15) Match each of the following terms with the appropriate definition.
1>The number of times a company’s average inventory is sold during a period. A.
Conservatism constraint
2>An inventory valuation method where each item in inventory is identified with a
specific purchase and invoice. B. Net realizable value
3>The expected sales price of an item minus the cost of making the sale. C. Retail
inventory method
4>An inventory pricing method that assumes the unit prices of the beginning inventory
and of each purchase are weighted by the number of units of each in inventory; the
calculation occurs at the time of each sale. D. Days’ sales in inventory
5>A method for estimating an ending inventory based on the ratio of the amount of
goods for sale at cost to the amount of goods for sale at retail price. E. Weighted
average inventory method
6>An estimate of days needed to convert the inventory at the end of the period into
receivables or cash. F. Interim statements
7>An inventory valuation method that assumes that inventory items are sold in the
order acquired. G. LIFO method
8>Financial statements prepared for periods of less than one year. H. Specific
identification method
9>The accounting constraint that aims to select the less optimistic estimate when two or
more estimates are about equally likely. I. FIFO method
10>An inventory valuation method that assumes costs for the most recent items
purchased are sold first and charged to cost of goods sold. J. Inventory turnover
16) Holo Company reported the following financial numbers for one of its divisions for
the year; average total assets of $5,800,000; sales of $5,375,000; cost of goods sold of
$3,225,000; and operating expenses of $1,147,000. Compute the division’s return on
investment:
A.18.6%.
B.21.3%.