Question

In Step 4, the EUP from Step 2 and the cost per EUP from Step 3 are used to assign costs to the:______ (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.)
a. units in beginning inventory
b. units completed and transferred to finished goods
c. units in ending work in process inventory
d. units sold

Answer 1

Answer:

Option B. Units completed and transferred to finished goods

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Option C. Units in ending work in process inventory

Explanation:

The reason is that the Equivalent units of Production that include number of units that would have been completed if all the efforts required were applied to the product completion which are the products started and finished during the period. The definition clearly states that the units considered would be the one that are shifted to finished goods from work in progress state in the current year or the one which is at work in progress state.

In the nutshell, the only units that would be considered in the assignment of the cost in the Step 4 will be either Work in Progress (Option C) or the Finished Goods that is shifted to Work in Progress (Option B).