ACCT 241 Week 7 Quiz | Assignment Help | American University

ACCT 241 Week 7 Quiz | Assignment Help | American University 


1.

Providing the power required to run production equipment is an example of a:

 

Multiple Choice

 

·         Unit-level activity.

·         Batch-level activity.

·         Product-level activity.

·         Organization-sustaining activity.

 

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2.

Guerra Electronics manufactures a variety of electronic gadgets for use in the home. Which of the following would probably be the most accurate measure of activity to use for allocating the costs of inspecting the finished products at Guerra?

 

Multiple Choice

 

·         Machine-hours

·         Direct labor-hours

·         Inspection time

·         Number of inspectionsTop of Form

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3.

Which of the following would be an acceptable measure of activity for a material handling activity cost pool?

 

Options

      Number of material moves

Weight of material moved

A

Yes

Yes

B

No

Yes

C

Yes

No

D

No

No

 

Multiple Choice

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·         Option A

·         Option B

·         Option C

·         Option D

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4.

Departmental overhead rates may not correctly assign overhead costs due to:

Multiple Choice

 

·         the use of direct labor hours in allocating overhead costs to products rather than machine time or quantity of materials used.

·         the high correlation between direct labor-hours and the incurrence of overhead costs.

·         overreliance on volume as a basis for allocating overhead costs where products differ regarding the number of units produced, lot size, or complexity of production.

·         difficulties associated with identifying cost pools for the first stage of the allocation process.Top of Form

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5.

When switching from a traditional costing system to an activity-based costing system that contains some batch-level costs:

 

Multiple Choice

 

·         the unit product costs of both high and low volume products typically increase.

·         the unit product costs of both high and low volume products typically decrease.

·         the unit product costs of high volume products typically increase and the unit product costs of low volume products typically decrease.

·         the unit product costs of high volume products typically decrease and the unit product costs of low volume products typically increase.Top of Form

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6.

Mayeux 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:

 

Costs:

 

Wages and salaries

$

320,000

Depreciation

 

160,000

Utilities

 

240,000

Total

$

720,000


 

Distribution of resource consumption:

 

 

Activity Cost Pools

 

 

Assembly

Setting Up

Other

Total

Wages 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?

Multiple Choice

 

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·         $360,000

·         $336,000

·         $288,000

·         $348,000

 

 

7.

Bennette Corporation has provided the following data concerning its overhead costs for the coming year:

 

 

 

Wages and salaries

$

340,000

Depreciation

 

120,000

Rent

 

140,000

Total

$

600,000


 

The company has an activity-based costing system with the following three activity cost pools and estimated activity for the coming year:

 

Activity Cost Pool

Total Activity

Assembly

30,000

labor-hours

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

Order Processing

Other

Total

Wages and salaries

40%

35%

25%

100%

Depreciation

15%

45%

40%

100%

Rent

35%

30%

35%

100%


 

The activity rate for the Order Processing activity cost pool is closest to:

Multiple Choice

 

·         $430 per order

·         $420 per order

·         $360 per order

·         $440 per orderTop of Form

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8.

Paparo Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system:

 

Activity Cost Pool

Total Cost

Total Activity

Assembly

$

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: 

 

Multiple Choice

 

·         $133.29 per unit

·         $85.03 per unit

·         $127.43 per unit

·         $129.94 per unitTop of Form

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9.

Kulka Corporation manufactures two products: Product F82D and Product T05P. The company uses a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. It is considering implementing an activity-based costing (ABC) system that allocates its manufacturing overhead to four cost pools. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Products F82D and T05P.

 

 

Activity Cost Pool

Activity Measure

Total Cost

Total Activity

Machining

Machine-hours

$

180,000

9,000

MHs

Machine setups

Number of setups

$

125,000

250

setups

Product design

Number of products

$

44,000

2

products

Order size

Direct labor-hours

$

260,000

10,000

DLHs


 

 

 

 

Activity Measure

Product F82D

Product T05P

Machine-hours

5,000

4,000

Number of setups

160

90

Number of products

1

1

Direct labor-hours

4,000

6,000


 

 

Using the ABC system, how much total manufacturing overhead cost would be assigned to Product T05P?

Multiple Choice

        $156,000

        $303,000

        $147,000

        $304,500Top of Form

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10.

 

Annika Company uses activity-based costing. The company has two products: A and B. The annual production and sales of Product A is 4,000 units and of Product B is 1,000 units. There are three activity cost pools, with total cost and activity as follows:

 

 

 

Total Activity

Activity Cost Pool

Total Cost

Product A

Product B

Total

Activity 1

$

18,000

700

300

1,000

Activity 2

$

24,000

500

100

600

Activity 3

$

60,000

800

400

1,200


 

The activity-based costing cost per unit of Product A is closest to:

 

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·         $20.40

·         $10.00

·         $18.15

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