Weighted Average Method MCQs Multiple Choice Questions

1. The weighted average method divides the cost of goods available for sale by the number of units:

Available for sale

Sold

Purchased during the period

2. Cost of goods available for sale can be calculated by:

Opening stock + purchases

Closing stock + purchases

Opening stock + purchases – closing stock

3. Weighted average cost method produces different allocation of inventory costs in periodic and perpetual inventory system?

Yes

No

4. In a perpetual inventory system, the weighted average cost method is called:

Moving average cost method

Residual method

Arithmetic cost method

5. The weighted average method is most commonly employed when inventory items are:

Different from each other

Connected closely with each other

6. Weighted average method is a generally accepted accounting principle?

True

False

7. If WIP opening stock is 10,000 units, work done in the period is 13,000 and WIP closing stock is 5,000 units. The equivalent completed unit during the period is:

19,000

18,000

17,000

8. US GAAP allows FIFO, LIFO and Weighted average method to value stock?

True

False

9. Weighted average method for inventory is permissible in:

IFRS only

US GAAP only

IFRS & US GAAP Both

10. Weighted average method is same as:

Specific identification method

LIFO

FIFO

None of the above

Answers: Available for sale, Opening stock + purchases, Yes, Moving average cost method, Connected closely with each other, True, 18,000, True, IFRS & US GAAP Both, None of the above

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