In the second-stage allocation in activity-based costing, activity rates are used to applycosts to products, customers, and other cost objects.Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA
Trang 1True/False Questions
1 If a manufacturing company is using activity-based costing for internal purposes only, then organization-sustaining overhead costs should not be allocated to any of the products
Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1 Level: Medium
2 Batch-level activities are performed each time a batch of goods is handled or
Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1 Level: Easy
6 Activity-based costing is a costing method that is designed to provide managers with cost information for strategic and other decisions that potentially affect only variable
Trang 27 A duration driver provides a measure of the amount of time required to perform an activity.
Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1 Level: Medium
8 In general, transaction drivers are more accurate measures of the consumption of resources than duration drivers
Ans: False AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1 Level: Medium
9 The costs of idle capacity should not be assigned to products in activity-based costing.Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1 Level: Easy
10 In traditional costing systems, all manufacturing costs are assigned to products even manufacturing costs that are not caused by the products
Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1 Level: Medium
11 Activity-based costing involves a two-stage allocation in which overhead costs are first assigned to departments and then to jobs on the basis of direct labor hours
Ans: False AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2,4 Level: Medium
12 In activity-based costing, some costs may be broken down and assigned to two activitycost pools For example, part of a supervisor's salary may be classified as a product-level activity and part of it may be classified as a batch-level activity
Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Medium
Trang 314 In the second-stage allocation in activity-based costing, activity rates are used to applycosts to products, customers, and other cost objects.
Ans: True AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 4 Level: Medium
15 When a company shifts from a traditional cost system in which manufacturing
overhead is applied based on direct labor-hours to an activity-based costing system in which there are batch-level and product-level costs, the unit product costs of high volume products typically decrease whereas the unit product costs of low volume products typically increase
Ans: True AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 8 Level: Medium
Multiple Choice Questions
16 Which terms would make the following sentence true? Manufacturing companies that benefit the most from activity-based costing are those where overhead costs are a _ percentage of total product cost and where there is _ diversity among the various products that they produce
A) low, little
B) low, considerable
C) high, little
D) high, considerable
Ans: D AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1 Level: Medium
17 Would factory security and assembly activities be best classified at an appliance manufacturing plant as unit-level, batch-level, product-level, or organization-
sustaining?
Security Assembly
Trang 418 Which of the following would be an acceptable measure of activity for a material handling activity cost pool?
Number of Weight ofmaterial moves material moved
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1 Level: Medium
19 An activity-based costing system that is designed for internal decision-making
generally will not conform to generally accepted accounting principles Which of the following is NOT a reason for this happening?
A) Some manufacturing costs (i.e., the costs of idle capacity and sustaining costs) will not be assigned to products
organization-B) Some nonmanufacturing costs are assigned to products
C) Allocation bases other than direct labor-hours, direct labor cost, and hours are used
machine-D) First-stage allocations may be based on subjective interview data
Ans: C AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1 Level: Hard
20 Providing the power required to run production equipment is an example of a:
A) Unit-level activity
B) Batch-level activity
C) Product-level activity
D) Organization-sustaining activity
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1 Level: Medium
21 Parts administration is an example of a:
Trang 522 If a cost object such as a product or customer has a negative green margin, then:A) its red margin will be positive.
B) its red margin may be either positive or negative
C) its red margin will be negative
D) its red margin will be zero
Ans: C AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting Appendix: 8A LO: 6 Level: Medium
23 Tatman Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with the following three activity cost pools:
Activity Cost Pool Total ActivityFabrication 10,000 machine-hours
Order processing 800 orders
Other Not applicable
The Other activity cost pool is used to accumulate costs of idle capacity and
organization-sustaining costs
The company has provided the following data concerning its costs:
Wages and salaries $320,000
Depreciation 220,000
Occupancy 120,000
Total $660,000
The distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools is given below:
Activity Cost PoolsFabrication
OrderProcessing Other TotalWages and salaries 20% 65% 15% 100%
Depreciation 15% 35% 50% 100%
Occupancy 5% 70% 25% 100%
Trang 6Total Fabrication Cost:
Wages and salaries: 20% × $320,000 $ 64,000
Activity Cost Pool Total Cost Total Activity Activity Rate
Fabrication $103,000 10,000 machine-hours $10.30 per machine-hour
24 Leaper Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with the following three activity cost pools:
Activity Cost Pool Total ActivityFabrication 40,000 machine-hours
Order processing 200 orders
Other Not applicable
The Other activity cost pool is used to accumulate costs of idle capacity and
organization-sustaining costs
The company has provided the following data concerning its costs:
Wages and salaries $360,000
Depreciation 140,000
Occupancy 160,000
Total $660,000
The distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools is given below:
Activity Cost PoolsFabrication
OrderProcessing Other TotalWages and salaries 35% 40% 25% 100%
Depreciation 5% 55% 40% 100%
Trang 7Ans: C AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2,3 Level: Medium
Solution:
Total Order Processing Cost:
Wages and salaries: 40% × $360,000 $144,000
Order Processing $293,000 200 orders $1,465 per order
Trang 825 Huelskamp Corporation has provided the following data concerning its overhead costsfor the coming year:
Wages and salaries $360,000
Order processing 400 orders
Other Not applicable
The Other activity cost pool does not have a measure of activity; it is used to
accumulate costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs
The distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools is given below:
Activity Cost Pools
Assembly ProcessingOrder Other TotalWages and salaries 25% 65% 10% 100%
Ans: C AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2,3 Level: Medium
Trang 9Total Assembly Cost:
Wages and salaries: 25% × $360,000 $ 90,000
Assembly $171,000 60,000 labor-hours $2.85 per labor-hour
Trang 1026 Bennette Corporation has provided the following data concerning its overhead costs for the coming year:
Wages and salaries $340,000
Order processing 500 orders
Other Not applicable
The Other activity cost pool does not have a measure of activity; it is used to
accumulate costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs
The distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools is given below:
Activity Cost Pools
Assembly ProcessingOrder Other TotalWages and salaries 40% 35% 25% 100%
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2,3 Level: Medium
Trang 11Total Order Processing Cost:
Wages and salaries: 35% × $340,000 $119,000
Activity Cost Pool Total Cost Total Activity Activity Rate
Order Processing $215,000 500 orders $430 per order
27 Eccles Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity based costing system:
Distribution of resource consumption:
Activity Cost PoolsAssembly Setting Up Other TotalWages and salaries 20% 60% 20% 100%
Depreciation 15% 35% 50% 100%
Utilities 5% 55% 40% 100%
How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the
Assembly activity cost pool?
A) $144,000
B) $96,000
Trang 12Total Assembly Cost:
Wages and salaries: 20% × $340,000 $ 68,000
Distribution of resource consumption:
Activity Cost PoolsAssembly Setting Up Other TotalWages and salaries 50% 40% 10% 100%
Depreciation 10% 55% 35% 100%
Utilities 15% 50% 35% 100%
How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Setting
Up activity cost pool?
A) $360,000
B) $336,000
C) $288,000
D) $348,000
Ans: B AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Medium
Solution:
Trang 1329 Gutknecht Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity based costing system:
Distribution of resource consumption:
Activity Cost PoolsAssembly Setting Up Other TotalWages and salaries 35% 40% 25% 100%
Ans: B AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Medium
Solution:
Total Other Cost:
Wages and salaries: 25% × $300,000 $ 75,000
Depreciation: 35% × $180,000 63,000
Utilities: 30% × $240,000 72,000
Total $210,000
Trang 1430 Lakatos Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools The company has provided the following data concerning its costs:
Depreciation 5% 50% 45% 100%
Occupancy 30% 35% 35% 100%
How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the
Fabricating activity cost pool?
A) $88,000
B) $132,000
C) $264,000
D) $120,000
Ans: D AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Medium
Solution:
Total Fabricating Cost:
Wages and salaries: 10% × $420,000 $ 42,000
Depreciation: 5% × $240,000 12,000
Occupancy: 30% × $220,000 66,000
Total $120,000
Trang 1531 Perl Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools The company has provided the following data concerning its costs:
Activity Cost Pools
Fabricating ProcessingOrder Other TotalWages and salaries 15% 60% 25% 100%
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Medium
Solution:
Total Order Processing Cost:
Wages and salaries: 60% × $360,000 $216,000
Depreciation: 35% × $200,000 70,000
Occupancy: 50% × $100,000 50,000
Trang 1632 Hosley Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools The company has provided the following data concerning its costs:
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Medium
Solution:
Total Other Cost:
Wages and salaries: 10% × $360,000 $ 36,000
Depreciation: 45% × $100,000 45,000
Occupancy: 35% × $120,000 42,000
Total $123,000
Trang 1733 Feldpausch Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system:
Activity Cost Pool Total Cost Total ActivityAssembly $1,137,360 84,000 machine-hours
Processing orders $28,479 1,100 orders
Inspection $97,155 1,270 inspection-hours
The company makes 470 units of product W26B a year, requiring a total of 660 machine-hours, 50 orders, and 40 inspection-hours per year The product's direct materials cost is $40.30 per unit and its direct labor cost is $42.22 per unit The
product sells for $118.00 per unit According to the activity-based costing system, the product margin for product W26B is:
A) $6,444.70 per unit
B) $4,679.20 per unit
C) $3,384.70 per unit
D) $16,675.60 per unit
Ans: C AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3,4,5 Level: Medium
hours
$76.50 perinspection-hourCalculation of Overhead Costs:
Trang 18Data concerning one of the company’s products, Product W58B, appear below:
Selling price per unit $113.70
Direct materials cost per unit $48.14
Direct labor cost per unit $11.62
Annual unit production and sales 360
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3,4,5 Level: Medium
Trang 19hours inspection-hour$76.90 per
Calculation of Overhead Costs:
Activity Cost Pool Activity Rate Total Activity ABC Cost
Assembly $11.15 per MH 1,040 MHs $11,596.00
Processing Orders $30.78 per order 60 orders $1,846.80
Inspection $76.90 per IH 30 IHs $2,307.00
Trang 2035 Dobles Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system:
Activity Cost Pool Total Cost Total ActivityAssembly $228,060 18,000 machine-hours
Processing orders $34,068 1,200 orders
Inspection $125,560 1,720 inspection-hours
The company makes 420 units of product D28K a year, requiring a total of 460
machine-hours, 80 orders, and 10 inspection-hours per year The product's direct materials cost is $48.96 per unit and its direct labor cost is $25.36 per unit According
to the activity-based costing system, the average cost of product D28K is closest to:A) $95.34 per unit
B) $93.60 per unit
C) $74.32 per unit
D) $89.93 per unit
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3,4 Level: Medium
hours
$73.00 perinspection-hourAverage Cost of Product D28K:
Trang 2136 Paparo Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system:
Activity Cost Pool Total Cost Total ActivityAssembly $846,040 52,000 machine-hours
Processing orders $64,056 1,700 orders
Inspection $102,408 1,360 inspection-hours
Data concerning the company’s product Q79Y appear below:
Annual unit production and sales 450
Annual machine-hours 1,080
Annual number of orders 70
Annual inspection hours 20
Direct materials cost $44.00 per unit
Direct labor cost $41.03 per unit
According to the activity-based costing system, the average cost of product Q79Y is closest to:
A) $133.29 per unit
B) $85.03 per unit
C) $127.43 per unit
D) $129.94 per unit
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3,4 Level: Medium
Trang 22$75.30 perinspection-hourAverage Cost of Product Q79Y:
Setting up batches $33,300 740 batch set-ups
Assembling products $126,160 6,640 assembly hours
The activity rate for the “designing products” activity cost pool is closest to:
A) $101 per product design hour
B) $1,372,448 per product design hour
C) $176 per product design hour
D) $57 per product design hour
Ans: C AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3 Level: Easy
Solution:
Trang 2338 Data concerning three of the activity cost pools of Salcido LLC, a legal firm, have been provided below:
Activity Cost Pools Total Cost Total ActivityResearching legal issues $20,480 640 research hours
Meeting with clients $1,182,239 7,253 meeting hours
Preparing documents $91,840 5,740 documents
The activity rate for the “meeting with clients” activity cost pool is closest to:
A) $95 per meeting hour
B) $61 per meeting hour
C) $163 per meeting hour
D) $1,182,239 per meeting hour
Ans: C AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3 Level: Easy
Solution:
Activity Cost Pool Total Cost Total Activity Activity Rate
Meeting with clients $1,182,239 7,253 meeting
hours $163 per meeting hour
Trang 2439 Gould Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products:
Activity Cost Pools Activity RateSetting up batches $59.06 per batch
Processing customer orders $72.66 per customer order
Assembling products $3.75 per assembly hour
Data concerning two products appear below:
Product K91B Product F65ONumber of batches 84 50
Number of customer orders 32 43
Number of assembly hours 483 890
How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product K91B using the activity-basedcosting system?
A) $9,097.41
B) $81,146.53
C) $4,961.04
D) $135.47
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 4 Level: Easy
84 batches $4,961.04Processing customer
orders
$72.66 perorder
32 orders 2,325.12Assembling products $3.75 per AH 483 AHs 1,811.25
$9,097.41
Trang 2540 Hane Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products:
Activity Cost Pools Activity RateAssembling products $8.90 per assembly hour
Processing customer orders $31.23 per customer order
Setting up batches $43.72 per batch
Data for one of the company’s products follow:
Product U94WNumber of assembly hours 389
Number of customer orders 53
Ans: C AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 4 Level: Easy
Solution:
Activity Cost Pool Activity Rate Total Activity ABC CostAssembling products $8.90 per AH 389 AHs $3,462.10Processing customer
orders
$31.23 perorder
53 orders 1,655.19Setting up batches
$43.72 perbatch
61 batches 2,666.92
$7,784.21
Trang 2641 Activity rates from Lippard Corporation's activity-based costing system are listed below The company uses the activity rates to assign overhead costs to products:
Activity Cost Pools Activity RateProcessing customer orders $31.62 per customer order
Assembling products $2.86 per assembly hour
Setting up batches $46.61 per batch
Last year, Product H50E involved 9 customer orders, 666 assembly hours, and 77 batches How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product H50E using the activity-based costing system?
A) $60,979.68
B) $3,588.97
C) $5,778.31
D) $81.09
Ans: C AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 4 Level: Easy
$46.61 perbatch
77 batches 3,588.97
$5,778.31
Trang 27Use the following to answer questions 42-43:
Weldon Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing
accounting system:
Indirect factory wages $340,000
Factory equipment depreciation $240,000
Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:
Activity Cost PoolsCustomer
Orders
ProductProcessing Other TotalIndirect factory wages 25% 65% 10% 100%
Factory equipment depreciation 40% 40% 20% 100%
The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and
organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products
42 How much indirect factory wages and factory equipment depreciation cost would be assigned to the Customer Orders activity cost pool?
A) $188,500
B) $181,000
C) $290,000
D) $580,000
Ans: B AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1,2 Level: Easy
Solution:
Customer Orders Cost:
Indirect factory wages: 25% × $340,000 $ 85,000
Factory equipment depreciation: 40% × $240,000 96,000
Total $181,000
Trang 2843 How much indirect factory wages and factory equipment depreciation cost would NOT be assigned to products using the activity-based costing system?
A) $340,000
B) $82,000
C) $0
D) $240,000
Ans: B AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1,2 Level: Easy
Solution:
Other Cost:
Indirect factory wages: 10% × $340,000 $34,000
Factory equipment depreciation: 20% × $240,000 48,000
Total $82,000
Use the following to answer questions 44-45:
Tomasini Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing
accounting system:
Supervisory wages $660,000
Factory supplies $280,000
Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:
Activity Cost PoolsBatch
Processing ProcessingUnit Other TotalSupervisory wages 20% 70% 10% 100%
Factory supplies 45% 35% 20% 100%
The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and
organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products
Trang 2944 How much supervisory wages and factory supplies cost would be assigned to the Batch Processing activity cost pool?
A) $940,000
B) $470,000
C) $305,500
D) $258,000
Ans: D AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1,2 Level: Easy
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1,2 Level: Easy
Trang 30Use the following to answer questions 46-47:
The following data have been provided by Letze Corporation from its activity-based costing accounting system:
Factory supervision $460,000
Indirect factory labor $220,000
Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:
Activity Cost PoolsBatch Set-Up Expediting Other TotalFactory supervision 55% 35% 10% 100%
Indirect factory labor 60% 20% 20% 100%
The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and
organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products
46 How much factory supervision and indirect factory labor cost would be assigned to theBatch Set-Up activity cost pool?
A) $680,000
B) $385,000
C) $391,000
D) $340,000
Ans: B AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1,2 Level: Easy
Trang 3147 How much factory supervision and indirect factory labor cost would NOT be assigned
to products using the activity-based costing system?
A) $220,000
B) $90,000
C) $0
D) $460,000
Ans: B AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 1,2 Level: Easy
Use the following to answer questions 48-49:
Forliche Florist specializes in large floral bouquets for hotels and other commercial spaces The company has provided the following data concerning its annual overhead costs and its activity based costing system:
Overhead costs:
Wages and salaries $ 80,000
Other expenses 40,000
Total $120,000
Distribution of resource consumption:
Activity Cost PoolsMaking
Bouquets Delivery Other TotalWages and salaries 60% 30% 10% 100%
Other expenses 45% 25% 30% 100%
Trang 3248 What would be the total overhead cost per bouquet according to the activity based costing system? In other words, what would be the overall activity rate for the making bouquets activity cost pool? (Round to the nearest whole cent.)
A) $1.65
B) $1.35
C) $1.58
D) $1.80
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2,3 Level: Medium
Solution:
Making Bouquets Cost:
Wages and salaries: 60% × $80,000 $48,000
Other expenses: 45% × $40,000 18,000
Total $66,000
Activity Cost Pool Total Cost Total Activity Activity Rate
Making Bouquets $66,000 40,000 bouquets $1.65 per bouquet
49 What would be the total overhead cost per delivery according to the activity based costing system? In other words, what would be the overall activity rate for the
deliveries activity cost pool? (Round to the nearest whole cent.)
A) $7.20
B) $6.60
C) $6.00
D) $6.80
Ans: D AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2,3 Level: Medium
Solution:
Delivery Cost:
Wages and salaries: 30% × $80,000 $24,000
Trang 33Use the following to answer questions 50-52:
Dietz Company uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity based costing system:
Costs:
Manufacturing overhead $440,000
Selling and administrative expenses 240,000
Total $680,000
Distribution of resource consumption:
Activity Cost PoolsOrder
Size CustomerSupport Other TotalManufacturing overhead 55% 35% 10% 100%
Selling and administrative expenses 30% 50% 20% 100%
The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and
organization-sustaining costs You have been asked to complete the first-stage allocation of costs to the activity cost pools
50 How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Order Size activity cost pool?
A) $314,000
B) $289,000
C) $204,000
D) $374,000
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Easy
Solution:
Order Size Cost:
Trang 3451 How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the
Customer Support activity cost pool?
A) $274,000
B) $238,000
C) $289,000
D) $340,000
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Easy
A) $68,000
B) $0
C) $92,000
D) $136,000
Ans: C AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 2 Level: Medium
Trang 35Use the following to answer questions 53-54:
The controller of Hendershot Company estimates the amount of materials handling overhead cost that should be allocated to the company's two products using the data that are given below:
Wall Mirrors Specialty WindowsTotal expected units produced 6,000 3,000
Total expected material moves 500 100
Expected direct labor-hours per unit 6 9
The total materials handling cost for the year is expected to be $6,123.60
53 If the materials handling cost is allocated on the basis of direct labor-hours, how much
of the total materials handling cost would be allocated to the wall mirrors? (Round off your answer to the nearest whole dollar.)
A) $2,449
B) $4,144
C) $3,499
D) $3,062
Ans: C AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3,4 Level: Easy Source: CMA, adapted
Solution:
Total Direct Labor-Hours
Wall Mirrors: 6,000 units × 6 DLHs per unit 36,000 DLHs
Specialty Mirrors: 3,000 units × 9 DLHs per unit 27,000 DLHs
Total 63,000 DLHs
Activity Cost Pool Total Cost Total Activity Activity Rate
Direct labor-hours $6,123.60 63,000 DLHs $.0972 per DLHMaterials Handling Cost for Wall Mirrors:
Trang 3654 If the materials handling cost is allocated on the basis of material moves, how much ofthe total materials handling cost would be allocated to the specialty windows? (Round off your answer to the nearest whole dollar.)
A) $1,021
B) $3,674
C) $3,062
D) $1,980
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3,4 Level: Easy Source: CMA, adapted
Solution:
Activity Cost Pool Total Cost Total Activity Activity Rate
Material moves $6,123.60 600 moves* $10.206 per move
*500 + 100 = 600 moves
Materials Handling Cost for Specialty Mirrors:
Activity Cost Pool Activity Rate Total Activity ABC Cost
Material moves $10.206 per move 100 moves $1,021
Use the following to answer questions 55-56:
Swimm Company allocates materials handling cost to the company's two products using the below data:
Modular Homes Prefab BarnsTotal expected units produced 3,000 4,000
Total expected material moves 400 100
Expected direct labor-hours per unit 700 200
The total materials handling cost for the year is expected to be $72,065
Trang 3755 If the materials handling cost is allocated on the basis of direct labor-hours, how much
of the total materials handling cost would be allocated to the prefab barns? (Round off your answer to the nearest whole dollar.)
A) $16,014
B) $19,880
C) $36,890
D) $36,033
Ans: B AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3,4 Level: Easy Source: CMA, adapted
Solution:
Total Direct Labor-Hours
Modular Homes: 3,000 units × 700 DLHs per unit 2,100,000 DLHs
Prefab Barns: 4,000 units × 200 DLHs per unit 800,000 DLHs
Total 2,900,000 DLHs
Activity Cost Pool Total Cost Total Activity Activity Rate
Direct labor-hours $72,065 2,900,000 DLHs $.02485 per DLHMaterials Handling Cost for Prefab Barns:
Activity Cost Pool Activity Rate Total Activity ABC Cost
Direct labor-hours $.02485 per DLH 800,000 DLHs $19,880
Trang 3856 If the materials handling cost is allocated on the basis of material moves, how much ofthe total materials handling cost would be allocated to the modular homes? (Round offyour answer to the nearest whole dollar.)
A) $36,033
B) $57,652
C) $56,051
D) $35,175
Ans: B AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3,4 Level: Easy Source: CMA, adapted
Solution:
Activity Cost Pool Total Cost Total Activity Activity Rate
Material moves $72,065 500 moves* $144.13 per move
*400 + 100 = 500 moves
Materials Handling Cost for Modular Homes:
Activity Cost Pool Activity Rate Total Activity ABC Cost
Material moves $144.13 per move 400 moves $57,652
Use the following to answer questions 57-58:
Abel Company uses activity-based costing The company has two products: A and B The annual production and sales of Product A is 200 units and of Product B is 400 units There are three activity cost pools, with estimated costs and expected activity as follows:
Expected ActivityActivity Cost Pool
EstimatedCost Product A Product B TotalActivity 1 $16,660 600 100 700
Activity 2 $18,450 1,100 700 1,800
Activity 3 $9,731 60 160 220
Trang 3957 The activity rate for Activity 2 is closest to:
A) $24.91
B) $26.36
C) $16.77
D) $10.25
Ans: D AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3 Level: Medium
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 4 Level: Hard
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Andris Corporation uses activity-based costing to determine product costs for external
financial reports The company has provided the following data concerning its activity-based costing system:
Activity Cost Pools(and Activity Measures) Estimated Overhead Cost
Machine related (machine-hours) $46,400
Batch setup (setups) $434,000
General factory (direct labor-hours) $226,500
Expected ActivityActivity Cost Pools Total Product X Product Y
Ans: A AACSB: Analytic AICPA BB: Critical Thinking
AICPA FN: Reporting LO: 3 Level: Medium
Solution:
Activity Cost Pool Total Cost Total Activity Activity Rate