Classify each cost as direct materials (DM), direct labor (DL)
or manufacturing overhead (MOH) for Colgate Toothpaste:
Utility bill for the manufacturing
plant
DM DL
MOH
Wages of production line workers
DM DL
MOH
Toothpaste
ingredients
DM DL
MOH
List three examples of manufacturing overhead costs:
Define the following terms:
Product cost –
Period cost –
Given the following information, solve for Cost of Goods
Sold (COGS). Note: You will not use all of the
accounts listed below.
Raw Materials Inventory, January 1,
2016
$14,500
Raw Materials Inventory, December 31,
2016
$16,000
Work in Process Inventory, January 1,
2016
$30,000
Work in Process Inventory, December
31,
2016
$24,000
Finished Goods Inventory, January 1,
2016
$10,000
Finished Goods Inventory, December 31,
2016
$12,000
Cost of Goods
Manufactured
$140,000
Answer the questions below to describe the flow of costs in a
Job Order Costing system.
What three categories are increased when manufacturing costs are
accumulated?
What account is increased to assign manufacturing costs to a
Job?
What account is increased when transferring the cost of a
completed job?
What account is increased when a completed job is sold?





