AICPA CPA Financial Accounting and Reporting - FAR Exam Practice Test

During 1992, Krey Co. increased the estimated quantity of copper recoverable from its mine. Krey uses
the units of production depletion method. As a result of the change, which of the following should be
reported in Krey's 1992 financial statements?

In 1990, Brighton Co. changed from the individual item approach to the aggregate approach in applying
the lower of FIFO cost or market to inventories. The cumulative effect of this change should be reported in
Brighton's financial statements as a:

On January 2, 1993, Quo, Inc. hired Reed to be its controller. During the year, Reed, working closely with
Quo's president and outside accountants, made changes in accounting policies, corrected several errors
dating from 1992 and before, and instituted new accounting policies.
Quo's 1993 financial statements will be presented in comparative form with its 1992 financial statements.
This question represents one of Quo's transactions. List A represents possible clarifications of these
transactions as: a change in accounting principle, a change in accounting estimate, a correction of an
error in previously presented financial statements, or neither an accounting change nor an accounting
error.
Item to Be Answered
Quo changed from FIFO to average cost to account for its raw materials and work in process inventories.
List A (Select one)

A development stage enterprise should use the same generally accepted accounting principles that apply
to established operating enterprises for:

A transaction that is unusual in nature and infrequent in occurrence should be reported separately as a
component of income:

Which of the following should be reported as a prior period adjustment?

Mellow Co. depreciated a $12,000 asset over five years, using the straight-line method with no salvage
value. At the beginning of the fifth year, it was determined that the asset will last another four years. What
amount should Mellow report as depreciation expense for year 5?

On January 2, 20X5, to better reflect the variable use of its only machine, Holly, Inc. elected to change its
method of depreciation from the straight-line method to the units of production method. The original cost
of the machine on January 2, 20X3, was $50,000, and its estimated life was 10 years. Holly estimates that
the machine's total life is 50,000 machine hours. Machine hours usage was 8,500 during 20X4 and 3,500
during 20X3.
Holly's income tax rate is 30%. Holly should report the accounting change in its 20X5 financial statements
as a(n):

Tanker Oil Co., a development stage enterprise, incurred the following costs during its first year of
operations:

Tanker had no revenue during its first year of operation. What amount may Tanker capitalize as
organizational costs?