8) The financial statements measure precisely the financial condition and results of
operations of a business.
9) Zorn Co. budgeted $300,000 of factory overhead cost for the coming year. Its
plantwide allocation base, machine hours, is budgeted at 50,000 hours. Budgeted units
to be produced are 100,000 units. Zorn’s plantwide factory overhead rate is $6.00 per
machine hour.
10) The use of a separate payroll bank account is not an advantageous control, because
it creates more complexity in reconciliation functions for a company and invites theft.
11) Under absorption costing, the cost of finished goods includes only direct materials,
direct labor, and variable factory overhead.
12) In the job order system, the finished goods account is the controlling account for the
factory overhead ledger.
13) Why would a bank require a company to maintain a compensating balance?
14) Materials used by the Layton Company Division 1 are currently purchased from
outside supplier at $58 per unit. Division 2 is able to supply Division 1 with 22,000
units at a variable cost of $46 per unit. The two divisions have recently negotiated a