Answer the following five questions as to what you believe to be either TRUE OR FALSE by placing an X to the right of T for TRUE or F for FALSE.
T F 1. The two merchandise inventory systems are the Perpetual and the Slow Motion.
T F 2. Sales – Cost of Goods Sold = Greatest Profits
T F 3. Under the Perpetual System, at the time of a sale of merchandise, a business must: record the sale, the accounts receivable or cash received, the cost of the merchandise sold and corresponding reduction from inventory.
T F 4. The FIFO method of inventory valuation are initials that stand for:
First – In – Forever – Out.
T F 5. A business buys merchandise with the terms 7/10 net 30. That would mean that the business would receive a 10% discount on the purchase price paid provided that the business makes the payment to the seller within 7 days but otherwise, must pay the full amount within 30 days.
PART II â MULTIPLE CHOICE
- The methods of inventory valuation we learned include the following except for:
A. LIFO â Last In First Out
B. Specific Identification
C. Weighted Average
D. Standard Deviation or SD
- Under the Perpetual Inventory System, inventory when sold is credited or reduced from the asset account and moved into which of the following expense accounts:
A. Inventory Expense
B. Purchases
C. Cost of Goods Sold
D. Merchandise Expense
PART III â Mini Problems
Journalize the following sales transactions for Ellenâs Sportswear. Explanations are not required. As a reminder, you need to record both the journal entry for both the sales and the cost of goods sold/inventory in problem number 10.
- April 2 â Ellenâs Sportswear purchased dresses for $1,000 on Account with terms 2/10 net 30.
- April 8 â Ellenâs Sportswear paid for the dresses they purchased on April 2 taking advantage of the discount by paying $980 instead of $1,000.
- May 10, Ellenâs Sportswear sold $10,000 of womenâs sportswear for Cash received where Cost of the goods is $5,000.
Information to be used for Problems 11 and 12 and 13:
Melanieâs Purple Dress Business uses the Perpetual Inventory System.
Melanieâs Purple Dress Business purchased and sold the following merchandise in May:
May 1 Purchased 100 dresses at $100 each or $1,000
May 2 Sold 50 dresses from the dresses that were purchased on May 1
May 5 Purchased 100 more dresses at $110 each or $1,100
May 20 Sold 100 more dresses from the dresses that were purchased on May 1
- Calculate the ending inventory for Melanieâs Purple Dress Business using the Specific Identification Method.
- Calculate the ending inventory for Melanieâs Purple Dress Business using the First-In-First-Out or FIFO method.
- Calculate the ending inventory for Melanieâs Purple Dress Business using the Last-In-Last-Out Method or LIFO method.
For Extra Credit, the ending inventory for Melanieâs Dress Business using the Weighted Average Method.
Questions 14-20 follow for chapters 7, 8 and 9.
PART IV
- Some of the special journals we learned include the following except for:
A. Cash Disbursements Journal
B. Sales Journal
C. Cash Receipts Journal
D. Inventory Journal
- Items get posted from the Purchase and the Sales Journal to the General Ledger and to the:
A. Subsidiary Ledger for each vendor or customer
B. Income Statement
C. Balance Sheet
D. Substantive Ledger
- The procedure of reconciling a businessâs cash account to the bank statement is called:
A. Bank Reconciliation
B. Bank to Book Reconciliation
C. Cash Internal Control Reconciliation
D. General Ledger Reconciliation
- One of the Internal Controls discussed include:
A. Separation of duties
B. Having the companyâs bookkeeper handle the cash deposits
C. Keep the accounting records unlocked
D. Allow the companyâs bookkeeper to skip vacations
- Two methods for calculating uncollectable accounts receivable are: the off method and the method.
- Under the Direct Write off method for uncollectable accounts receivable, the journal entry for $200 owed by a customer that wonât pay would be:
__ Debt Expense $200
Accounts Receivable $200
- Under one of the Allowance Methods, the computation of the Allowance for Bad Debts is calculated by using the __ method, often based upon receivables that are 30 days, 60 days or 90 days outstanding.
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