Exam 4: Food Purchasing and Receiving Control

An invoice for the delivery of 5 cases of lettuce would be recorded on the Receiving Clerk's Daily Report in the Purchase Journal Distribution column for Food Stores.

Par stock is the maximum quantity of any item that should be on hand at any given time.

Standard purchase specifications are used only for perishable items.

The primary purpose of receiving control is to verify that foods delivered conform to the invoices received.

Which of the following is NOT a consideration in establishing par stock?

Staggered delivery times reduce the ability of a receiving clerk to verify quality, quantity, and price of foods delivered.

The following are examples of non-perishables: flour, cinnamon, and canned apple sauce.

Bin cards contain inventory data, and are often used as shelf labels.

Fresh meat is classified as:

Which of the following is NOT a perishable food?

Foods purchased for immediate use and charged to cost when received are classified on the Receiving Clerk's daily Report as:

When ordering perishables, the purchaser normally determines the reorder quantity by reading it from a bin card.

Standard purchase specifications can be used for:

If great care is taken to establish effective controls for purchasing but no attention is given to receiving controls, all earlier efforts may be wasted.

On the Receiving Clerk's Daily Report, the three columns in the Purchase Journal Distribution section are headed:

Wibble's Restaurant uses the periodic order method, placing orders for canned goods every other Monday. Normal usage of canned green beans is 42 cans. There are 6 cans on hand, and desired ending inventory is 12. The purveyor gives next-day delivery. Given this information, the correct order quantity is 36 cans.

Centralized purchasing can be advantageous when:

Which of the following is NOT an example of a standing order?

Standard purchase specifications can be used to eliminate the need for detailed verbal descriptions each time an item is ordered.

Using the periodic order method to determine the proper quantity to order, the purchaser _____ and _____ the amount required for the upcoming period.