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Managareial Accounting 15th Edition By Garrison – Test Bank

 

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Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Question Type   Difficulty              LO1: ABC concepts          LO2: First-stage allocation            LO3: Activity rates      LO4: Second-stage allocation      LO5: Product and customer margins        Other topics       Professional exam adapted

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Chapter 07

Activity-Based Costing: A Tool to Aid Decision Making

 

 

True / False Questions

 

  1. Activity-based management seeks to eliminate waste by allocating costs to products that waste resources.

 

True    False

 

  1. Direct labor-hours or direct labor cost should not be used as a measure of activity in an activity-based costing system.

 

True    False

 

  1. In activity-based costing, nonmanufacturing costs are not assigned to products.

 

True    False

 

  1. In traditional costing, some manufacturing costs may be excluded from product costs.

 

True    False

 

  1. Organization-sustaining overhead costs should be allocated to products just like unit-level and product-level activities.

 

True    False

 

  1. Activity-based costing uses a number of activity cost pools, each of which may have a different allocation base.

 

True    False

 

  1. In activity-based costing, organization-sustaining costs should be included in product costs for internal management reports that are used for decision-making.

 

True    False

 

  1. The practice of assigning the costs of idle capacity to products results in more stable unit product costs.

 

True    False

 

  1. In general, duration drivers are more accurate measures of the consumption of resources than transaction drivers.

 

True    False

 

  1. 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 costs.

 

True    False

 

  1. In traditional costing systems, manufacturing costs that are not caused by products are not assigned to products.

 

True    False

 

  1. 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 with batch-level and product-level costs, the unit product costs of low volume products typically decrease whereas the unit product costs of high volume products typically increase.

 

True    False

 

  1. The costs of idle capacity should be assigned to products in activity-based costing.

 

True    False

 

  1. In activity-based costing, some manufacturing costs can be excluded from product costs.

 

True    False

 

  1. Batch-level activities are performed each time a unit is produced.

 

True    False

 

  1. A transaction driver provides a measure of the amount of time required to perform an activity.

 

True    False

 

  1. Product-level activities relate to how many batches are run or units of product are made.

 

True    False

 

  1. The costs of activities that are classified as unit-level should be fixed respect to the number of units produced.

 

True    False

 

  1. The first-stage allocation in activity-based costing is the process by which overhead costs are assigned to activity cost pools.

 

True    False

 

  1. Activity-based costing involves a two-stage allocation in which overhead costs are first assigned to departments and then to jobs.

 

True    False

 

  1. Activity rates in activity-based costing are computed by dividing costs from the second-stage allocations by the activity measure for each activity cost pool.

 

True    False

 

  1. Activity rates are computed in the second-stage allocation in activity-based costing.

 

True    False

 

 

 

Multiple Choice Questions

 

  1. An activity-based costing system that is designed for internal decision-making will not conform to generally accepted accounting principles because:

 

 

  1. under activity-based costing the sum of all product costs does not equal the total costs of the company.

 

  1. under activity-based costing manufacturing costs are assigned to products.

 

  1. activity-based costing has not been approved by the United Nation’s International Accounting Board.

 

  1. activity-based costing results in less accurate costs than more traditional costing methods based on direct labor-hours or machine-hours.

 

 

  1. Assembling a product is an example of a:

 

 

  1. Unit-level activity.

 

  1. Batch-level activity.

 

  1. Product-level activity.

 

  1. Organization-sustaining.

 

 

  1. If substantial batch-level or product-level costs exist, then overhead allocation based on a measure of volume such as direct labor-hours alone:

 

 

  1. is a key aspect of the activity-based costing model.

 

  1. will systematically overcost high-volume products and undercost low-volume products.

 

  1. will systematically overcost low-volume products and undercost high-volume products.

 

  1. must be used for external financial reporting since activity-based costing cannot be used for external reporting purposes.

 

 

  1. 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.

 

 

  1. low; little

 

  1. low; considerable

 

  1. high; little

 

  1. high; considerable

 

 

  1. Which of the following costs should not be included in product costs for internal management reports that are used for decision-making?

 

 

  1. Costs of unit-level activities.

 

  1. Costs of batch-level activities.

 

  1. Costs of product-level activities.

 

  1. Costs of organization-sustaining activities.

 

 

  1. The plant manager’s salary is an example of a:

 

 

  1. Unit-level activity.

 

  1. Batch-level activity.

 

  1. Product-level activity.

 

  1. Organization-sustaining activity.

 

 

  1. Setting up a machine to change from producing one product to another is an example of a:

 

 

  1. Unit-level activity.

 

  1. Batch-level activity.

 

  1. Product-level activity.

 

  1. Organization-sustaining activity.

 

 

  1. Which of the following would probably be the most accurate measure of activity to use for allocating the costs associated with a factory’s purchasing department?

 

 

  1. Machine-hours

 

  1. Direct labor-hours

 

  1. Number of orders processed

 

  1. Cost of materials purchased

 

 

  1. The labor time required to assemble a product is an example of a:

 

 

  1. Unit-level activity.

 

  1. Batch-level activity.

 

  1. Product-level activity.

 

  1. Organization-sustaining activity.

 

 

  1. Which of the following levels of costs should not be allocated to products for decision-making purposes?

 

 

  1. Unit-level activities.

 

  1. Batch-level activities.

 

  1. Product-level activities.

 

  1. Organization-sustaining activities.

 

 

  1. Grammer Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs:

 

 

 

The distribution of resource consumption across the three activity cost pools is given below:

 

 

 

How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Other activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $135,000

 

  1. $174,000

 

  1. $162,000

 

  1. $180,000

 

 

  1. Duerr Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs:

 

 

 

The distribution of resource consumption across the three activity cost pools is given below:

 

 

 

How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Order Processing activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $250,000

 

  1. $286,000

 

  1. $156,000

 

  1. $312,000

 

 

  1. Poskey 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:

 

 

 

 

 

How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Assembly activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $187,000

 

  1. $264,000

 

  1. $217,000

 

  1. $165,000

 

 

  1. Futter Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs:

 

 

 

The distribution of resource consumption across the three activity cost pools is given below:

 

 

 

How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Fabricating activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $84,000

 

  1. $300,000

 

  1. $238,000

 

  1. $462,000

 

 

  1. Grandolfo 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:

 

 

 

 

 

How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Other activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $168,000

 

  1. $182,000

 

  1. $128,000

 

  1. $192,000

 

 

  1. Ginger 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:

 

 

 

 

 

How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Setting Up activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $528,000

 

  1. $454,000

 

  1. $418,000

 

  1. $396,000

 

 

  1. Hochberg Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with the following three activity cost pools:

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

The distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools is given below:

 

 

 

The activity rate for the Fabrication activity cost pool is closest to:

 

 

  1. $5.30 per machine-hour

 

  1. $3.60 per machine-hour

 

  1. $7.20 per machine-hour

 

  1. $4.80 per machine-hour

 

 

  1. Orzel Corporation has provided the following data concerning its overhead costs for the coming year:

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

The activity rate for the Assembly activity cost pool is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.70 per labor-hour

 

  1. $9.00 per labor-hour

 

  1. $9.90 per labor-hour

 

  1. $16.20 per labor-hour

 

 

  1. Laguna Corporation has provided the following data concerning its overhead costs for the coming year:

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

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

 

 

  1. $415 per order

 

  1. $405 per order

 

  1. $495 per order

 

  1. $270 per order

 

 

  1. Hettich Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with the following three activity cost pools:

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

The distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools is given below:

 

 

 

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

 

 

  1. $1,400 per order

 

  1. $1,600 per order

 

  1. $1,150 per order

 

  1. $800 per order

 

 

  1. Data concerning three of the activity cost pools of Brevo LLC, a legal firm, have been provided below:

 

 

 

The activity rate for the “meeting with clients” activity cost pool is closest to:

 

 

  1. $147 per meeting hour

 

  1. $154,791 per meeting hour

 

  1. $37 per meeting hour

 

  1. $68 per meeting hour

 

 

  1. Jennifer Company has two products: A and B. The company uses activity-based costing. The total cost and activity for each of the company’s three activity cost pools are as follows:

 

 

 

The activity rate under the activity-based costing system for Activity 3 is closest to:

 

 

  1. $36.24

 

  1. $38.44

 

  1. $84.56

 

  1. $115.33

 

 

  1. Moyle Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing accounting system:

 

 

 

The activity rate for the “designing products” activity cost pool is closest to:

 

 

  1. $396,900 per product design hour

 

  1. $62 per product design hour

 

  1. $162 per product design hour

 

  1. $52 per product design hour

 

 

  1. Lindsey Company uses activity-based costing. The company has two products: A and B. The annual production and sales of Product A is 5,000 units and of Product B is 2,000 units. There are three activity cost pools, with total cost and activity as follows:

 

 

 

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

 

 

  1. $14.11

 

  1. $13.77

 

  1. $7.00

 

  1. $17.70

 

 

  1. Ravelo Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system:

 

 

 

Data concerning the company’s product L19B appear below:

 

 

 

According to the activity-based costing system, the average cost of product L19B is closest to:

 

 

  1. $48.19 per unit

 

  1. $82.31 per unit

 

  1. $85.56 per unit

 

  1. $77.53 per unit

 

 

  1. Belsky Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system:

 

 

 

The company makes 490 units of product Q19S a year, requiring a total of 1,080 machine-hours, 60 orders, and 20 inspection-hours per year. The product’s direct materials cost is $46.42 per unit and its direct labor cost is $20.22 per unit.

According to the activity-based costing system, the average cost of product Q19S is closest to:

 

 

  1. $97.64 per unit

 

  1. $66.64 per unit

 

  1. $93.31 per unit

 

  1. $94.79 per unit

 

 

  1. Radakovich Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system:

 

 

 

The company makes 230 units of product F60N a year, requiring a total of 480 machine-hours, 50 orders, and 30 inspection-hours per year. The product’s direct materials cost is $12.70 per unit and its direct labor cost is $45.93 per unit. The product sells for $126.60 per unit.

According to the activity-based costing system, the product margin for product F60N is:

 

 

  1. $6,251.70

 

  1. $4,490.70

 

  1. $6,393.70

 

  1. $15,633.10

 

 

  1. Rosenbrook Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system:

 

 

 

Data concerning one of the company’s products, Product H73N, appear below:

 

 

 

According to the activity-based costing system, the product margin for product H73N is:

 

 

  1. $7,275.90

 

  1. $6,661.90

 

  1. $18,837.00

 

  1. $8,425.90

 

 

  1. Senff Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products:

 

 

 

Data concerning two products appear below:

 

 

 

How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product V91Z using the activity-based costing system?

 

 

  1. $113,774.55

 

  1. $132.45

 

  1. $3,195.50

 

  1. $14,751.04

 

 

  1. Bera Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products:

 

 

 

Data for one of the company’s products follow:

 

 

 

How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product Q79P using the activity-based costing system?

 

 

  1. $7,119.92

 

  1. $43,659.54

 

  1. $4,770.99

 

  1. $125.82

 

 

  1. Activity rates from Mcelderry Corporation’s activity-based costing system are listed below. The company uses the activity rates to assign overhead costs to products:

 

 

 

Last year, Product Q06J involved 10 customer orders, 580 assembly hours, and 12 batches. How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product Q06J using the activity-based costing system?

 

 

  1. $71.01

 

  1. $219.12

 

  1. $2,388.22

 

  1. $42,748.02

 

 

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

 

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products.

 

  1. How much indirect factory wages and factory equipment depreciation cost would be assigned to the Customer Orders activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $236,000

 

  1. $184,000

 

  1. $230,000

 

  1. $460,000

 

 

  1. How much indirect factory wages and factory equipment depreciation cost would NOT be assigned to products using the activity-based costing system?

 

 

  1. $56,000

 

  1. $100,000

 

  1. $360,000

 

  1. $0

 

 

The following data have been provided by Graise Corporation from its activity-based costing accounting system:

 

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products.

 

  1. How much factory supervision and indirect factory labor cost would be assigned to the Batch Set-Up activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $195,500

 

  1. $230,000

 

  1. $460,000

 

  1. $185,000

 

 

  1. How much factory supervision and indirect factory labor cost would NOT be assigned to products using the activity-based costing system?

 

 

  1. $0

 

  1. $62,000

 

  1. $160,000

 

  1. $300,000

 

 

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

 

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products.

 

  1. How much supervisory wages and salaries and factory supplies cost would be assigned to the Batch Processing activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $231,000

 

  1. $420,000

 

  1. $840,000

 

  1. $147,000

 

 

  1. How much supervisory wages and salaries and factory supplies cost would NOT be assigned to products using the activity-based costing system?

 

 

  1. $0

 

  1. $102,000

 

  1. $180,000

 

  1. $660,000

 

 

Dideda 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:

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  1. How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Order Size activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $150,000

 

  1. $360,000

 

  1. $255,000

 

  1. $234,000

 

 

  1. How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Customer Support activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $255,000

 

  1. $282,000

 

  1. $120,000

 

  1. $390,000

 

 

  1. How much cost, in total, should NOT be allocated to orders and products in the second stage of the allocation process if the activity-based costing system is used for internal decision-making?

 

 

  1. $60,000

 

  1. $0

 

  1. $84,000

 

  1. $120,000

 

 

Forse 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:

 

 

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs.

The amount of activity for the year is as follows:

 

 

 

  1. 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.)

 

 

  1. $0.90

 

  1. $1.05

 

  1. $1.20

 

  1. $1.10

 

 

  1. 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.)

 

 

  1. $6.00

 

  1. $6.60

 

  1. $7.20

 

  1. $6.80

 

 

Betterton Corporation uses an activity based costing system to assign overhead costs to products. In the first stage, two overhead costs-equipment depreciation and supervisory expense-are allocated to three activity cost pools-Machining, Order Filling, and Other-based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

In the second stage, Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company’s two products follow:

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Machining activity cost pool under activity-based costing in the first stage of allocation?

 

 

  1. $300

 

  1. $11,300

 

  1. $24,500

 

  1. $24,800

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Machining activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.60 per MH

 

  1. $1.23 per MH

 

  1. $0.60 per MH

 

  1. $1.24 per MH

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product A8 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $3,720

 

  1. $3,975

 

  1. $26,000

 

  1. $7,695

 

 

Manton Corporation uses an activity based costing system to assign overhead costs to products. In the first stage, two overhead costs-equipment expense and indirect labor-are allocated to the three activity cost pools-Processing, Supervising, and Other-based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

In the second stage, Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company’s two products follow:

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Processing activity cost pool under activity-based costing in the first stage of allocation?

 

 

  1. $10,600

 

  1. $21,000

 

  1. $21,600

 

  1. $600

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Processing activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.16 per MH

 

  1. $2.10 per MH

 

  1. $4.10 per MH

 

  1. $1.00 per MH

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product Z5 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $5,280

 

  1. $6,264

 

  1. $20,500

 

  1. $11,544

 

 

Studler Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Processing, Supervising, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment expense and indirect labor, are allocated to the three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow:

 

 

 

 

 

Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company’s two products follow:

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $18,600

 

  1. $16,600

 

  1. $19,100

 

  1. $2,500

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.50 per batch

 

  1. $2.63 per batch

 

  1. $9.55 per batch

 

  1. $44.00 per batch

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product R6 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $44,000

 

  1. $60,900

 

  1. $18,145

 

  1. $42,755

 

 

Mussenden Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Machining, Order Filling, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment depreciation and supervisory expense, are allocated to three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow:

 

 

 

 

 

Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company’s two products follow:

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Order Filling activity cost pool under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $400

 

  1. $4,700

 

  1. $14,700

 

  1. $5,100

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Order Filling activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.86 per order

 

  1. $49.00 per order

 

  1. $5.10 per order

 

  1. $2.00 per order

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product S4 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $18,688

 

  1. $3,570

 

  1. $24,500

 

  1. $22,258

 

 

Vontungeln Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. In the first stage, the activity-based costing system allocates two overhead accounts-equipment depreciation and supervisory expense-to three activity cost pools-Machining, Order Filling, and Other-based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

In the second stage, Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products.

 

 

 

Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Machining and Order Filling costs to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Machining activity cost pool under activity-based costing in the first stage of allocation?

 

 

  1. $32,000

 

  1. $16,000

 

  1. $400

 

  1. $32,400

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Machining activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $1.60 per MH

 

  1. $1.62 per MH

 

  1. $0.67 per MH

 

  1. $3.40 per MH

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product I6 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $11,760

 

  1. $24,072

 

  1. $34,000

 

  1. $12,312

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product I6 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $2,000

 

  1. $36,000

 

  1. $11,928

 

  1. $23,688

 

 

Lake Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Processing, Supervising, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment expense and indirect labor, are allocated to the three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow:

 

 

 

 

 

Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company’s two products follow:

 

 

 

Finally, the costs of Processing and Supervising are combined with the following sales and direct cost data to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $19,200

 

  1. $2,000

 

  1. $39,200

 

  1. $21,200

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $6.67 per batch

 

  1. $4.00 per batch

 

  1. $21.20 per batch

 

  1. $100.00 per batch

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product L2 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $50,000

 

  1. $26,136

 

  1. $12,720

 

  1. $38,856

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product L2 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $32,764

 

  1. $69,300

 

  1. $17,344

 

  1. $56,200

 

 

Keske Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Machining, Order Filling, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment depreciation and supervisory expense, are allocated to the three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow:

 

 

 

 

 

Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company’s two products follow:

 

 

 

Finally, the costs of Machining and Order Filling are combined with the following sales and direct cost data to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Order Filling activity cost pool under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $21,400

 

  1. $2,500

 

  1. $22,900

 

  1. $20,400

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Order Filling activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $73.00 per order

 

  1. $5.00 per order

 

  1. $12.50 per order

 

  1. $22.90 per order

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product L6 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $36,500

 

  1. $9,160

 

  1. $32,694

 

  1. $23,534

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product L6 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $8,406

 

  1. $20,266

 

  1. $51,600

 

  1. $41,100

 

 

Kenrick Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. In the first stage, the activity-based costing system allocates two overhead accounts-equipment expense and indirect labor-to three activity cost pools-Processing, Supervising, and Other-based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

In the second stage, Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company’s two products follow:

 

 

 

Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Processing and Supervising costs to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Processing activity cost pool under activity-based costing in the first stage of allocation?

 

 

  1. $2,400

 

  1. $600

 

  1. $1,800

 

  1. $11,400

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Processing activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.00 per MH

 

  1. $0.18 per MH

 

  1. $0.24 per MH

 

  1. $1.00 per MH

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product U4 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $1,320

 

  1. $3,180

 

  1. $10,000

 

  1. $1,860

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product U4 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. -$3,500

 

  1. $3,320

 

  1. $6,500

 

  1. $5,180

 

 

Schwering Corporation uses activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools as follows: Machining, $20,800; Order Filling, $30,400; and Other, $48,800. Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Order Filling activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $30.40 per order

 

  1. $100.00 per order

 

  1. $4.00 per order

 

  1. $20.00 per order

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product U1 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $20,016

 

  1. $50,000

 

  1. $6,080

 

  1. $13,936

 

 

Glassey Corporation uses activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools as follows: Processing, $20,000; Supervising, $33,500; and Other, $16,500. Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Processing activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.50 per MH

 

  1. $2.00 per MH

 

  1. $7.00 per MH

 

  1. $1.95 per MH

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product T3 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $26,100

 

  1. $19,400

 

  1. $35,000

 

  1. $6,700

 

 

Mciver Corporation uses activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools as follows: Machining, $10,900; Order Filling, $10,500; and Other, $75,600. Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Machining activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.67 per MH

 

  1. $1.09 per MH

 

  1. $0.93 per MH

 

  1. $9.70 per MH

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product K0 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $1,635

 

  1. $6,300

 

  1. $48,500

 

  1. $7,935

 

 

Trainor Corporation uses activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools as follows: Processing, $29,200; Supervising, $13,000; and Other, $26,800. Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $13.00 per batch

 

  1. $69.00 per batch

 

  1. $8.00 per batch

 

  1. $11.43 per batch

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product G0 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $31,000

 

  1. $9,100

 

  1. $21,900

 

  1. $34,500

 

 

Abbe Corporation uses activity-based costing. The company makes two products: Product A and Product B. The annual production and sales of Product A is 800 units and of Product B is 600 units. There are three activity cost pools, with total cost and activity as follows:

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for Activity 2 is closest to:

 

 

  1. $11.76

 

  1. $8.69

 

  1. $29.27

 

  1. $33.31

 

 

  1. The cost per unit of Product B is closest to:

 

 

  1. $25.90

 

  1. $11.49

 

  1. $34.73

 

  1. $48.09

 

 

Andruschack 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:

 

 

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the batch setup activity cost pool is closest to:

 

 

  1. $33.90

 

  1. $74.50

 

  1. $84.80

 

  1. $56.50

 

 

  1. The total amount of overhead cost allocated to Product X would be closest to:

 

 

  1. $339,000

 

  1. $298,000

 

  1. $296,100

 

  1. $372,600

 

 

Monson Corporation has two products: G and P. The company uses activity-based costing and has prepared the following analysis showing the total cost and activity for each of its three activity cost pools:

 

 

 

The annual production and sales of Product G is 10,640 units. The annual production and sales of Product P is 26,600.

 

  1. The activity rate under the activity-based costing system for Activity 2 is closest to:

 

 

  1. $89.33

 

  1. $21.97

 

  1. $26.67

 

  1. $16.00

 

 

  1. The cost per unit of Product P under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $4.00

 

  1. $30.16

 

  1. $10.00

 

  1. $6.88

 

 

The controller of Hartis Corporation 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:

 

 

 

The total materials handling cost for the year is expected to be $38,448.

 

  1. If the materials handling cost is allocated on the basis of direct labor-hours, the total materials handling cost allocated to the wall mirrors is closest to:

 

 

  1. $19,696

 

  1. $16,020

 

  1. $19,224

 

  1. $17,280

 

 

  1. If the materials handling cost is allocated on the basis of material moves, the total materials handling cost allocated to the specialty windows is closest to:

 

 

  1. $18,752

 

  1. $19,224

 

  1. $22,428

 

  1. $28,836

 

 

Zumbrunnen Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools-Processing, Supervising, and Other. The costs in those activity cost pools appear below:

 

 

 

Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Processing and Supervising costs to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $8.00 per batch

 

  1. $26.67 per batch

 

  1. $46.80 per batch

 

  1. $82.00 per batch

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product H2 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $41,000

 

  1. $6,840

 

  1. $14,040

 

  1. $20,880

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product H2 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $28,000

 

  1. -$10,840

 

  1. $6,820

 

  1. $27,700

 

 

Munar Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools-Machining, Order Filling, and Other. The costs in those activity cost pools appear below:

 

 

 

Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Machining and Order Filling costs to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Order Filling activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $1.00 per order

 

  1. $1.11 per order

 

  1. $15.70 per order

 

  1. $27.00 per order

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product X6 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $13,500

 

  1. $4,698

 

  1. $14,130

 

  1. $18,828

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product X6 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $22,400

 

  1. $3,572

 

  1. $29,700

 

  1. $17,302

 

 

Koutz Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools-Processing, Supervising, and Other. The costs in those activity cost pools appear below:

 

 

 

Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Processing and Supervising costs to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Processing activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $9.40 per MH

 

  1. $0.63 per MH

 

  1. $3.56 per MH

 

  1. $3.61 per MH

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product O7 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $32,129

 

  1. $36,289

 

  1. $4,160

 

  1. $47,000

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product O7 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $46,400

 

  1. $10,111

 

  1. -$600

 

  1. $14,271

 

 

Stroth Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools-Machining, Order Filling, and Other. The costs in those activity cost pools appear below:

 

 

 

Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Machining and Order Filling costs to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for Machining under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $0.54 per MH

 

  1. $4.00 per MH

 

  1. $0.34 per MH

 

  1. $2.10 per MH

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product C4 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $6,542

 

  1. $5,292

 

  1. $1,250

 

  1. $10,500

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product C4 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $2,958

 

  1. -$1,000

 

  1. $9,500

 

  1. $4,208

 

 

Thoen Nuptial Bakery makes very elaborate wedding cakes to order. The company has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The activity rate for the Size-Related activity cost pool is $0.96 per guest. (The greater the number of guests, the larger the cake.) The activity rate for the Complexity-Related cost pool is $54.24 per tier. (Cakes with more tiers are more complex.) Finally, the activity rate for the Order-Related activity cost pool is $56.44 per order. (Each wedding involves one order for a cake.) The activity rates include the costs of raw ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs, and shortening. The activity rates do not include the costs of purchased decorations such as miniature statues and wedding bells, which are accounted for separately.

Data concerning two recent orders appear below:

 

 

 

  1. Assuming that all of the costs listed above are avoidable costs in the event that an order is turned down, what amount would the company have to charge for the Nie wedding cake to just break even?

 

 

  1. $56.44

 

  1. $306.98

 

  1. $23.50

 

  1. $371.45

 

 

  1. Assuming that the company charges $584.18 for the Strobl wedding cake, what would be the overall margin on the order?

 

 

  1. $157.83

 

  1. $101.39

 

  1. $132.70

 

  1. $482.79

 

 

Carsten Wedding Fantasy Corporation makes very elaborate wedding cakes to order. The owner of the company has provided the following data concerning the activity rates in its activity-based costing system:

 

 

 

The measure of activity for the size-related activity cost pool is the number of planned guests at the wedding reception. The greater the number of guests, the larger the cake. The measure of complexity is the number of tiers in the cake. The activity measure for the order-related cost pool is the number of orders. (Each wedding involves one order.) The activity rates include the costs of raw ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs, and shortening. The activity rates do not include the costs of purchased decorations such as miniature statues and wedding bells, which are accounted for separately.

Data concerning two recent orders appear below:

 

 

 

  1. Assuming that all of the costs listed above are avoidable costs in the event that an order is turned down, what amount would the company have to charge for the Ruise wedding cake to just break even?

 

 

  1. $229.40

 

  1. $84.03

 

  1. $277.57

 

  1. $17.30

 

 

  1. Assuming that the company charges $485.85 for the Karmo wedding cake, what would be the overall margin on the order?

 

 

  1. $84.32

 

  1. $141.18

 

  1. $401.53

 

  1. $168.35

 

 

  1. Suppose that the company decides that the present activity-based costing system is too complex and that all costs (except for the costs of purchased decorations) should be allocated on the basis of the number of guests. In that event, what would you expect to happen to the costs of cakes?

 

 

  1. The cost of cakes for receptions with more than the average number of guests would go down.

 

  1. The cost of cakes for receptions with fewer than the average number of guests would go down.

 

  1. The costs of all cakes would go down.

 

  1. The costs of all cakes would go up.

 

 

 

 

Essay Questions

 

  1. The following data have been provided by Kilmartin Corporation from its activity-based costing accounting system:

 

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products.

 

Required:

 

  1. Determine the total amount of supervisory wages and factory utilities costs that would be allocated to the Machining activity cost pool. Show your work!
  2. Determine the total amount of supervisory wages and factory utilities costs that would NOT be assigned to products. Show your work!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Schulenburg Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing accounting system:

 

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products.

 

Required:

 

  1. Determine the total amount of indirect factory wages and factory equipment depreciation costs that would be allocated to the Product Processing activity cost pool. Show your work!
  2. Determine the total amount of indirect factory wages and factory equipment depreciation costs that would NOT be assigned to products. Show your work!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Brannum Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing accounting system:

 

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products.

 

Required:

 

  1. Determine the total amount of supervisory wages and factory utilities costs that would be allocated to the Unit Processing activity cost pool. Show your work!
  2. Determine the total amount of supervisory wages and factory utilities costs that would NOT be assigned to products. Show your work!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Swagg Jewelry Corporation manufactures custom jewelry. In the past, Swagg has been using a traditional overhead allocation system based solely on direct labor-hours. Sensing that this system was distorting costs and selling prices, Swagg has decided to switch to an activity-based costing system using three activity cost pools. Information on these activity cost pools are as follows:

 

 

 

Job #309 incurred $900 of direct material, 30 hours of direct labor at $40 per hour, 80 machine hours, and 5 inspections.

 

Required:

 

  1. What is the cost of the job under the activity-based costing system?
  2. Relative to the activity-based costing system, would Job #309 have been overcosted or undercosted under the traditional system and by how much?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Loader Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Processing, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs consist of equipment depreciation and indirect labor and are allocated to the cost pools in proportion to the activity cost pools’ consumption of resources. Equipment depreciation totals $88,000 and indirect labor totals $1,000. Data concerning the distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools appear below:

 

 

 

Required:

 

Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools using activity-based costing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Lovette Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Processing, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs, which consist of factory utilities and indirect labor, are allocated to the cost pools in proportion to the activity cost pools’ consumption of resources. Data concerning the company’s costs and activity-based costing system appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

Required:

 

Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools using activity-based costing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Fife & Jones PLC, a consulting firm, uses an activity-based costing in which there are three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity based costing system:

 

Costs:

 

 

 

Distribution of resource consumption:

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Working On Engagements activity cost pool?
  2. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Business Development activity cost pool?
  3. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Other activity cost pool?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Vassallo Corporation’s activity-based costing system has three activity cost pools-Machining, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs, which consist of equipment depreciation and indirect labor, are allocated to the cost pools in proportion to the activity cost pools’ consumption of resources.

 

 

 

 

 

Costs in the Machining cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products.

 

 

 

Additional data concerning the company’s products appears below:

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools using activity-based costing.
  2. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.
  3. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.
  4. Determine the product margins for each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Barnette Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Processing, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs, which consist of factory utilities and indirect labor, are allocated to the cost pools in proportion to the activity cost pools’ consumption of resources. Costs in the Processing cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. Data concerning the two products and the company’s costs and activity-based costing system appear below:

 

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools using activity-based costing.
  2. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.
  3. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.
  4. Determine the product margins for each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Foradori Corporation’s activity-based costing system has three activity cost pools-Fabricating, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs have already been allocated to these cost pools as follows:

 

 

 

Costs in the Fabricating cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. The following table shows the machine-hours and number of batches associated with each of the company’s two products:

 

 

 

Required:

 

Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Data concerning three of Falkenstein Corporation’s activity cost pools appear below:

 

 

 

Required:

 

Compute the activity rates for each of the three cost pools. Show your work!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Malan Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing accounting system:

 

 

 

Required:

 

Compute the activity rates for each of the three cost pools. Show your work!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Deraney Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Machining, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs have already been allocated to the cost pools and total $5,800 for the Machining cost pool, $4,700 for the Setting Up cost pool, and $7,500 for the Other cost pool. Costs in the Machining cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. Data concerning the two products appear below:

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.
  2. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Flyer Corporation manufactures two products, Product A and Product B. Product B is of fairly recent origin, having been developed as an attempt to enter a market closely related to that of Product A. Product B is the more complex of the two products, requiring three hours of direct labor time per unit to manufacture compared to one and one-half hours of direct labor time for Product A. Product B is produced on an automated production line.

 

Overhead is currently assigned to the products on the basis of direct-labor-hours. The company estimated it would incur $396,000 in manufacturing overhead costs and produce 5,500 units of Product B and 22,000 units of Product A during the current year. Unit costs for materials and direct labor are:

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Compute the predetermined overhead rate under the current method of allocation and determine the unit product cost of each product for the current year.

 

  1. The company’s overhead costs can be attributed to four major activities. These activities and the amount of overhead cost attributable to each for the current year are given below:

 

 

 

Using the data above and an activity-based costing approach, determine the unit product cost of each product for the current year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Dace Company manufactures two products, Product F and Product G. The company expects to produce and sell 3,200 units of Product F and 2,100 units of Product G during the current year. Data relating to the company’s three activity cost pools are given below for the current year:

 

 

 

Required:

 

Using the activity-based costing approach, determine the overhead cost per unit for each product.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Chuang Corporation’s activity-based costing system has three activity cost pools-Machining, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs have already been allocated to these cost pools as follows:

 

 

 

Costs in the Machining cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. The following table shows the machine-hours and number of batches associated with each of the company’s two products:

 

 

 

Additional data concerning the company’s products appears below:

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.
  2. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.
  3. Determine the product margins for each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Benoist Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Machining, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs have already been allocated to the cost pools and total $17,200 for the Machining cost pool, $7,700 for the Setting Up cost pool, and $52,100 for the Other cost pool.

 

Costs in the Machining cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. Data concerning the two products and the company’s costs appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.
  2. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.
  3. Determine the product margins for each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. The Thornes Cleaning Brigade Company provides housecleaning services to its clients. The company uses an activity-based costing system for its overhead costs. The company has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system.

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs.

One particular client, the Lazzara family, requested 37 jobs during the year that required a total of 222 hours of housecleaning. For this service, the client was charged $2,350.

 

Required:

 

  1. Using the activity-based costing system, compute the customer margin for the Lazzara family. Round off all calculations to the nearest whole cent.
  2. Assume the company decides instead to use a traditional costing system in which ALL costs are allocated to customers on the basis of cleaning hours. Compute the margin for the Lazzara family. Round off all calculations to the nearest whole cent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Duckhorn Housecleaning provides housecleaning services to its clients. The company uses an activity-based costing system for its overhead costs. The company has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system.

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs.

One particular client, the Lumbard family, requested 31 jobs during the year that required a total of 62 hours of housecleaning. For this service, the client was charged $1,620.

 

Required:

 

  1. Compute the activity rates (i.e., cost per unit of activity) for the activity cost pools. Round off all calculations to the nearest whole cent.
  2. Using the activity-based costing system, compute the customer margin for the Lumbard family. Round off all calculations to the nearest whole cent.
  3. Assume the company decides instead to use a traditional costing system in which ALL costs are allocated to customers on the basis of cleaning hours. Compute the margin for the Lumbard family. Round off all calculations to the nearest whole cent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Wasden Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Processing, Setting Up, and Other. Costs in the Processing cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. Data concerning the two products and the company’s costs and activity-based costing system appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.
  2. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.
  3. Determine the product margins for each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Somani Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Machining, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs, which consist of equipment depreciation and indirect labor, have been allocated to the cost pools already and are provided in the table below.

 

 

 

Costs in the Machining cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. Data concerning the two products and the company’s costs appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.
  2. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.
  3. Determine the product margins for each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Garhart Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products.

 

 

 

Data concerning two products appear below:

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product R57J using the company’s activity-based costing system? Show your work!
  2. How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product W17B using the company’s activity-based costing system? Show your work!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Mouret Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products.

 

 

 

Last year, Product N79A required 28 batches, 6 customer orders, and 712 assembly hours.

 

Required:

 

How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product N79A using the company’s activity-based costing system? Show your work!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Villeda Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products.

 

 

 

Data concerning two products appear below:

 

 

 

Required:

 

How much overhead cost would be assigned to each of the two products using the company’s activity-based costing system?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Tomek Corporation’s activity-based costing system has three activity cost pools-Fabricating, Setting Up, and Other. Costs in the Fabricating cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. The activity rate for Fabricating is $0.82 per MH; the activity rate for Setting Up is $5.40 per batch. The following table shows the machine-hours and number of batches associated with each of the company’s two products:

 

 

 

Required:

 

Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 07 Activity-Based Costing: A Tool to Aid Decision Making Answer Key

 

 

 

True / False Questions

 

  1. Activity-based management seeks to eliminate waste by allocating costs to products that waste resources.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. Direct labor-hours or direct labor cost should not be used as a measure of activity in an activity-based costing system.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. In activity-based costing, nonmanufacturing costs are not assigned to products.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. In traditional costing, some manufacturing costs may be excluded from product costs.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. Organization-sustaining overhead costs should be allocated to products just like unit-level and product-level activities.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. Activity-based costing uses a number of activity cost pools, each of which may have a different allocation base.

 

TRUE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. In activity-based costing, organization-sustaining costs should be included in product costs for internal management reports that are used for decision-making.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. The practice of assigning the costs of idle capacity to products results in more stable unit product costs.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. In general, duration drivers are more accurate measures of the consumption of resources than transaction drivers.

 

TRUE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. 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 costs.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. In traditional costing systems, manufacturing costs that are not caused by products are not assigned to products.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. 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 with batch-level and product-level costs, the unit product costs of low volume products typically decrease whereas the unit product costs of high volume products typically increase.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. The costs of idle capacity should be assigned to products in activity-based costing.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. In activity-based costing, some manufacturing costs can be excluded from product costs.

 

TRUE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. Batch-level activities are performed each time a unit is produced.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. A transaction driver provides a measure of the amount of time required to perform an activity.

 

TRUE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. Product-level activities relate to how many batches are run or units of product are made.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. The costs of activities that are classified as unit-level should be fixed respect to the number of units produced.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. The first-stage allocation in activity-based costing is the process by which overhead costs are assigned to activity cost pools.

 

TRUE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Activity-based costing involves a two-stage allocation in which overhead costs are first assigned to departments and then to jobs.

 

TRUE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Activity rates in activity-based costing are computed by dividing costs from the second-stage allocations by the activity measure for each activity cost pool.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. Activity rates are computed in the second-stage allocation in activity-based costing.

 

FALSE

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

 

Multiple Choice Questions

 

  1. An activity-based costing system that is designed for internal decision-making will not conform to generally accepted accounting principles because:

 

 

  1. under activity-based costing the sum of all product costs does not equal the total costs of the company.

 

  1. under activity-based costing manufacturing costs are assigned to products.

 

  1. activity-based costing has not been approved by the United Nation’s International Accounting Board.

 

  1. activity-based costing results in less accurate costs than more traditional costing methods based on direct labor-hours or machine-hours.

 

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. Assembling a product is an example of a:

 

 

  1. Unit-level activity.

 

  1. Batch-level activity.

 

  1. Product-level activity.

 

  1. Organization-sustaining.

 

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. If substantial batch-level or product-level costs exist, then overhead allocation based on a measure of volume such as direct labor-hours alone:

 

 

  1. is a key aspect of the activity-based costing model.

 

  1. will systematically overcost high-volume products and undercost low-volume products.

 

  1. will systematically overcost low-volume products and undercost high-volume products.

 

  1. must be used for external financial reporting since activity-based costing cannot be used for external reporting purposes.

 

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. 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.

 

 

  1. low; little

 

  1. low; considerable

 

  1. high; little

 

  1. high; considerable

 

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. Which of the following costs should not be included in product costs for internal management reports that are used for decision-making?

 

 

  1. Costs of unit-level activities.

 

  1. Costs of batch-level activities.

 

  1. Costs of product-level activities.

 

  1. Costs of organization-sustaining activities.

 

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. The plant manager’s salary is an example of a:

 

 

  1. Unit-level activity.

 

  1. Batch-level activity.

 

  1. Product-level activity.

 

  1. Organization-sustaining activity.

 

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. Setting up a machine to change from producing one product to another is an example of a:

 

 

  1. Unit-level activity.

 

  1. Batch-level activity.

 

  1. Product-level activity.

 

  1. Organization-sustaining activity.

 

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. Which of the following would probably be the most accurate measure of activity to use for allocating the costs associated with a factory’s purchasing department?

 

 

  1. Machine-hours

 

  1. Direct labor-hours

 

  1. Number of orders processed

 

  1. Cost of materials purchased

 

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. The labor time required to assemble a product is an example of a:

 

 

  1. Unit-level activity.

 

  1. Batch-level activity.

 

  1. Product-level activity.

 

  1. Organization-sustaining activity.

 

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. Which of the following levels of costs should not be allocated to products for decision-making purposes?

 

 

  1. Unit-level activities.

 

  1. Batch-level activities.

 

  1. Product-level activities.

 

  1. Organization-sustaining activities.

 

 

AACSB: Reflective Thinking

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

  1. Grammer Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs:

 

 

 

The distribution of resource consumption across the three activity cost pools is given below:

 

 

 

How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Other activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $135,000

 

  1. $174,000

 

  1. $162,000

 

  1. $180,000

Allocations to the Other activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Duerr Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs:

 

 

 

The distribution of resource consumption across the three activity cost pools is given below:

 

 

 

How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Order Processing activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $250,000

 

  1. $286,000

 

  1. $156,000

 

  1. $312,000

Allocations to the Order Processing activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Poskey 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:

 

 

 

 

 

How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Assembly activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $187,000

 

  1. $264,000

 

  1. $217,000

 

  1. $165,000

Allocations to the Assembly activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Futter Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs:

 

 

 

The distribution of resource consumption across the three activity cost pools is given below:

 

 

 

How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Fabricating activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $84,000

 

  1. $300,000

 

  1. $238,000

 

  1. $462,000

Allocations to the Fabricating activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Grandolfo 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:

 

 

 

 

 

How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Other activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $168,000

 

  1. $182,000

 

  1. $128,000

 

  1. $192,000

Allocations to the Other activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Ginger 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:

 

 

 

 

 

How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Setting Up activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $528,000

 

  1. $454,000

 

  1. $418,000

 

  1. $396,000

Allocations to the Setting Up activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Hochberg Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with the following three activity cost pools:

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

The distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools is given below:

 

 

 

The activity rate for the Fabrication activity cost pool is closest to:

 

 

  1. $5.30 per machine-hour

 

  1. $3.60 per machine-hour

 

  1. $7.20 per machine-hour

 

  1. $4.80 per machine-hour

Allocations to the Fabrication activity cost pool:

 

 

 

Fabrication: $159,000 ÷ 30,000 machine-hours = $5.30 per machine-hour

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. Orzel Corporation has provided the following data concerning its overhead costs for the coming year:

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

The activity rate for the Assembly activity cost pool is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.70 per labor-hour

 

  1. $9.00 per labor-hour

 

  1. $9.90 per labor-hour

 

  1. $16.20 per labor-hour

Allocations to the Assembly activity cost pool:

 

 

 

Assembly: $99,000 ÷ 10,000 labor-hours = $9.90 per labor-hour

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. Laguna Corporation has provided the following data concerning its overhead costs for the coming year:

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

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

 

 

  1. $415 per order

 

  1. $405 per order

 

  1. $495 per order

 

  1. $270 per order

Allocations to the Order Processing activity cost pool:

 

 

 

Order Processing: $166,000 ÷ 400 orders = $415 per order

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. Hettich Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with the following three activity cost pools:

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

The distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools is given below:

 

 

 

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

 

 

  1. $1,400 per order

 

  1. $1,600 per order

 

  1. $1,150 per order

 

  1. $800 per order

Allocations to the Order Processing activity cost pool:

 

 

 

Order Processing: $230,000 ÷ 200 orders = $1,150 per order

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. Data concerning three of the activity cost pools of Brevo LLC, a legal firm, have been provided below:

 

 

 

The activity rate for the “meeting with clients” activity cost pool is closest to:

 

 

  1. $147 per meeting hour

 

  1. $154,791 per meeting hour

 

  1. $37 per meeting hour

 

  1. $68 per meeting hour

Meeting with clients activity rate: $154,791 ÷ 1,053 meeting hours = $147 per meeting hour

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. Jennifer Company has two products: A and B. The company uses activity-based costing. The total cost and activity for each of the company’s three activity cost pools are as follows:

 

 

 

The activity rate under the activity-based costing system for Activity 3 is closest to:

 

 

  1. $36.24

 

  1. $38.44

 

  1. $84.56

 

  1. $115.33

Activity 3 activity rate: $34,600 ÷ 900 = $38.44

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. Moyle Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing accounting system:

 

 

 

The activity rate for the “designing products” activity cost pool is closest to:

 

 

  1. $396,900 per product design hour

 

  1. $62 per product design hour

 

  1. $162 per product design hour

 

  1. $52 per product design hour

Designing products activity rate: $396,900 ÷ 2,450 product design hours = $162 per product design hour

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. Lindsey Company uses activity-based costing. The company has two products: A and B. The annual production and sales of Product A is 5,000 units and of Product B is 2,000 units. There are three activity cost pools, with total cost and activity as follows:

 

 

 

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

 

 

  1. $14.11

 

  1. $13.77

 

  1. $7.00

 

  1. $17.70

The activity rates for each activity cost pool are computed as follows:

 

 

 

The overhead cost charged to Product A is:

 

 

 

Cost per unit = $70,550 ÷ 5,000 units = $14.11 per unit

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Ravelo Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system:

 

 

 

Data concerning the company’s product L19B appear below:

 

 

 

According to the activity-based costing system, the average cost of product L19B is closest to:

 

 

  1. $48.19 per unit

 

  1. $82.31 per unit

 

  1. $85.56 per unit

 

  1. $77.53 per unit

The activity rates for each activity cost pool are computed as follows:

 

 

 

The overhead cost charged to Product K54A is:

 

 

 

 

 

Cost per unit = $36,789.50 ÷ 430 units = $85.56 per unit

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Belsky Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system:

 

 

 

The company makes 490 units of product Q19S a year, requiring a total of 1,080 machine-hours, 60 orders, and 20 inspection-hours per year. The product’s direct materials cost is $46.42 per unit and its direct labor cost is $20.22 per unit.

According to the activity-based costing system, the average cost of product Q19S is closest to:

 

 

  1. $97.64 per unit

 

  1. $66.64 per unit

 

  1. $93.31 per unit

 

  1. $94.79 per unit

The activity rates for each activity cost pool are computed as follows:

 

 

 

The overhead cost charged to Product O37W is:

 

 

 

 

 

Cost per unit = $47,842.80 ÷ 490 units = $97.64 per unit

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Radakovich Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system:

 

 

 

The company makes 230 units of product F60N a year, requiring a total of 480 machine-hours, 50 orders, and 30 inspection-hours per year. The product’s direct materials cost is $12.70 per unit and its direct labor cost is $45.93 per unit. The product sells for $126.60 per unit.

According to the activity-based costing system, the product margin for product F60N is:

 

 

  1. $6,251.70

 

  1. $4,490.70

 

  1. $6,393.70

 

  1. $15,633.10

The activity rates for each activity cost pool are computed as follows:

 

 

The overhead cost charged to Product S78N is:

 

 

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 3 Hard

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

  1. Rosenbrook Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system:

 

 

 

Data concerning one of the company’s products, Product H73N, appear below:

 

 

 

According to the activity-based costing system, the product margin for product H73N is:

 

 

  1. $7,275.90

 

  1. $6,661.90

 

  1. $18,837.00

 

  1. $8,425.90

The activity rates for each activity cost pool are computed as follows:

 

 

 

The overhead cost charged to Product A43V is:

 

 

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 3 Hard

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

  1. Senff Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products:

 

 

 

Data concerning two products appear below:

 

 

 

How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product V91Z using the activity-based costing system?

 

 

  1. $113,774.55

 

  1. $132.45

 

  1. $3,195.50

 

  1. $14,751.04

The overhead cost charged to Product V91Z is:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Bera Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products:

 

 

 

Data for one of the company’s products follow:

 

 

 

How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product Q79P using the activity-based costing system?

 

 

  1. $7,119.92

 

  1. $43,659.54

 

  1. $4,770.99

 

  1. $125.82

The overhead cost charged to Product Q79P is:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Activity rates from Mcelderry Corporation’s activity-based costing system are listed below. The company uses the activity rates to assign overhead costs to products:

 

 

 

Last year, Product Q06J involved 10 customer orders, 580 assembly hours, and 12 batches. How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product Q06J using the activity-based costing system?

 

 

  1. $71.01

 

  1. $219.12

 

  1. $2,388.22

 

  1. $42,748.02

The overhead cost charged to Product Q06J is:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

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

 

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products.

 

  1. How much indirect factory wages and factory equipment depreciation cost would be assigned to the Customer Orders activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $236,000

 

  1. $184,000

 

  1. $230,000

 

  1. $460,000

Allocations to the Customer Orders activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. How much indirect factory wages and factory equipment depreciation cost would NOT be assigned to products using the activity-based costing system?

 

 

  1. $56,000

 

  1. $100,000

 

  1. $360,000

 

  1. $0

Allocations to the Other activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

The following data have been provided by Graise Corporation from its activity-based costing accounting system:

 

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products.

 

  1. How much factory supervision and indirect factory labor cost would be assigned to the Batch Set-Up activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $195,500

 

  1. $230,000

 

  1. $460,000

 

  1. $185,000

Allocations to the Batch Set-Up activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. How much factory supervision and indirect factory labor cost would NOT be assigned to products using the activity-based costing system?

 

 

  1. $0

 

  1. $62,000

 

  1. $160,000

 

  1. $300,000

Allocations to the Other activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

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

 

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products.

 

  1. How much supervisory wages and salaries and factory supplies cost would be assigned to the Batch Processing activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $231,000

 

  1. $420,000

 

  1. $840,000

 

  1. $147,000

Allocations to the Batch Processing activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. How much supervisory wages and salaries and factory supplies cost would NOT be assigned to products using the activity-based costing system?

 

 

  1. $0

 

  1. $102,000

 

  1. $180,000

 

  1. $660,000

Allocations to the Other activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

 

 

Dideda 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:

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  1. How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Order Size activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $150,000

 

  1. $360,000

 

  1. $255,000

 

  1. $234,000

Allocations to the Order size activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Customer Support activity cost pool?

 

 

  1. $255,000

 

  1. $282,000

 

  1. $120,000

 

  1. $390,000

Allocations to the Customer Support size activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. How much cost, in total, should NOT be allocated to orders and products in the second stage of the allocation process if the activity-based costing system is used for internal decision-making?

 

 

  1. $60,000

 

  1. $0

 

  1. $84,000

 

  1. $120,000

Allocations to the Other size activity cost pool:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

Forse 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:

 

 

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs.

The amount of activity for the year is as follows:

 

 

 

  1. 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.)

 

 

  1. $0.90

 

  1. $1.05

 

  1. $1.20

 

  1. $1.10

Allocations to the Making Bouquets activity cost pool:

 

 

 

Overhead cost per bouquet = Total cost ÷ Number of bouquets

= $66,000 ÷ 60,000 bouquets = $1.10 per bouquet

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. 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.)

 

 

  1. $6.00

 

  1. $6.60

 

  1. $7.20

 

  1. $6.80

Allocations to the Delivery activity cost pool:

 

 

 

Overhead cost per delivery = Total cost ÷ Number of deliveries

= $34,000 ÷ 5,000 deliveries = $6.80 per delivery

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

Betterton Corporation uses an activity based costing system to assign overhead costs to products. In the first stage, two overhead costs-equipment depreciation and supervisory expense-are allocated to three activity cost pools-Machining, Order Filling, and Other-based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

In the second stage, Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company’s two products follow:

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Machining activity cost pool under activity-based costing in the first stage of allocation?

 

 

  1. $300

 

  1. $11,300

 

  1. $24,500

 

  1. $24,800

Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools by applying the percentages in the Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools table to the respective costs. For example, the first entry in the table is computed as follows: $49,000 × 0.50 = $24,500.

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Machining activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.60 per MH

 

  1. $1.23 per MH

 

  1. $0.60 per MH

 

  1. $1.24 per MH

Machining: $24,800 ÷ 20,000 MHs = $1.24 per MH

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product A8 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $3,720

 

  1. $3,975

 

  1. $26,000

 

  1. $7,695

Assign overhead costs to products:

Machining: $24,800 ÷ 20,000 MHs = $1.24 per MH

Order Filling: $15,900 ÷ 2,000 orders = $7.95 per order

Overhead cost for Product A8:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

Manton Corporation uses an activity based costing system to assign overhead costs to products. In the first stage, two overhead costs-equipment expense and indirect labor-are allocated to the three activity cost pools-Processing, Supervising, and Other-based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

In the second stage, Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company’s two products follow:

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Processing activity cost pool under activity-based costing in the first stage of allocation?

 

 

  1. $10,600

 

  1. $21,000

 

  1. $21,600

 

  1. $600

Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools by applying the percentages in the Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools table to the respective costs. For example, the first entry in the table is computed as follows: $35,000 × 0.60 = $21,000.

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Processing activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.16 per MH

 

  1. $2.10 per MH

 

  1. $4.10 per MH

 

  1. $1.00 per MH

Processing: $21,600 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $2.16 per MH

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product Z5 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $5,280

 

  1. $6,264

 

  1. $20,500

 

  1. $11,544

Assign overhead costs to products:

Processing: $21,600 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $2.16 per MH

Supervising: $8,800 ÷ 1,000 batches = $8.80 per batch

Overhead cost for Product Z5:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

Studler Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Processing, Supervising, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment expense and indirect labor, are allocated to the three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow:

 

 

 

 

 

Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company’s two products follow:

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $18,600

 

  1. $16,600

 

  1. $19,100

 

  1. $2,500

Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools by applying the percentages in the Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools table to the respective costs. For example, the second entry in the table is computed as follows: $83,000 × 0.60 = $16,600.

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.50 per batch

 

  1. $2.63 per batch

 

  1. $9.55 per batch

 

  1. $44.00 per batch

Supervising: $19,100 ÷ 2,000 batches = $9.55 per batch

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product R6 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $44,000

 

  1. $60,900

 

  1. $18,145

 

  1. $42,755

Processing: $50,300 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $5.03 per MH

Supervising: $19,100 ÷ 2,000 batches = $9.55 per batch

Overhead cost for Product R6:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

Mussenden Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Machining, Order Filling, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment depreciation and supervisory expense, are allocated to three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow:

 

 

 

 

 

Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company’s two products follow:

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Order Filling activity cost pool under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $400

 

  1. $4,700

 

  1. $14,700

 

  1. $5,100

Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools by applying the percentages in the Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools table to the respective costs. For example, the second entry in the table is computed as follows: $47,000 × 0.60 = $4,700.

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Order Filling activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.86 per order

 

  1. $49.00 per order

 

  1. $5.10 per order

 

  1. $2.00 per order

Order Filling: $5,100 ÷ 1,000 orders = $5.10 per order

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product S4 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $18,688

 

  1. $3,570

 

  1. $24,500

 

  1. $22,258

Machining: $29,200 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $2.92 per MH

Order Filling: $5,100 ÷ 1,000 orders = $5.10 per order

Overhead cost for Product S4:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

Vontungeln Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. In the first stage, the activity-based costing system allocates two overhead accounts-equipment depreciation and supervisory expense-to three activity cost pools-Machining, Order Filling, and Other-based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

In the second stage, Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products.

 

 

 

Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Machining and Order Filling costs to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Machining activity cost pool under activity-based costing in the first stage of allocation?

 

 

  1. $32,000

 

  1. $16,000

 

  1. $400

 

  1. $32,400

Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools by applying the percentages in the Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools table to the respective costs. For example, the first entry in the table is computed as follows: $64,000 × 0.50 = $32,000.

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Machining activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $1.60 per MH

 

  1. $1.62 per MH

 

  1. $0.67 per MH

 

  1. $3.40 per MH

Machining: $32,400 ÷ 20,000 MHs = $1.62 per MH

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product I6 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $11,760

 

  1. $24,072

 

  1. $34,000

 

  1. $12,312

Assign overhead costs to products:

Machining: $32,400 ÷ 20,000 MHs = $1.62 per MH

Order Filling: $19,600 ÷ 1,000 orders = $19.60 per order

Overhead cost for Product I6:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product I6 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $2,000

 

  1. $36,000

 

  1. $11,928

 

  1. $23,688

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

Lake Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Processing, Supervising, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment expense and indirect labor, are allocated to the three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow:

 

 

 

 

 

Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company’s two products follow:

 

 

 

Finally, the costs of Processing and Supervising are combined with the following sales and direct cost data to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $19,200

 

  1. $2,000

 

  1. $39,200

 

  1. $21,200

Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools by applying the percentages in the Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools table to the respective costs. For example, the second entry in the table is computed as follows: $96,000 × 0.40 = $19,200.

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $6.67 per batch

 

  1. $4.00 per batch

 

  1. $21.20 per batch

 

  1. $100.00 per batch

Supervising: $21,200 ÷ 1,000 batches = $21.20 per batch

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product L2 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $50,000

 

  1. $26,136

 

  1. $12,720

 

  1. $38,856

Processing: $39,600 ÷ 20,000 MHs = $1.98 per MH

Supervising: $21,200 ÷ 1,000 batches = $21.20 per batch

Overhead cost for Product L2:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product L2 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $32,764

 

  1. $69,300

 

  1. $17,344

 

  1. $56,200

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

Keske Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Machining, Order Filling, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment depreciation and supervisory expense, are allocated to the three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow:

 

 

 

 

 

Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company’s two products follow:

 

 

 

Finally, the costs of Machining and Order Filling are combined with the following sales and direct cost data to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Order Filling activity cost pool under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $21,400

 

  1. $2,500

 

  1. $22,900

 

  1. $20,400

Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools by applying the percentages in the Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools table to the respective costs. For example, the second entry in the table is computed as follows: $68,000 × 0.40 = $27,200.

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Order Filling activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $73.00 per order

 

  1. $5.00 per order

 

  1. $12.50 per order

 

  1. $22.90 per order

Order Filling: $22,900 ÷ 1,000 orders = $22.90 per order

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product L6 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $36,500

 

  1. $9,160

 

  1. $32,694

 

  1. $23,534

Machining: $28,700 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $2.87 per MH

Order Filling: $22,900 ÷ 1,000 orders = $22.90 per order

Overhead cost for Product L6:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product L6 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $8,406

 

  1. $20,266

 

  1. $51,600

 

  1. $41,100

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

Kenrick Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. In the first stage, the activity-based costing system allocates two overhead accounts-equipment expense and indirect labor-to three activity cost pools-Processing, Supervising, and Other-based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

In the second stage, Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company’s two products follow:

 

 

 

Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Processing and Supervising costs to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. How much overhead cost is allocated to the Processing activity cost pool under activity-based costing in the first stage of allocation?

 

 

  1. $2,400

 

  1. $600

 

  1. $1,800

 

  1. $11,400

Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools by applying the percentages in the Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools table to the respective costs. For example, the first entry in the table is computed as follows: $18,000 × 0.10 = $1,800.

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Processing activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.00 per MH

 

  1. $0.18 per MH

 

  1. $0.24 per MH

 

  1. $1.00 per MH

Processing: $2,400 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $0.24 per MH

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product U4 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $1,320

 

  1. $3,180

 

  1. $10,000

 

  1. $1,860

Assign overhead costs to products:

Processing: $2,400 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $0.24 per MH

Supervising: $6,200 ÷ 2,000 batches = $3.10 per batch

Overhead cost for Product U4:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product U4 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. -$3,500

 

  1. $3,320

 

  1. $6,500

 

  1. $5,180

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

Schwering Corporation uses activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools as follows: Machining, $20,800; Order Filling, $30,400; and Other, $48,800. Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Order Filling activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $30.40 per order

 

  1. $100.00 per order

 

  1. $4.00 per order

 

  1. $20.00 per order

Total orders = 800 orders + 200 orders = 1,000 orders

Order Filling: $30,400 ÷ 1,000 orders = $30.40 per order

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product U1 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $20,016

 

  1. $50,000

 

  1. $6,080

 

  1. $13,936

Total MHs = 6,600 MHs + 13,400 MHs = 20,000 MHs

Machining: $20,800 ÷ 20,000 MHs = $1.04 per MH

Total orders = 800 orders + 200 orders = 1,000 orders

Order Filling: $30,400 ÷ 1,000 orders = $30.40 per order

Overhead cost for Product U1:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

Glassey Corporation uses activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools as follows: Processing, $20,000; Supervising, $33,500; and Other, $16,500. Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Processing activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.50 per MH

 

  1. $2.00 per MH

 

  1. $7.00 per MH

 

  1. $1.95 per MH

Processing: $20,000 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $2.00 per MH

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product T3 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $26,100

 

  1. $19,400

 

  1. $35,000

 

  1. $6,700

Processing: $20,000 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $2.00 per MH

Supervising: $33,500 ÷ 1,000 batches = $33.50 per batch

Overhead cost for Product T3:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

Mciver Corporation uses activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools as follows: Machining, $10,900; Order Filling, $10,500; and Other, $75,600. Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Machining activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $2.67 per MH

 

  1. $1.09 per MH

 

  1. $0.93 per MH

 

  1. $9.70 per MH

Total MHs = 1,500 MHs + 8,500 MHs = 10,000 MHs

Machining: $10,900 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $1.09 per MH

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product K0 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $1,635

 

  1. $6,300

 

  1. $48,500

 

  1. $7,935

Total MHs = 1,500 MHs + 8,500 MHs = 10,000 MHs

Total orders = 600 orders + 400 orders = 1,000 orders

Machining: $10,900 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $1.09 per MH

Order Filling: $10,500 ÷ 1,000 orders = $10.50 per order

Overhead cost for Product K0:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

Trainor Corporation uses activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools as follows: Processing, $29,200; Supervising, $13,000; and Other, $26,800. Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $13.00 per batch

 

  1. $69.00 per batch

 

  1. $8.00 per batch

 

  1. $11.43 per batch

Supervising: $13,000 ÷ 1,000 batches = $13.00 per batch

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product G0 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $31,000

 

  1. $9,100

 

  1. $21,900

 

  1. $34,500

Processing: $29,200 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $2.92 per MH

Supervising: $13,000 ÷ 1,000 batches = $13.00 per batch

Overhead cost for Product G0:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

Abbe Corporation uses activity-based costing. The company makes two products: Product A and Product B. The annual production and sales of Product A is 800 units and of Product B is 600 units. There are three activity cost pools, with total cost and activity as follows:

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for Activity 2 is closest to:

 

 

  1. $11.76

 

  1. $8.69

 

  1. $29.27

 

  1. $33.31

$19,987 ÷ 2,300 = $8.69

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. The cost per unit of Product B is closest to:

 

 

  1. $25.90

 

  1. $11.49

 

  1. $34.73

 

  1. $48.09

The activity rates for each activity cost pool are computed as follows:

 

 

 

The overhead cost charged to Product B is:

 

 

 

Cost per unit of Product B = Total overhead cost ÷ Number of units = $20,840 ÷ 600 units = $34.73 per unit

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

Andruschack 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:

 

 

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the batch setup activity cost pool is closest to:

 

 

  1. $33.90

 

  1. $74.50

 

  1. $84.80

 

  1. $56.50

Activity rate = Total cost ÷ Total activity = $339,000 ÷ 10,000 setups = $33.90 per setup

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. The total amount of overhead cost allocated to Product X would be closest to:

 

 

  1. $339,000

 

  1. $298,000

 

  1. $296,100

 

  1. $372,600

 

 

The overhead cost charged to Product X is:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

Monson Corporation has two products: G and P. The company uses activity-based costing and has prepared the following analysis showing the total cost and activity for each of its three activity cost pools:

 

 

 

The annual production and sales of Product G is 10,640 units. The annual production and sales of Product P is 26,600.

 

  1. The activity rate under the activity-based costing system for Activity 2 is closest to:

 

 

  1. $89.33

 

  1. $21.97

 

  1. $26.67

 

  1. $16.00

The activity rates are computed as follows:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. The cost per unit of Product P under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $4.00

 

  1. $30.16

 

  1. $10.00

 

  1. $6.88

The activity rates are computed as follows:

 

 

 

The cost charged to Product P is:

 

 

 

Cost per unit of Product P = $106,400 ÷ 26,600 units = $4 per unit

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

The controller of Hartis Corporation 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:

 

 

 

The total materials handling cost for the year is expected to be $38,448.

 

  1. If the materials handling cost is allocated on the basis of direct labor-hours, the total materials handling cost allocated to the wall mirrors is closest to:

 

 

  1. $19,696

 

  1. $16,020

 

  1. $19,224

 

  1. $17,280

 

 

Cost per direct labor-hour = Total materials handling cost ÷ Total direct labor-hours

= $38,448 ÷ 89,000 direct labor-hours = $0.432 per direct labor-hour

 

Cost allocated to wall mirrors = $0.432 per direct labor-hour × 40,000 direct labor-hours = $17,280

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Source: CMA, adapted

 

 

  1. If the materials handling cost is allocated on the basis of material moves, the total materials handling cost allocated to the specialty windows is closest to:

 

 

  1. $18,752

 

  1. $19,224

 

  1. $22,428

 

  1. $28,836

 

 

Cost per material move = Total materials handling cost ÷ Total expected material moves

= $38,448 ÷ 1,200 material moves = $32.04 per material move

 

Cost allocated to specialty windows = $32.04 per material move × 900 material moves = $28,836

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Source: CMA, adapted

 

 

Zumbrunnen Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools-Processing, Supervising, and Other. The costs in those activity cost pools appear below:

 

 

 

Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Processing and Supervising costs to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $8.00 per batch

 

  1. $26.67 per batch

 

  1. $46.80 per batch

 

  1. $82.00 per batch

Supervising: $46,800 ÷ 1,000 batches = $46.80 per batch

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product H2 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $41,000

 

  1. $6,840

 

  1. $14,040

 

  1. $20,880

Processing: $9,000 ÷ 20,000 MHs = $0.45 per MH

Supervising: $46,800 ÷ 1,000 batches = $46.80 per batch

Overhead cost for Product H2:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product H2 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $28,000

 

  1. -$10,840

 

  1. $6,820

 

  1. $27,700

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

Munar Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools-Machining, Order Filling, and Other. The costs in those activity cost pools appear below:

 

 

 

Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Machining and Order Filling costs to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Order Filling activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $1.00 per order

 

  1. $1.11 per order

 

  1. $15.70 per order

 

  1. $27.00 per order

Total orders = 100 orders + 900 orders = 1,000 orders

Order Filling: $15,700 ÷ 1,000 orders = $15.70 per order

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product X6 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $13,500

 

  1. $4,698

 

  1. $14,130

 

  1. $18,828

Total MHs = 1,900 MHs + 8,100 MHs = 10,000 MHs

Machining: $5,800 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $0.58 per MH

Total orders = 100 orders + 900 orders = 1,000 orders

Order Filling: $15,700 ÷ 1,000 orders = $15.70 per order

Overhead cost for Product X6:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product X6 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $22,400

 

  1. $3,572

 

  1. $29,700

 

  1. $17,302

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

Koutz Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools-Processing, Supervising, and Other. The costs in those activity cost pools appear below:

 

 

 

Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Processing and Supervising costs to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for the Processing activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $9.40 per MH

 

  1. $0.63 per MH

 

  1. $3.56 per MH

 

  1. $3.61 per MH

Processing: $36,100 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $3.61 per MH

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product O7 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $32,129

 

  1. $36,289

 

  1. $4,160

 

  1. $47,000

Assign overhead costs to products:

Processing: $36,100 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $3.61 per MH

Supervising: $10,400 ÷ 2,000 batches = $5.20 per batch

Overhead cost for Product O7:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product O7 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $46,400

 

  1. $10,111

 

  1. -$600

 

  1. $14,271

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

Stroth Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company’s three activity cost pools-Machining, Order Filling, and Other. The costs in those activity cost pools appear below:

 

 

 

Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below:

 

 

 

Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Machining and Order Filling costs to determine product margins.

 

 

 

  1. The activity rate for Machining under activity-based costing is closest to:

 

 

  1. $0.54 per MH

 

  1. $4.00 per MH

 

  1. $0.34 per MH

 

  1. $2.10 per MH

Total MHs = 9,800 MHs + 200 MHs = 10,000 MHs

Machining: $5,400 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $0.54 per MH

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. What is the overhead cost assigned to Product C4 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $6,542

 

  1. $5,292

 

  1. $1,250

 

  1. $10,500

Assign overhead costs to products:

Total MHs = 9,800 MHs + 200 MHs = 10,000 MHs

Machining: $5,400 ÷ 10,000 MHs = $0.54 per MH

Total orders = 500 orders + 500 orders = 1,000 orders

Order Filling: $2,500 ÷ 1,000 orders = $2.50 per order

Overhead cost for Product C4:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. What is the product margin for Product C4 under activity-based costing?

 

 

  1. $2,958

 

  1. -$1,000

 

  1. $9,500

 

  1. $4,208

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

Thoen Nuptial Bakery makes very elaborate wedding cakes to order. The company has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The activity rate for the Size-Related activity cost pool is $0.96 per guest. (The greater the number of guests, the larger the cake.) The activity rate for the Complexity-Related cost pool is $54.24 per tier. (Cakes with more tiers are more complex.) Finally, the activity rate for the Order-Related activity cost pool is $56.44 per order. (Each wedding involves one order for a cake.) The activity rates include the costs of raw ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs, and shortening. The activity rates do not include the costs of purchased decorations such as miniature statues and wedding bells, which are accounted for separately.

Data concerning two recent orders appear below:

 

 

 

  1. Assuming that all of the costs listed above are avoidable costs in the event that an order is turned down, what amount would the company have to charge for the Nie wedding cake to just break even?

 

 

  1. $56.44

 

  1. $306.98

 

  1. $23.50

 

  1. $371.45

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

  1. Assuming that the company charges $584.18 for the Strobl wedding cake, what would be the overall margin on the order?

 

 

  1. $157.83

 

  1. $101.39

 

  1. $132.70

 

  1. $482.79

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

Carsten Wedding Fantasy Corporation makes very elaborate wedding cakes to order. The owner of the company has provided the following data concerning the activity rates in its activity-based costing system:

 

 

 

The measure of activity for the size-related activity cost pool is the number of planned guests at the wedding reception. The greater the number of guests, the larger the cake. The measure of complexity is the number of tiers in the cake. The activity measure for the order-related cost pool is the number of orders. (Each wedding involves one order.) The activity rates include the costs of raw ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs, and shortening. The activity rates do not include the costs of purchased decorations such as miniature statues and wedding bells, which are accounted for separately.

Data concerning two recent orders appear below:

 

 

 

  1. Assuming that all of the costs listed above are avoidable costs in the event that an order is turned down, what amount would the company have to charge for the Ruise wedding cake to just break even?

 

 

  1. $229.40

 

  1. $84.03

 

  1. $277.57

 

  1. $17.30

The company would have to cover all of the avoidable costs of the wedding cake which are:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

  1. Assuming that the company charges $485.85 for the Karmo wedding cake, what would be the overall margin on the order?

 

 

  1. $84.32

 

  1. $141.18

 

  1. $401.53

 

  1. $168.35

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

  1. Suppose that the company decides that the present activity-based costing system is too complex and that all costs (except for the costs of purchased decorations) should be allocated on the basis of the number of guests. In that event, what would you expect to happen to the costs of cakes?

 

 

  1. The cost of cakes for receptions with more than the average number of guests would go down.

 

  1. The cost of cakes for receptions with fewer than the average number of guests would go down.

 

  1. The costs of all cakes would go down.

 

  1. The costs of all cakes would go up.

When product-level costs are allocated based on the number of guests, too much cost is allocated to weddings that have more than the average number of guests and too little cost is allocated to weddings that have less than the average number of guests. Therefore, the cost of cakes for receptions with fewer than the average number of guests would go down.

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

 

Essay Questions

 

  1. The following data have been provided by Kilmartin Corporation from its activity-based costing accounting system:

 

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products.

 

Required:

 

  1. Determine the total amount of supervisory wages and factory utilities costs that would be allocated to the Machining activity cost pool. Show your work!
  2. Determine the total amount of supervisory wages and factory utilities costs that would NOT be assigned to products. Show your work!

 

 

  1. Allocations to the Machining activity cost pool:

 

 

 

  1. As stated in the problem, the costs allocated to the “Other” cost pool are not assigned to products.

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Schulenburg Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing accounting system:

 

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products.

 

Required:

 

  1. Determine the total amount of indirect factory wages and factory equipment depreciation costs that would be allocated to the Product Processing activity cost pool. Show your work!
  2. Determine the total amount of indirect factory wages and factory equipment depreciation costs that would NOT be assigned to products. Show your work!

 

 

  1. Allocations to the Product Processing activity cost pool:

 

 

 

  1. As stated in the problem, the costs allocated to the “Other” cost pool are not assigned to products.

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Brannum Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing accounting system:

 

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools:

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products.

 

Required:

 

  1. Determine the total amount of supervisory wages and factory utilities costs that would be allocated to the Unit Processing activity cost pool. Show your work!
  2. Determine the total amount of supervisory wages and factory utilities costs that would NOT be assigned to products. Show your work!

 

 

  1. Allocations to the Unit Processing activity cost pool:

 

 

 

  1. As stated in the problem, the costs allocated to the “Other” cost pool are not assigned to products.

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Swagg Jewelry Corporation manufactures custom jewelry. In the past, Swagg has been using a traditional overhead allocation system based solely on direct labor-hours. Sensing that this system was distorting costs and selling prices, Swagg has decided to switch to an activity-based costing system using three activity cost pools. Information on these activity cost pools are as follows:

 

 

 

Job #309 incurred $900 of direct material, 30 hours of direct labor at $40 per hour, 80 machine hours, and 5 inspections.

 

Required:

 

  1. What is the cost of the job under the activity-based costing system?
  2. Relative to the activity-based costing system, would Job #309 have been overcosted or undercosted under the traditional system and by how much?

 

 

  1. The activity rates are computed as follows:

 

 

 

The overhead cost charged to Job #309 is:

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Under traditional costing, the predetermined overhead rate would have been:

 

Predetermined overhead rate = Estimated total manufacturing overhead cost ÷ Estimated total amount of the allocation base = ($40,000 + $50,000 + $12,000) ÷ 8,000 direct labor-hours = $12.75 per direct labor-hour

 

 

 

Relative to the activity-based costing system, the traditional costing system undercosts the job by $162.50

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 3 Hard

Learning Objective: 07-01 Understand activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system.

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Loader Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Processing, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs consist of equipment depreciation and indirect labor and are allocated to the cost pools in proportion to the activity cost pools’ consumption of resources. Equipment depreciation totals $88,000 and indirect labor totals $1,000. Data concerning the distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools appear below:

 

 

 

Required:

 

Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools using activity-based costing.

 

 

Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools by applying the percentages in the above table to the respective costs. For example, the first entry in the below table is computed as follows: $88,000 × 0.10 = $8,800.

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Lovette Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Processing, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs, which consist of factory utilities and indirect labor, are allocated to the cost pools in proportion to the activity cost pools’ consumption of resources. Data concerning the company’s costs and activity-based costing system appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

Required:

 

Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools using activity-based costing.

 

 

Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools by applying the percentages in the Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools table to the respective costs. For example, the first entry in the table is computed as follows: $30,000 × 0.40 = $12,000.

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Fife & Jones PLC, a consulting firm, uses an activity-based costing in which there are three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity based costing system:

 

Costs:

 

 

 

Distribution of resource consumption:

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Working On Engagements activity cost pool?
  2. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Business Development activity cost pool?
  3. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Other activity cost pool?

 

 

All three parts can be answered using a first-stage allocation of costs. The amount in each cell in the table below is computed by multiplying the cost for the category by the percentage for the activity. For example, $270,000 is equal to $540,000 multiplied by 0.50.

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Vassallo Corporation’s activity-based costing system has three activity cost pools-Machining, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs, which consist of equipment depreciation and indirect labor, are allocated to the cost pools in proportion to the activity cost pools’ consumption of resources.

 

 

 

 

 

Costs in the Machining cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products.

 

 

 

Additional data concerning the company’s products appears below:

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools using activity-based costing.
  2. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.
  3. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.
  4. Determine the product margins for each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

  1. Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools by applying the percentages in the Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools table to the respective costs. For example, the first entry in the table is computed as follows: 0.20 × $64,000 = $12,800.

 

 

 

  1. Computation of activity rates:

 

 

 

  1. Assign overhead costs to products:

 

 

 

  1. Determine product margins:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

  1. Barnette Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Processing, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs, which consist of factory utilities and indirect labor, are allocated to the cost pools in proportion to the activity cost pools’ consumption of resources. Costs in the Processing cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. Data concerning the two products and the company’s costs and activity-based costing system appear below:

 

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools using activity-based costing.
  2. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.
  3. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.
  4. Determine the product margins for each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

  1. Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools by applying the percentages in the Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools table to the respective costs. For example, the first entry in the table is computed as follows: 0.50 × $78,000 = $39,000.

 

 

 

  1. Computation of activity rates:

 

 

 

  1. Assign overhead costs to products:

Overhead cost for Product H9:

 

 

 

Overhead cost for Product V2:

 

 

 

  1. Determine product margins:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-02 Assign costs to cost pools using a first-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

  1. Foradori Corporation’s activity-based costing system has three activity cost pools-Fabricating, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs have already been allocated to these cost pools as follows:

 

 

 

Costs in the Fabricating cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. The following table shows the machine-hours and number of batches associated with each of the company’s two products:

 

 

 

Required:

 

Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.

 

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. Data concerning three of Falkenstein Corporation’s activity cost pools appear below:

 

 

 

Required:

 

Compute the activity rates for each of the three cost pools. Show your work!

 

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. Malan Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing accounting system:

 

 

 

Required:

 

Compute the activity rates for each of the three cost pools. Show your work!

 

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

 

 

  1. Deraney Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Machining, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs have already been allocated to the cost pools and total $5,800 for the Machining cost pool, $4,700 for the Setting Up cost pool, and $7,500 for the Other cost pool. Costs in the Machining cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. Data concerning the two products appear below:

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.
  2. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

  1. Computation of activity rates:

 

 

 

  1. Assign overhead costs to products:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Flyer Corporation manufactures two products, Product A and Product B. Product B is of fairly recent origin, having been developed as an attempt to enter a market closely related to that of Product A. Product B is the more complex of the two products, requiring three hours of direct labor time per unit to manufacture compared to one and one-half hours of direct labor time for Product A. Product B is produced on an automated production line.

 

Overhead is currently assigned to the products on the basis of direct-labor-hours. The company estimated it would incur $396,000 in manufacturing overhead costs and produce 5,500 units of Product B and 22,000 units of Product A during the current year. Unit costs for materials and direct labor are:

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Compute the predetermined overhead rate under the current method of allocation and determine the unit product cost of each product for the current year.

 

  1. The company’s overhead costs can be attributed to four major activities. These activities and the amount of overhead cost attributable to each for the current year are given below:

 

 

 

Using the data above and an activity-based costing approach, determine the unit product cost of each product for the current year.

 

 

  1. The company expects to work 45,000 direct labor-hours during the current year, computed as follows:

 

 

 

Using these hours as a base, the predetermined overhead using direct labor-hours would be:

 

Predetermined overhead rate = Estimated total manufacturing overhead cost ÷ Estimated total amount of the allocation base = $396,000 ÷ 49,500 DLHs = $8.00 per DLH

 

Using this overhead rate, the unit product cost of each product would be:

 

 

 

  1. The overhead rates are computed as follows:

 

 

 

The overhead cost charged to each product is:

 

The overhead cost charged to Product A is:

 

 

 

Overhead cost per unit of Product A = $159,400 ÷ 22,000 units = $7.25 per unit (rounded)

 

The overhead cost charged to Product B is:

 

 

 

Overhead cost per unit of Product B = $236,600 ÷ 5,500 units = $43.02 per unit (rounded)

 

Using activity-based costing, the unit product cost of each product would be:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Dace Company manufactures two products, Product F and Product G. The company expects to produce and sell 3,200 units of Product F and 2,100 units of Product G during the current year. Data relating to the company’s three activity cost pools are given below for the current year:

 

 

 

Required:

 

Using the activity-based costing approach, determine the overhead cost per unit for each product.

 

 

The activity rates for each activity cost pool are computed as follows:

 

 

 

The overhead cost charged to Product F is:

 

 

 

The overhead cost charged to Product G is:

 

 

 

Overhead cost per unit:

Product F: $88,190 ÷ 3,200 units = $27.56 per unit (rounded)

Product G: $89,690 ÷ 2,100 units = $42.71 per unit (rounded)

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Chuang Corporation’s activity-based costing system has three activity cost pools-Machining, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs have already been allocated to these cost pools as follows:

 

 

 

Costs in the Machining cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. The following table shows the machine-hours and number of batches associated with each of the company’s two products:

 

 

 

Additional data concerning the company’s products appears below:

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.
  2. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.
  3. Determine the product margins for each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

  1. Computation of activity rates:

 

 

 

  1. Assign overhead costs to products:

 

 

 

  1. Determine product margins:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

  1. Benoist Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Machining, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs have already been allocated to the cost pools and total $17,200 for the Machining cost pool, $7,700 for the Setting Up cost pool, and $52,100 for the Other cost pool.

 

Costs in the Machining cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. Data concerning the two products and the company’s costs appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.
  2. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.
  3. Determine the product margins for each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

  1. Computation of activity rates:

 

 

 

  1. Assign overhead costs to products:

 

 

 

  1. Determine product margins:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

  1. The Thornes Cleaning Brigade Company provides housecleaning services to its clients. The company uses an activity-based costing system for its overhead costs. The company has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system.

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs.

One particular client, the Lazzara family, requested 37 jobs during the year that required a total of 222 hours of housecleaning. For this service, the client was charged $2,350.

 

Required:

 

  1. Using the activity-based costing system, compute the customer margin for the Lazzara family. Round off all calculations to the nearest whole cent.
  2. Assume the company decides instead to use a traditional costing system in which ALL costs are allocated to customers on the basis of cleaning hours. Compute the margin for the Lazzara family. Round off all calculations to the nearest whole cent.

 

 

  1. The first step is to compute activity rates:

 

 

 

The overhead cost charged to the family is:

 

 

 

The customer margin for the family is computed as follows:

 

 

 

  1. The margin if all costs are allocated on the basis of cleaning hours:

Predetermined overhead rate = Estimated total overhead cost ÷ Estimated total amount of the allocation base = $493,032 ÷ 48,100 hours = $10.25 per hour

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

  1. Duckhorn Housecleaning provides housecleaning services to its clients. The company uses an activity-based costing system for its overhead costs. The company has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system.

 

 

 

The “Other” activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs.

One particular client, the Lumbard family, requested 31 jobs during the year that required a total of 62 hours of housecleaning. For this service, the client was charged $1,620.

 

Required:

 

  1. Compute the activity rates (i.e., cost per unit of activity) for the activity cost pools. Round off all calculations to the nearest whole cent.
  2. Using the activity-based costing system, compute the customer margin for the Lumbard family. Round off all calculations to the nearest whole cent.
  3. Assume the company decides instead to use a traditional costing system in which ALL costs are allocated to customers on the basis of cleaning hours. Compute the margin for the Lumbard family. Round off all calculations to the nearest whole cent.

 

 

  1. The computation of the activity rates follow:

 

 

 

  1. The customer margin for the family is computed as follows:

 

 

 

The customer margin for the family is computed as follows:

 

 

 

  1. The margin if all costs are allocated on the basis of cleaning hours:

 

Predetermined overhead rate = Estimated total overhead cost ÷ Estimated total amount of the allocation base = $906,022 ÷ 72,700 hours = $12.46 per hour

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

  1. Wasden Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Processing, Setting Up, and Other. Costs in the Processing cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. Data concerning the two products and the company’s costs and activity-based costing system appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.
  2. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.
  3. Determine the product margins for each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

  1. Computation of activity rates:

 

 

 

  1. The overhead cost charged to Product C7 is:

 

 

 

The overhead cost charged to Product P8 is:

 

 

 

  1. Determine product margins:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

  1. Somani Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools-Machining, Setting Up, and Other. The company’s overhead costs, which consist of equipment depreciation and indirect labor, have been allocated to the cost pools already and are provided in the table below.

 

 

 

Costs in the Machining cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. Data concerning the two products and the company’s costs appear below:

 

 

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing.
  2. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.
  3. Determine the product margins for each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

  1. Computation of activity rates:

 

 

 

  1. Assign overhead costs to products:

 

 

 

  1. Determine product margins:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Learning Objective: 07-03 Compute activity rates for cost pools.

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

Learning Objective: 07-05 Use activity-based costing to compute product and customer margins.

 

 

  1. Garhart Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products.

 

 

 

Data concerning two products appear below:

 

 

 

Required:

 

  1. How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product R57J using the company’s activity-based costing system? Show your work!
  2. How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product W17B using the company’s activity-based costing system? Show your work!

 

 

  1. Product R57J

 

 

 

  1. Product W17B

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Mouret Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products.

 

 

 

Last year, Product N79A required 28 batches, 6 customer orders, and 712 assembly hours.

 

Required:

 

How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product N79A using the company’s activity-based costing system? Show your work!

 

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Villeda Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products.

 

 

 

Data concerning two products appear below:

 

 

 

Required:

 

How much overhead cost would be assigned to each of the two products using the company’s activity-based costing system?

 

 

The overhead cost charged to Product G32H is:

 

 

 

The overhead cost charged to Product U15Z is:

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

 

 

  1. Tomek Corporation’s activity-based costing system has three activity cost pools-Fabricating, Setting Up, and Other. Costs in the Fabricating cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. The activity rate for Fabricating is $0.82 per MH; the activity rate for Setting Up is $5.40 per batch. The following table shows the machine-hours and number of batches associated with each of the company’s two products:

 

 

 

Required:

 

Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

 

 

AACSB: Analytic

AICPA BB: Critical Thinking

AICPA FN: Measurement

Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 07-04 Assign costs to a cost object using a second-stage allocation.

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