Accounting

. __A_____ Assets that qualify for interest cost capitalization include
a. assets under construction for a company's own use.
b. assets that are ready for their intended use in the earnings of the company.
c. assets that are not currently being used because of excess capacity.
d. All of these assets qualify for interest cost capitalization.



2. __C_____ When computing the amount of interest cost to be capitalized, the concept of "avoidable interest" refers to
a. the total interest cost actually incurred.
b. a cost of capital charge for stockholders' equity.
c. that portion of total interest cost which would not have been incurred if expenditures for asset construction had not been made.
d. that portion of average accumulated expenditures on which no interest cost was incurred.



3. __B_____ Construction of a qualifying asset is started on April 1 and finished on December 1. The fraction used to multiply an expenditure made on April 1 to find weighted-average accumulated expenditures is
a. 8/8.
b. 8/12.
c. 9/12.
d. 11/12.



4. __C_____   Plant assets purchased on long-term credit contracts should be accounted for at
a. the total value of the future payments.
b. the future amount of the future payments.
c. the present value of the future payments.
d. none of these.




Quiz 8 continued over . . .
Quiz 8 continued.



5. __C_____ An improvement made to a machine increased its fair market value and its production capacity by 25% without extending the machine's useful life. The cost of the improvement should be
a. expensed.
b. debited to accumulated depreciation.
c. capitalized in the machine account.
d. allocated between accumulated depreciation and the machine account.





6. __A____ Colt Football Co. had a player contract with Watts that is recorded in its books at $3,600,000 on July 1, 2010. Day Football Co. had a player contract with Kurtz that is recorded in its books at $4,500,000 on July 1, 2010. On this...