incurred ..................... ₱26,500
Indirect labor costs incurred .................. ₱5,500
Inventories:
Raw materials (all direct) March 31 ............ ₱7,500
Work in process, March 31 ...................... ₱14,500
15. The amount of direct materials cost in the March 31 work in process inventory account was:
a. ₱5,150. b. ₱9,350. c. ₱9,000. d. ₱3,850.
17. The entry to dispose of the under- or overapplied overhead cost for the month would include:
a. a debit of ₱50 to Cost of Goods Sold. c. a debit of ₱5,500 to Manufacturing Overhead.
b. a debit of ₱50 to Manufacturing Overhead. d. a credit of ₱5,500 to Cost of Goods Sold.
18. The balance in the March 1 in the Raw Materials inventory was:
a. ₱10,500. b. ₱9,500. c. ₱6,500. d. ₱8,500.
Meyers Company had the following inventory balances at the beginning and end of November:
November 1 November 30
Raw Materials ...... ₱17,000 ₱20,000
Finished Goods ..... ₱50,000 ₱44,000
Work in Process .... ₱ 9,000 ₱11,000
During November, ₱39,000 in raw materials (all direct materials) were drawn from inventory and used
in production. The company's predetermined overhead rate was ₱8 per direct labor-hour, and it paid
its direct labor workers ₱10 per hour. A total of 300 hours of direct labor time had been expended
on the jobs in the beginning Work in Process inventory account. The ending Work in Process
inventory account contained ₱4,700 of direct materials cost. The Company incurred ₱28,000 of actual
manufacturing overhead cost during the month and applied ₱26,400 in manufacturing overhead cost.
20. The direct materials cost in the November 1 Work in Process inventory account totaled:
a. ₱6,600. b. ₱6,000. c. ₱3,600. d. ₱3,000.
21. The actual direct labor hours worked during November totaled:
a. 2,800 hours. b. 3,300 hours. c. 3,500 hours. d. 3,600 hours.
22. The amount of direct labor cost in the November 30 Work in Process inventory was:
a. ₱2,800. b. ₱3,300. c. ₱3,500. d. ₱6,300.
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Hamilton Company uses job-order costing. Manufacturing overhead is applied using a predetermined
rate of 150% of direct labor cost. Any over- or underapplied manufacturing overhead is closed to
the Cost of Goods Sold account at the end of each month. Additional information is available as
follows:
Job 101 was the only job in process at January 31. The job cost sheet for this job contained
the following costs at the beginning of the month:
25. Sweet Company applies overhead to jobs on the basis of 125% of direct labor cost. If Job 107
shows ₱10,000 of manufacturing overhead applied, how much was the direct labor cost on the
job?
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