What are the three types of inventory? For which inventory type is a stockout most critical?

What will be an ideal response?

The types of inventory discussed in the text are raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods. Answers may vary as to the most critical stockout.

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Many firms feel a strong obligation to establish and use a standard rate for fixed factory overhead because:

a. The resulting data are useful for performance-evaluation purposes. b. Generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. require full costing of inventories for financial reporting purposes. c. Larger income tax deductions result when fixed overhead costs are treated as product costs rather than period costs. d. None of the above—fixed overhead costs are typically expensed as period costs. e. This approach improves upon management's ability to more accurately forecast future overhead costs.

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Insurable interest is required for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

(a) to prevent gambling (b) to measure the extent of loss (c) to reduce premiums (d) to reduce moral hazard

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