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Plantwide overhead rates typically do a better job of matching each department's overhead costs to the products using the department's resources than do departmental overhead rates.

A) True
B) False

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[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Malone Company sells two products Big X and Little X. Current direct material and direct labor costs are detailed below. Next year, the company wishes to use a plantwide overhead rate with direct labor hours as its allocation base. Next year's overhead is estimated to be $510,000. The direct labor and direct materials costs are estimated to be consistent with the current year. Direct labor costs $20 per hour and the company expects to manufacture 15,000 units of Big X and 18,000 units of Little X next year. [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Malone Company sells two products Big X and Little X. Current direct material and direct labor costs are detailed below. Next year, the company wishes to use a plantwide overhead rate with direct labor hours as its allocation base. Next year's overhead is estimated to be $510,000. The direct labor and direct materials costs are estimated to be consistent with the current year. Direct labor costs $20 per hour and the company expects to manufacture 15,000 units of Big X and 18,000 units of Little X next year.    -Malone's plantwide overhead rate will be $20.99 per direct labor hour next year. -Malone's plantwide overhead rate will be $20.99 per direct labor hour next year.

A) True
B) False

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ABC allocates overhead costs to products based on activities rather than direct labor or machine hours.

A) True
B) False

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Match each of the following terms a through j with the appropriate definitions

Premises
An allocation rate used to assign overhead costs to cost objects.
An outgrowth of ABC that uses the link between activities and costs.
The target of a cost assignment.
A collection of costs that are related to the same or similar activity.
Factor that drives cost.
Actions which add value to a product.
Activities performed only on groups of units.
Actions which cause costs to be incurred.
Activities performed to sustain facility capacity as a whole.
A cost allocation method that focuses on activities performed.
Responses
Activity-based management
Activity-based costing
Activity
Batch level activities
Facility-level activities
Activity cost driver
Cost object
Cost pool
Pool rate
Value-added activities

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An allocation rate used to assign overhead costs to cost objects.
An outgrowth of ABC that uses the link between activities and costs.
The target of a cost assignment.
A collection of costs that are related to the same or similar activity.
Factor that drives cost.
Actions which add value to a product.
Activities performed only on groups of units.
Actions which cause costs to be incurred.
Activities performed to sustain facility capacity as a whole.
A cost allocation method that focuses on activities performed.

The premise of ABC is that it takes ________ to make products and provide services.

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[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Malone Company sells two products Big X and Little X. Current direct material and direct labor costs are detailed below. Next year, the company wishes to use a plantwide overhead rate with direct labor hours as its allocation base. Next year's overhead is estimated to be $510,000. The direct labor and direct materials costs are estimated to be consistent with the current year. Direct labor costs $20 per hour and the company expects to manufacture 15,000 units of Big X and 18,000 units of Little X next year. [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Malone Company sells two products Big X and Little X. Current direct material and direct labor costs are detailed below. Next year, the company wishes to use a plantwide overhead rate with direct labor hours as its allocation base. Next year's overhead is estimated to be $510,000. The direct labor and direct materials costs are estimated to be consistent with the current year. Direct labor costs $20 per hour and the company expects to manufacture 15,000 units of Big X and 18,000 units of Little X next year.    -Malone has 33,000 total estimated direct labor hours for next year. -Malone has 33,000 total estimated direct labor hours for next year.

A) True
B) False

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Batch-level costs do not vary with the number of units produced.

A) True
B) False

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A company produces garden benches that go through two departments, department 1A1 and department 2B2, before they are complete. Expected costs and activities for the two departments are shown below. Both departments have departmental overhead rates based on machine hours. Therefore, the overhead rates for department 1A1 and department 2B2 are the same. A company produces garden benches that go through two departments, department 1A1 and department 2B2, before they are complete. Expected costs and activities for the two departments are shown below. Both departments have departmental overhead rates based on machine hours. Therefore, the overhead rates for department 1A1 and department 2B2 are the same.

A) True
B) False

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False

When products differ in batch size and complexity, they usually consume different amounts of overhead resources.

A) True
B) False

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Lake Erie Company uses a plantwide overhead rate with machine hours as the allocation base. Next year, 600,000 units are expected to be produced taking 0.75 machine hours each. How much overhead will be assigned to each unit produced given the following estimated amounts? Lake Erie Company uses a plantwide overhead rate with machine hours as the allocation base. Next year, 600,000 units are expected to be produced taking 0.75 machine hours each. How much overhead will be assigned to each unit produced given the following estimated amounts?     A)  $11.57 per unit B)  $8.17 per unit C)  $5.61 per unit D)  $12.43 per unit E)  $10.89 per unit


A) $11.57 per unit
B) $8.17 per unit
C) $5.61 per unit
D) $12.43 per unit
E) $10.89 per unit

F) A) and C)
G) None of the above

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Batch-level costs vary with the number of units produced.

A) True
B) False

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A company has two products: A1 and B2. It uses activity-based costing and has prepared the following analysis showing budgeted cost and activity for each of its three activity cost pools:  Budgeted Activity  Activity Cost Pool  Budgeted Cost  Product Al  Product B2  Activity 1 $48,0001,2004,800 Activity 2 $63,0002,2404,760 Activity 3 $80,0007,200800\begin{array} { l c c c } & & { \text { Budgeted Activity } } \\\text { Activity Cost Pool } & \text { Budgeted Cost } & \text { Product Al } & \text { Product B2 } \\\text { Activity 1 } & \$ 48,000 & 1,200 & 4,800 \\\text { Activity 2 } & \$ 63,000 & 2,240 & 4,760 \\\text { Activity 3 } & \$ 80,000 & 7,200 & 800\end{array} Annual production and sales level of Product A1 is 8,480 units, and the annual production and sales level of Product B2 is 22,310 units. What is the approximate overhead cost per unit of Product A1 under activity-based costing?


A) $8.00
B) $9.00
C) $10.00
D) $12.00
E) $4.00

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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A company estimates that costs for the next year will be $500,000 for indirect labor, $50,000 for factory utilities, and $1,000,000 for the CEO's salary. The company uses machine hours as its overhead allocation base. If 25,000 machine hours are planned for this next year, then a product requiring 10 machine hours will be assigned $220 in overhead.

A) True
B) False

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All of the following are examples of facility sustaining costs except:


A) Costs of cleaning the workplace.
B) Costs of custodial work.
C) Costs of personnel support.
D) Costs of sampling product quality.
E) Costs of employee recreational facilities.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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The ________ overhead rate is calculated by dividing total budgeted overhead cost by a chosen allocation base, such as direct labor hours.

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Blast Rocket Company manufactures candy-coated popcorn treats that go through two operations, popping and baking, before they are complete. Expected costs and activities for the two departments are shown in the following table:  Popping  Baking  Direct labor hours 238,000DLH50,000DLH Machine hours 25,000MH141,500MH Overhead costs $357,000$452,800\begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline & \text { Popping } & \text { Baking } \\\hline \text { Direct labor hours } & 238,000 \mathrm { DLH } & 50,000 \mathrm { DLH } \\\hline \text { Machine hours } & 25,000 \mathrm { MH } & 141,500 \mathrm { MH } \\\hline \text { Overhead costs } & \$ 357,000 & \$ 452,800 \\\hline\end{array} a. Compute a departmental overhead rate for the popping department based on direct labor hours. b. Compute a departmental overhead rate for the baking department based on machine hours.

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a. $357,000/238,000 DLH = $1.50 per DLH b. $452,800/141,500 MH = $3.20 per MH

K Company estimates that overhead costs for the next year will be $2,900,000 for indirect labor and $800,000 for factory utilities. The company uses direct labor hours as its overhead allocation base. If 80,000 direct labor hours are planned for this next year, how much overhead would be assigned to a product requiring 4 direct labor hours?


A) $46.25
B) $36.25
C) $185.00
D) $145.00
E) None of the choices

F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

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What are the major advantages of using a plantwide overhead rate?

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A company has two products: A1 and B2. It uses activity-based costing and has prepared the following analysis showing budgeted cost and activity for each of its three activity cost pools:  Budgeted Activity  Activity Cost Pool  Budgeted Cost  Product Al  Product B2  Activity 1 $48,0001,2004,800 Activity 2 $63,0002,2404,760 Activity 3 $80,0007,200800\begin{array} { l c c c } & & { \text { Budgeted Activity } } \\\text { Activity Cost Pool } & \text { Budgeted Cost } & \text { Product Al } & \text { Product B2 } \\\text { Activity 1 } & \$ 48,000 & 1,200 & 4,800 \\\text { Activity 2 } & \$ 63,000 & 2,240 & 4,760 \\\text { Activity 3 } & \$ 80,000 & 7,200 & 800\end{array} Annual production and sales level of Product A1 is 8,480 units, and the annual production and sales level of Product B2 is 22,310 units. What is the approximate overhead cost per unit of Product B2 under activity-based costing?


A) $8.00
B) $9.00
C) $10.00
D) $12.00
E) $4.00

F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

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The departmental overhead rate method allows each department to have its own overhead rate and its own allocation base.

A) True
B) False

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True

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