. What is the major advantage of using a perpetual inventory system? a. It provides efficient internal control over materials. b. It avoids inventory shortages and overages.   c. It avoids losses due to theft. d. It minimizes error in posting receipts and issues of materials.

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1. What is the major advantage of using a perpetual inventory system?

a. It provides efficient internal control over materials.
b. It avoids inventory shortages and overages.
 
c. It avoids losses due to theft.
d. It minimizes error in posting receipts and issues of materials.
 
2. If the 300 defective bolts(normal spoilage) were repaired and management wanted to be sure the incremental costs did not exceed the cost of producing new units, how would the rework costs be accounted for:
 
a. Charged to overhead and spread over the costs of all products.
b. Expensed as extraordinary.
c. Charged to those belts repaired.
d. As normal materials, labor and overhead.
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