Chapter 3: Exchange and Markets Flashcards
What are the goals of economic systems?
To satisfy human needs and wants
What 3 key questions do economic systems answer?
- What to produce?
- How to produce it?
- Who gets it?
What determines the answers to the 3 key economic questions?
The allocation mechanisms
What are the 2 main types of allocation mechanisms in economic systems?
- Free Markets
- Central Planning
What is Pareto efficiency in resource allocation?
It is when no alternative helps at least one person without harming anyone else
How are economic decisions made in free markets?
They are decentralized to individuals
How are economic decisions made in centrally planned economies?
Government officials make economic decisions
What is a property right?
A legally enforced right to select the use of an economic good
What are private property rights?
Rights assigned to a specific entity
What does it mean for private property rights to be alienable?
They can be transferred to another individual, within limits
What kind of rights do individuals have over their property?
Use rights within limits
Any purchased materials that will go into the finished product are first recorded in the _____ _____ inventory account
raw material
Work in Process consists of _____
- actual direct labor cost
- actual direct materials cost
- applied manufacturing overhead
Finished goods _____
consist of completed, unsold goods
Cost of goods manufactured _____
includes manufacturing costs of goods finished during the period
The journal entry to record the purchase of materials debits _____
raw materials
Costs of partially completed units are accounted for in _____
work in process
Completed units that have not yet been sold are found in _____ _____ inventory
finished goods
The amount transferred from Work in Process to Finished Goods is _____
cost of goods manufactured
A journal entry that debits Work in process and Manufacturing overhead and credits Raw materials records the _____
issuance of materials
Units of product that are only partially complete and will require further work before they are ready for sale to the customer are contained in the _____ _____ _____ account
work in process
The Manufacturing Overhead account is debited when _____
actual overhead costs are incurred
A journal entry that debits Raw Materials and credits Accounts Payable is recording the _____
purchase of materials
Labor costs charged to Manufacturing Overhead represent _____ labor costs
indirect
The journal entry to record issuing materials to be used in production credits _____
raw materials
Actual manufacturing overhead costs are recorded in the Manufacturing Overhead account _____
as they are incurred
Manufacturing overhead applied to production is always recorded on the _____ side of the manufacturing overhead account and the _____ side is always used to record the actual manufacturing costs incurred
credit; debit
When labor costs are incurred, _____ labor costs are added directly to the Work in Process account
only direct
Would a journal entry that debits Manufacturing overhead and credits Accounts payable be used to record direct labor costs?
no
A company requisitioned $40,000 in direct materials and $30,000 in indirect materials from the storeroom to be used in production. The journal entry to record this transaction debits _____
Work in process $40,000, debits Manufacturing overhead $30,000, and credits Raw materials $70,000
Manufacturing overhead costs include _____
- factory rent
- factory maintenance wages
- factory utilities
A journal entry that debits Manufacturing overhead and credits Accounts payable could be made to record _____
- rent expense on factory equipment
- factory utilities expense
The journal entry to record issuing both direct and indirect materials into production debits _____
Work in process and Manufacturing overhead
The journal entry to record accrued property taxes for a factory building debits _____
Manufacturing overhead and credits Property taxes payable