CHAPTER 6 Flashcards
Time cards are used by cost accounting to allocate direct labor charges to work in process.
FALSE
The personnel department authorizes changes in employee pay rates.
TRUE
Most payroll systems for mid-size firms use real-time data processing.
FALSE
To improve internal control, paychecks should be distributed by the employee’s supervisor.
FALSE
Employee paychecks should be drawn against a special checking account.
TRUE
Because a time clock is used, no supervision is required when employees enter and leave the workplace.
FALSE
Inventory control performs the formal record keeping function for fixed assets.
FALSE
The depreciation schedule shows when assets are fully depreciated.
TRUE
Authorization to dispose of fixed assets should be issued by the user of the asset.
FALSE
Work-in-process records are updated by payroll personnel
FALSE
Ideally, payroll checks are written on a special bank account used only for payroll.
TRUE
The supervisor is the best person to determine the existence of a “phantom employee” and should distribute paychecks.
FALSE
Payroll processing can be automated easily because accounting for payroll is very simple.
FALSE
Timekeeping is part of the personnel function.
FALSE
Fixed asset accounting systems include cost allocation and matching procedures that are not part of routine expenditure systems.
TRUE
Asset maintenance involves only the recording of depreciation charges. Physical improvements are always expensed.
FALSE
Fixed Asset Systems must keep track of the physical location of each asset to promote accountability.
TRUE
Time cards capture the total time an individual worker spends on each production job.
FALSE
Accounting conventions and IRS rules sometime specify the depreciation parameters to be used.
TRUE
The fixed asset disposal report authorizes the user department to dispose of a fixed asset.
FALSE
Work centers provide the personnel action form, which triggers the payroll process
FALSE
The payroll department is responsible for both updating the employee records and writing paychecks.
TRUE
The paymaster distributes paychecks to work center supervisors.
FALSE
Inventory control authorizes fixed asset purchases with a purchase requisition.
FALSE
When fixed assets are received, the receiving clerk sends copies of the receiving report to the
inventory control clerk and the AP clerk.
FALSE
The document that captures the total amount of time that individual workers spend on each production job is called a
a. time card
b. job ticket
c. personnel action form
d. labor distribution form
B