Management Accounting, Cdn.

6e (Horngren/Sundem/Stratton/Beaulieu)
Chapter 5 Cost Allocation and Activity-Based Costing Systems
1) The goal of a cost accounting system is to measure the cost of developing, producing, selling and
distributing particular products or services.
Answer: TRUE
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2) The direct method of allocating service department costs partially recognizes services that service
departments provide to each other.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
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Objective: 5
3) The reciprocal method of allocating service department costs fully recognizes services that service
departments provide to each other.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
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Objective: 5
4) Direct-labour hours are not a very good measure of the cause of costs in modern, highly automated
departments.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
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Objective: 1
5) Producing departments are responsible for producing the products sold to customers.
Answer: TRUE
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Objective: 1
6) Service departments are responsible for providing services directly to customers.
Answer: FALSE
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Objective: 1
7) Accounting is an example of a producing department.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
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Objective: 1
8) Maintenance is an example of a service department.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
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Objective: 1
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9) The company cafeteria is an example of a producing department.

Answer: FALSE
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10) Packaging is an example of a service department.
Answer: FALSE
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Objective: 1
11) One of the main objectives of cost allocation is to motivate managers.
Answer: TRUE
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Objective: 1
12) One of the main objectives of cost allocation is to value inventory.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
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Objective: 1
13) Actual costs should always be used when allocating service department costs.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
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Objective: 2
14) Service department costs should be allocated directly to units of product.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
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Objective: 2
15) If the allocation is for performance evaluation, variable service department costs should be allocated
based on the actual rate and actual usage.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
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Objective: 2
16) The goal of activity-based costing is to trace costs to products or services instead of arbitrarily
allocating them.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
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Objective: 8
17) The cost pool should be a quantifiable measure of what causes costs.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
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Objective: 5
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18) In activity-based costing, costs are classified as either direct or indirect.

Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
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Objective: 5
19) Activity-based accounting systems classify more costs as direct, thus simplifying and reducing the
cost of a traditional system.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
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20) The goal of a just-in-time production system is to have zero inventory.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
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Objective: 7
21) A group of individual costs that is allocated to cost objectives using a single cost driver is known as a
A) cost allocation base.
B) cost pool.
C) joint cost.
D) by-product.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
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22) Costs are allocated for all the following purposes EXCEPT to
A) predict the economic effects of planning and control decisions.
B) obtain desired motivation.
C) determine the sales volume.
D) compute income and asset valuation.
Answer: C
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Objective: 1
23) Which of the following is NOT a type of cost allocation?
A) Allocation of costs to the appropriate organizational unit
B) Reallocation of costs from service departments to production departments
C) Allocation of costs of a particular organizational unit to products or services
D) Reallocation of costs from production departments to service departments
Answer: D
Diff: 1
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24) The preferred guidelines for allocating service department costs include all of the following EXCEPT
A) identify the direct and indirect costs.
B) evaluate performance using budgets for each service department.
C) establish part or all of the details regarding cost allocation in advance of rendering the service.
D) allocate variable- and fixed-cost pools separately.
Answer: A
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Objective: 1
Boone Manufacturing has two production departments, Mixing and Finishing, served by one
maintenance department. Budgeted fixed costs for the maintenance department for 20X3 were $20,000,
and the variable cost per labour hour was $3.00. Other relevant data for 20X3 are as follows:
Mixing

Finishing

Long-run capacity available*

Budgeted*

12,000

12,000

8,000

7,000

Actual*

10,000

6,000

Actual maintenance department costs for 20X3 were $24,000 fixed and $50,000 variable.
*in labour hours
25) The amount of fixed maintenance costs allocated to the Mixing Department should be
A) $13,333.
B) $8,000.
C) $12,000.
D) $9,333.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
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Objective: 1
26) The amount of fixed maintenance costs allocated to the Finishing Department should be
A) $12,000.
B) $ 8,000.
C) $ 9,333.
D) $ 7,500.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
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Objective: 5
27) The amount of variable maintenance costs allocated to the Mixing Department should be
A) $30,000.
B) $36,000.
C) $24,000.
D) $31,250.
Answer: A
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Diff: 2
Type: MC
Objective: 5

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28) The amount of variable maintenance costs allocated to the Finishing Department should be
A) $21,000.
B) $24,000.
C) $18,750.
D) $18,000.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
Stumbo Company has two production departments, Cutting and Assembling, served by one maintenance
department. Budgeted fixed costs for the maintenance department for 20X3 were $60,000, and the
variable cost per labour hour was $2.00. Other relevant data for 20X3 are as follows:
Cutting

Assembling

Long-run capacity available*

Budgeted*

48,000

32,000

32,000

28,000

Actual*

40,000

24,000

Actual maintenance department costs for 20X3 were $64,000 fixed and $120,000 variable.
*in labour hours
29) The amount of fixed maintenance costs allocated to the Cutting Department should be
A) $40,000.
B) $24,000.
C) $36,000.
D) $28,000.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
30) The amount of fixed maintenance costs allocated to the Assembling Department should be
A) $36,000.
B) $24,000.
C) $28,000.
D) $22,500.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
31) The amount of variable maintenance costs allocated to the Cutting Department should be
A) $80,000.
B) $96,000.
C) $64,000.
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D) $83,333.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
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Objective: 5

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32) The amount of variable maintenance costs allocated to the Assembling Department should be
A) $56,000.
B) $64,000.
C) $50,000.
D) $48,000.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
33) To allocate central costs, a company could use all of the following cost drivers EXCEPT the
A) revenue of each division.
B) cost of goods sold by each division.
C) total assets of each division.
D) total period costs of each division.
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
Stohr Company has two departments, New and Old. Central costs are allocated to the two departments
in various ways. Relevant information is presented below:

Square footage
Number of employees
Sales

New
4,000
560
$800,000

Old
12,000
240
$4,000,000

34) If total advertising expense is $240,000 and it is allocated on the basis of sales, the amount allocated to
the New Department should be
A) $40,000.
B) $60,000.
C) $168,000.
D) $200,000.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
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Objective: 5
35) If total advertising expense is $120,000 and it is allocated on the basis of sales, the amount allocated to
the Old Department should be
A) $90,000.
B) $36,000.
C) $100,000.
D) $ 20,000.
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Answer: C
Diff: 2
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36) If total payroll processing costs are $64,000 and they are allocated on the basis of number of
employees, the amount allocated to the New Department should be
A) $44,800.
B) $16,000.
C) $10,667.
D) $19,200.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
37) If total payroll processing costs are $40,000 and they are allocated on the basis of number of
employees, the amount allocated to the Old Department should be
A) $28,000.
B) $12,000.
C) $30,000.
D) $33,333.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
38) If total rent expense is $80,000 and it is allocated on the basis of square footage, the amount allocated
to the New Department should be
A) $13,333.
B) $20,000.
C) $56,000.
D) $60,000.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
39) If total rent expense is $192,000 and it is allocated on the basis of square footage, the amount allocated
to the Old Department should be
A) $57,600.
B) $160,000.
C) $144,000.
D) $48,000.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
40) Which of the following departments is NOT a service department?
A) Facilities management
B) Personnel
C) Accounting
D) Finishing
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Type: MC
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Objective: 1
41) A method for allocating service department costs that ignores other service departments when any
given service department's costs are allocated to the revenue-producing departments is called the
A) direct method.
B) indirect method.
C) step-down method.
D) step-up method.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
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Objective: 5
42) In the step-down method, the last service department in the sequence is the one that renders the
A) most service to all other service departments.
B) most service to the least number of other service departments.
C) least service to the least number of other service departments.
D) least service to the most other service departments.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
43) The greatest virtue of the direct method is
A) its simplicity.
B) the lack of understandability by managers.
C) the recognition of reciprocal relationships between service departments.
D) its ability to allocate production department costs to service departments.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
City Company has two service departments, Maintenance and Personnel, as well as two production
departments, Mixing and Finishing. Maintenance costs are allocated based on square footage while
personnel costs are allocated based on number of employees. The following information has been
gathered for the current year:

Direct dept. costs

Sq. footage
No. of employees

Maintenance
$18,000
800
8

Personnel
$12,000
400
12

Mixing
$15,000
1,600
24

Finishing
$25,000
1,200
32

44) If the direct method is used to allocate costs, the total cost of the Mixing Department after allocation
would be
A) $30,429.
B) $10,286.
C) $5,143.
D) $15,000.
Answer: A
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Type: MC
Objective: 5

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45) If the direct method is used to allocate costs, the total cost of the Finishing Department after allocation
would be
A) $7,714.
B) $6,858.
C) $39,571.
D) $25,000.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
46) If the step-down method is used to allocate costs, and the Maintenance Department renders the
greatest service, the total amount of overhead that would be allocated from Personnel to Mixing is
A) $5,143.
B) $6,107.
C) $6,000.
D) $9,000.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
47) If the step-down method is used to allocate costs, and the Maintenance Department renders the
greatest service, then the total amount of overhead that would be allocated from Personnel to Finishing is
A) $6,107.
B) $4,500.
C) $8,143.
D) $6,750.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
48) If the step-down method of allocating costs is used, and the Personnel Department renders the
greatest service, then the total amount of overhead that would be allocated from Maintenance to Mixing
is
A) $4,500.
B) $8,357.
C) $9,000.
D) $11,143.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
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49) If the step-down method of allocating costs is used, and the Personnel Department renders the
greatest service, then the total amount of overhead that would be allocated from Maintenance to Finishing
is
A) $6,000.
B) $8,357.
C) $6,750.
D) $8,142.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
50) If the step-down method is used to allocate costs, and the Maintenance Department renders the
greatest service, then the total cost of the Mixing Department after allocation would be
A) $30,107.
B) $30,642.
C) $30,428.
D) $15,000.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
51) If the step-down method is used to allocate costs, and the Personnel Department renders the greatest
service, then the total cost of the Finishing Department after allocation would be
A) $25,000.
B) $39,572.
C) $39,892.
D) $39,357.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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County Company has two service departments, Maintenance and Personnel, as well as two production
departments, Mixing and Finishing. Maintenance costs are allocated based on square footage, while
personnel costs are allocated based on number of employees. The following information has been
gathered for the current year:

Direct dept. costs

Sq. footage
No. of employees

Maintenance
$72,000
3,200
32

Personnel
$48,000
1,600
48

Mixing
$60,000
6,400
96

Finishing
$100,000
4,800
128

52) If the direct method is used to allocate costs, the total cost of the Mixing Department after allocation
would be
A) $121,714.
B) $41,143.
C) $20,571.
D) $60,000.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
53) If the direct method is used to allocate costs, the total cost of the Finishing Department after allocation
would be
A) $30,857.
B) $27,429.
C) $158,286.
D) $100,000.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 169
Objective: 5
54) If the step-down method is used to allocate costs, and the Maintenance Department renders the
greatest service, the total amount of overhead that would be allocated from Personnel to Mixing is
A) $20,572.
B) $24,429.
C) $24,000.
D) $36,000.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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55) If the step-down method is used to allocate costs, and the Maintenance Department renders the
greatest service, then the total amount of overhead that would be allocated from Personnel to Finishing is
A) $24,429.
B) $18,000.
C) $32,571.
D) $27,000.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 169
Objective: 5
56) If the step-down method of allocating costs is used, and the Personnel Department renders the
greatest service, then the total amount of overhead that would be allocated from Maintenance to Mixing
is
A) $18,000.
B) $33,428.
C) $36,000.
D) $44,571.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 169
Objective: 5
57) If the step-down method of allocating costs is used, and the Personnel Department renders the
greatest service, then the total amount of overhead that would be allocated from Maintenance to Finishing
is
A) $24,000.
B) $33,429.
C) $27,000.
D) $32,568.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
58) If the step-down method is used to allocate costs, and the Maintenance Department renders the
greatest service, then the total cost of the Mixing Department after allocation would be
A) $120,429.
B) $122,571.
C) $121,712.
D) $ 60,000.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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59) If the step-down method is used to allocate costs, and the Personnel Department renders the greatest
service, then the total cost of the Finishing Department after allocation would be
A) $100,000.
B) $158,288.
C) $159,571.
D) $157,429.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
60) Which of the following is the least likely alternative to be used to allocate costs?
A) Use a different cost driver for each cost pool.
B) Allocate all costs evenly to all other departments.
C) Allocate some cost pools using cost drivers and leave other cost pools unallocated.
D) Use one cost driver to allocate all department costs.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Type: MC
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Objective: 5
61) Another term for cost application is
A) cost pool.
B) cost driver.
C) cost objective.
D) cost attribution.
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Type: MC
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Objective: 1
62) Each of the following is a step in the general approach to allocating costs to final products or services
EXCEPT
A) select one or more cost drivers in each production department.
B) allocate production-related costs to the operating line.
C) apply the total costs allocated to the production department to the output of the department using cost
drivers.
D) identify production costs as either direct or indirect.
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Type: MC
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Objective: 1
63) One conventional way of allocating joint costs to products is the
A) relative sales value method.
B) direct method.
C) indirect method.
D) abc method.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Type: MC
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64) Which of the following statements regarding by-products is FALSE?

A) A by-product is not individually identifiable until the split-off point.
B) A by-product is the same as a joint product.
C) By-products have relatively insignificant total sales value.
D) Only separable costs are allocated to by-products.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Type: MC
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Upjohn Company manufactures four products from a joint process. Joint costs for the year amounted to
$350,000. The following data are also available:

Product
W
X
Y
Z

Units Produced
44,000
28,000
70,000
58,000

Sales Value at
Split-off
$128,000
$104,000
$142,000
$126,000

65) Assuming the physical-units method of allocating joint costs, the amount of joint costs allocated to
product W would be
A) $120,312.
B) $62,858.
C) $122,500.
D) $77,000.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 7
66) Assuming the physical-units method of allocating joint costs, the amount of joint costs allocated to
product X would be
A) $94,230.
B) $72,800.
C) $122,500.
D) $49,000.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 7
67) Assuming the physical-units method of allocating joint costs, the amount of joint costs allocated to
product Y would be
A) $172,536.
B) $99,400.
C) $122,500.
D) $24,648.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 173
Objective: 7
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68) Assuming the physical-units method of allocating joint costs, the amount of joint costs allocated to
product Z would be
A) $101,500.
B) $89,600.
C) $161,111.
D) $82,858.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 7
69) Assuming the relative-sales-value method of allocating joint costs, the amount of joint costs allocated
to product W would be
A) $89,600.
B) $120,312.
C) $77,000.
D) $50,400.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 7
Bare Company manufactures four products from a joint process. Joint costs for the year amounted to
$140,000. The following data are also available:

Product
B
A
R
E

Units Produced
4,400
2,800
7,000
5,800

Sales Value at
Split-off
$64,000
$52,000
$71,000
$63,000

70) Assuming the relative-sales-value method of allocating joint costs, the amount of joint costs allocated
to product B would be
A) $35,840.00.
B) $48,124.80.
C) $30,800.00.
D) $20,160.00.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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71) Assuming the relative-sales-value method of allocating joint costs, the amount of joint costs allocated
to product A would be
A) $19,600.
B) $37,692.
C) $29,120.
D) $16,640.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 7
72) Assuming the relative-sales-value method of allocating joint costs, the amount of joint costs allocated
to product R would be
A) $49,000.00.
B) $39,760.00.
C) $69,014.40.
D) $22,720.00.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 7
73) Assuming the relative-sales-value method of allocating joint costs, the amount of joint costs allocated
to product E would be
A) $40,600.00.
B) $64,444.40.
C) $58,000.00.
D) $35,280.00.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 7
74) Activity-based costing is also known as
A) transaction-based costing.
B) motivation-based costing.
C) objective-based costing.
D) variable-based costing.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 7
75) Which of the following is NOT likely to be a cost driver?
A) Production orders
B) Material requisitions
C) Cost accountant's labour hours
D) Product inspections
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Type: MC
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Objective: 7
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76) Which of the following is NOT likely to be an activity in an activity-based costing system?
A) Materials handling
B) Inspection
C) Accounting
D) Assembly
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Type: MC
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Objective: 7
Stanley Corp. manufactures two models of its roasting pans, a standard and a deluxe model. Three
activities have been identified as cost drivers and the related costs pooled together to arrive at the
following information:

Product
Standard
Deluxe
Costs per pool

Number of
Setups
12
16

Number of
Components
8
14

Number of
Orders
440
750

$30,000

$76,000

$14,000

77) If activity-based costing is used, then the product setup cost for the standard model would be
A) $12,857.
B) $17,143.
C) $1,071.
D) $1,866.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 7
78) If activity-based costing is used, then the total cost of the components used in the deluxe model would
be
A) $3,455.
B) $27,636.
C) $48,364.
D) $76,000.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 7
79) If activity-based costing is used, then the total amount of overhead allocated to the standard model
would be
A) $74,330.
B) $120,000.
C) $40,000.
D) $45,670.
Answer: D
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Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 7
80) If activity-based costing is used, then the total amount of overhead allocated to the deluxe model
would be
A) $45,670.
B) $74,330.
C) $120,000.
D) $ 80,000.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 7
Dorpinghaus Corp. manufactures two models of its telephones, a standard and a deluxe model. Three
activities have been identified as cost drivers and the related costs pooled together to arrive at the
following information:

Product
Standard
Deluxe
Costs per pool

Number of
Setups
48
64

Number of
Components
32
56

Number of
Orders
1,760
3,000

$120,000

$304,000

$56,000

81) If activity-based costing is used, then the product setup cost for the standard model would be
A) $51,429.
B) $68,571.
C) $1,071.
D) $120,000.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 175
Objective: 7
82) If activity-based costing is used, then the total cost of the components used in the deluxe model would
be
A) $3,455.
B) $110,545.
C) $193,455.
D) $304,000.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Objective: 7

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83) If activity-based costing is used, then the total amount of overhead allocated to the standard model
would be
A) $297,320.
B) $480,000.
C) $160,000.
D) $182,680.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 175
Objective: 7
84) If activity-based costing is used, then the total amount of overhead allocated to the deluxe model
would be
A) $182,680.
B) $297,320.
C) $480,000.
D) $320,000.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 175
Objective: 7
85) Activity-based accounting systems
A) accumulate overhead costs by department.
B) can turn many indirect overhead costs into direct costs.
C) are less complex and therefore less costly than traditional systems.
D) can be used in manufacturing firms only.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 175
Objective: 7
86) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) Activity-based accounting systems classify more costs as indirect than do traditional systems.
B) Activity-based accounting systems can create more accurate product costs.
C) Activity-based accounting systems are more complex and costly than traditional systems.
D) Activity-based accounting systems are used in both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 175
Objective: 7
87) Which of the following is NOT a name for a system that first accumulates overhead costs for each of
the activities of an organization, and then assigns the costs of activities to the products, services, or other
cost objects that caused that activity?
A) Activity-based accounting
B) Cost-driver accounting
C) Transaction-based accounting
D) Transaction costing
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 175
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Objective: 7
John Gordan Company had the following activities, traceable costs, and physical flow of driver units:

Activities
Account inquiry (hours)
Account billing (lines)
Account verification (accounts)
Correspondence (letters)

Traceable
Costs
$ 200,000
140,000
75,000
25,000

Physical Flow of
Driver Units
5,000 hours
2,000,000 lines
20,000 accounts
2,000 letters

The above activities are used by departments A and B as follows:

Account inquiry (hours)

Account billing (lines)
Account verification (accounts)
Correspondence (letters)

A
1,000 hours
200,000 lines
5,000 accounts
500 letters

B
2,000 hours
100,000 lines
4,000 accounts
800 letters

88) What is the cost per driver unit for the account inquiry activity?
A) $40.00
B) $0.07
C) $3.75
D) $12.50
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 180
Objective: 9
89) What is the cost per driver unit for the account billing activity?
A) $40.00
B) $0.07
C) $3.75
D) $12.50
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 180
Objective: 9
90) What is the cost per driver unit for the account verification activity?
A) $40.00
B) $0.07
C) $3.75
D) $12.50
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 180
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91) What is the cost per driver unit for the correspondence activity?
A) $40.00
B) $0.07
C) $3.75
D) $12.50
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 180
Objective: 9
92) How much of the account inquiry cost will be assigned to Department A?
A) $40,000
B) $200,000
C) $80,000
D) None of the above
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 180
Objective: 9
93) How much of the account billing cost will be assigned to Department B?
A) $14,000
B) $140,000
C) $7,000
D) None of the above
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 180
Objective: 9
94) How much of the correspondence cost will be assigned to Department B?
A) $5,000
B) $8,000
C) $25,000
D) None of the above
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 180
Objective: 9

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Allen Crabb Corporation had the following activities, traceable costs, and physical flow of driver units:

Activities
Account inquiry (hours)
Account billing (lines)
Account verification (accounts)
Correspondence (letters)

Traceable
Costs
$400,000
280,000
150,000
50,000

Physical Flow of
Driver Units
5,000 hours
2,000,000 lines
20,000 accounts
2,000 letters

The above activities are used by departments X and Y as follows:

Account inquiry (hours)

Account billing (lines)
Account verification (accounts)
Correspondence (letters)

X
500 hours
250,000 lines
2,000 accounts
200 letters

Y
800 hours
200,000 lines
1,000 accounts
1,000 letters

95) How much of the correspondence cost will be assigned to Department X?

A) $5,000
B) $50,000
C) $25,000
D) None of the above
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 180
Objective: 9
96) How much of the account inquiry cost will be assigned to Department Y?
A) $400,000
B) $40,000
C) $64,000
D) $104,000
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 180
Objective: 9
97) How much of the account verification cost will be assigned to Department Y?
A) $150,000
B) $7,500
C) $15,000
D) $22,500
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 180
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98) A cost-management system

A) first measures the resources used by each department.
B) assesses the effects of changes in costs on the departments.
C) identifies how management's decisions affect costs.
D) distinguishes between product costs and period costs.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 162
Objective: 1
Use the following information to answer item(s) below.
Meesen Inc. operates two support departments (A and B) and two producing departments (C and D).
Budgeted costs and normal activity levels are given below.

Overhead costs
Number of employees
Maintenance hours
Machine hours
Labour hours

Support Departments Producing Departments

A
B
C
D
$120,000
$160,000
$300,000
$240,000
8
12
40
60
3,000
400
8,000
2,000
12,000
1,500
1,800
15,000
-

The costs of Department A are allocated on the basis of number of employees, and the costs of
Department B are allocated on the basis of maintenance hours.
99) If the direct method is used, Department A costs allocated to Department C would be
A) $48,000.
B) $96,000.
C) $72,000.
D) $120,000.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 169
Objective: 5
100) If the direct method is used, Department B costs allocated to Department C would be
A) $192,000.
B) $160,000.
C) $128,000.
D) $180,000.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 169
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101) If Department C uses machine hours to allocate overhead to units of product, the overhead rate per
machine hour for Department C would be
A) $35.67.
B) $29.00.
C) $32.66.
D) $39.67.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 169
Objective: 5
102) If Department D uses direct labour hours to allocate overhead to units of product, the overhead rate
per direct labour hour for Department D would be
A) $22.93.
B) $18.13.
C) $16.80.
D) $16.00.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 193
Objective: 1
103) Estimates relating to a job that Meesen Inc. plans to bid on are as follows:
Direct materials
Direct labour
Machine hours in Department C
Direct labour hours in Department D

$1,000
$ 600
20
30

The estimate for the cost of the job would be

A) $2,393.
B) $2,288.
C) $1,481.
D) $3,081.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 169
Objective: 5
104) If the step-down method is used and the costs of the service department with the greatest total cost
are allocated first, Department B costs allocated to Department D would be
A) $36,923.
B) $30,463.
C) $24,615.
D) $21,450.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 169
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105) If the step-down method is used, Department A costs allocated to Department C would be
A) $60,649.
B) $62,769.
C) $62,980.
D) $69,280.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 169
Objective: 5
106) The necessary cost of an activity that cannot be eliminated without affecting a product's value to the
customer is a
A) period cost.
B) product cost.
C) prime cost.
D) value-added cost.
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 169
Objective: 5
107) Which of the following is NOT an example of a non-value-added cost?
A) Receiving inventory
B) Transporting work-in-process
C) Warehousing inventory
D) Assembling raw materials
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 169
Objective: 5
108) In a just-in-time production system,
A) customer orders drive the production process.
B) an organization purchases materials in large quantities in order to receive quantity discounts.
C) goods are produced ahead of time to protect against stockouts.
D) inventory levels are maintained as high as possible.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 186
Objective: 12
109) The time from initiating production to delivering the goods to the customer is referred to as
A) just-in-time.
B) non-value-added time.
C) production cycle time.
D) cost measuring time.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 186
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110) Which of the following is NOT a factor to the success of just-in-time systems?
A) The focus on quality
B) Inflexible production operations
C) Short production cycle times
D) Smooth flow of production
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 186
Objective: 12
111) Two dimensions are important in flexible production operations:
A) material flexibility and employee flexibility.
B) employee flexibility and facilities flexibility.
C) supplier flexibility and customer flexibility.
D) facilities flexibility and supplier flexibility.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 186
Objective: 12
112) The techniques used to determine the cost of a product or service by collecting and classifying costs
and assigning them to cost objectives.
Answer: Cost accounting system
Diff: 1
Type: SA Page Ref: 162
Objective: 1
113) A system that first accumulates overhead costs for each of the activities of an organization, and then
assigns the costs of activities to the products, services, or other cost objects that caused that activity.
Answer: Activity-based accounting
Diff: 1
Type: SA Page Ref: 175
Objective: 8
114) A unit within an organization responsible for producing the products or services that are sold to
customers.
Answer: Producing department
Diff: 1
Type: SA Page Ref: 162
Objective: 1
115) A unit within an organization that provides essential support services for producing departments.
Answer: Service department
Diff: 1
Type: SA Page Ref: 162
Objective: 1
116) A method that simultaneously allocates service costs to all user departments. It gives full
consideration to interactions among support departments.
Answer: Reciprocal allocation method
Diff: 1
Type: SA Page Ref: 169
Objective: 5
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117) A method of allocating support department costs that gives partial consideration to interactions
among support departments.
Answer: Step-down method
Diff: 1
Type: SA Page Ref: 169
Objective: 5
118) A method of allocating service costs that ignores any interactions that may exist among support
departments.
Answer: Direct method
Diff: 1
Type: SA Page Ref: 168
Objective: 4
119) Identifies how management's decisions affect costs, by first measuring the resources used in
performing the organization's activities and then assessing the effects on costs of changes in those
activities.
Answer: Cost-management system
Diff: 1
Type: SA Page Ref: 162
Objective: 1
120) The time from initiating production to delivering the goods to the customer.
Answer: Production cycle time
Diff: 2
Type: SA Page Ref: 186
Objective: 12
121) A system in which an organization purchases materials and parts and produces components just
when they are needed in the production process.
Answer: Just-in-time production system
Diff: 1
Type: SA Page Ref: 186
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122) Henry Company has three support departments and two producing departments. Information for
each department for 2006 is as follows:
Support Departments

Producing Departments

Plant
Plant
Plant
Administration Maintenance Cafeteria
Budgeted
overhead
costs

Machining Assembly

$120,000

$100,000

$50,000

$200,000

$400,000

Direct labour
hours

6,000

10,000

4,000

20,000

30,000

Square feet
occupied

2,000

3,000

5,000

35,000

65,000

Number of
employees

15

25

Plant administration costs are allocated based on direct labour hours, plant maintenance costs are
allocated based on square footage occupied, and plant cafeteria costs are allocated based on the number
of employees.
The company does not divide overhead into fixed and variable components. Predetermined overhead
rates for the producing departments are based on direct labour hours.
Allocate the support department costs using the direct method. Next calculate the predetermined
overhead rates the producing departments would use to apply overhead to units of product.

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Answer:

Budgeted
overhead cost
Allocate Plant
Administration
(20,000/50,000,
30,000/50,000)

Support Departments
Plant
adminstration

Plant
Maintenance

$120,000

$100,000

Producing Departments

Plant
Cafeteria

$50,000

($120,000)

Allocate Plant
Maintenance
(35,000/100,000,
65,000/100,000)

($100,000)

Allocate Plant
Cafeteria (15/40, 25/40)

($50,000)

Total Producing
Department
Overhead to Apply
Divided by DLH
Predetermined
Overhead

Diff: 3
Type: ES
Objective: 5

Page Ref: 169

Machining

Assembly

$200,000

$400,000

48,000

72,000

35,000

65,000

18,750

31,250

$301,750

$568,250

20,000

30,000

$15.0875

$18.9417

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123) Henry Company has three support departments and two producing departments. Information for
each department for 2006 is as follows:
Support Departments

Producing Departments

Plant
Plant
Plant
Administration Maintenance Cafeteria
Budgeted
overhead
costs

Machining Assembly

$120,000

$100,000

$50,000

$200,000

$400,000

Direct labour
hours

6,000

10,000

4,000

20,000

30,000

Square feet
occupied

2,000

3,000

5,000

35,000

65,000

Number of
employees

15

25

Plant administration costs are allocated based on direct labour hours. Allocate the support depart ment
costs using the sequential (step) method starting with the support department with the greatest total cost.
Then calculate the predetermined overhead rates the producing departments would use to apply
overhead to units of product.

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Answer:

Budgeted
overhead cost

Support Departments

Producing Departments

Plant
Administration

Plant
Maintenance

Plant
Cafeteria

Machining

Assembly

$120,000

$100,000

$50,000

$200,000

$400,000

18,750

7,500

37,500

56,250

5,655

39,583

73,512

23,683

39,472

$300,766

569,234

20,000

30,000

$15.0383

$18.9745

Allocate Plant
Administration ($120,000)
(10/54, 4/64,
20/64, 30/64)
Total Cost in
Plant
Maintenance
Allocate Plant
Maintenance
(5/105, 35/105, 65/105)

$118,750

($118,750)

Total Cost in
Plant Cafeteria

$63,155

Allocate Plant
Cafeteria
(15/40, 25/40)

($63,155)

Total Producing
Department
Overhead to
Apply
Divided by DLH
Predetermined
Overhead

Diff: 3
Type: ES
Objective: 5

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124) There are three Easy Stay Inns, one in each of the following cities: Britton, Casey, and Sloop.
The central office provides computer services to each of the three motels. Information pertaining to the
computer centre and the three motels follows.
Computer
Centre

Britton

Casey

Sloop

Budgeted fixed costs

Budgeted variable rate
per hour
Normal usage in hours

$150,000

25

1,000

1,200

300

Actual fixed costs

Actual variable costs
Actual usage in hours

$160,000
$ 70,000
-

800

1,400

400

$
-

a. Using the direct method, allocate the computer centre costs to each motel location to provide
information for setting room rates.
b. Using the direct method, allocate the computer centre costs to each motel location assuming the
purpose is to evaluate performance.
c. Did the total amount allocated in requirement (B) above differ from the amount of costs incurred by the
computer centre?
Answer:
a.
Britton
Casey
Sloop
Variable costs allocated:
($25 x 1,000 hours)
($25 x 1,200 hours)
($25 x 300 hours)

$25,000

Fixed costs allocated:

[(1,000 hours/2,500 hours) x $150,000] 60,000
[(1,200 hours/2,500 hours) x $150,000]
[(300 hours/2,500 hours) x $150,000] _______
Total costs allocated

$85,000

$30,000

$ 7,500

72,000
________

18,000

$102,000

$25,500

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b.
Variable costs allocated:
($25 x 800 hours)
($25 x 1,400 hours)
($25 x 400 hours)

Britton
$20,000

Casey

$35,000

Sloop

$10,000

Fixed costs allocated:

[(1,000 hours/2,500 hours) x $150,000] 60,000
[(1,200 hours/2,500 hours) x $150,000]
[(300 hours/2,500 hours) x $150,000] _______

72,000
________

18,000

Total costs allocated

$107,000

$28,000

$80,000

c. Actual costs incurred by the computer centre equalled $230,000 ($70,000 + $160,000).
To prevent passing inefficiencies of support departments on to other departments, only budgeted support
department costs are allocated.
Therefore, only the budgeted computer centre costs of $215,000 were allocated to the three motels.
The $15,000 excess ($230,000 - $215,000) is charged to the computer centre.
Diff: 3
Type: ES
Page Ref: 169
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125) Netton Bus Lines provides school bus service to two school districts: East and West.
Taylor has one support centre that is responsible for service, maintenance, and cleanup of its buses. The
costs of the support centre are allocated to each district on the basis of total kilometres driven.
During the first month of the year, the support centre was expected to spend a total of $100,000. Of this
total, $25,000 was viewed as being fixed.
During the month, the support centre incurred actual variable costs of $105,000 and actual fixed costs of
$20,000.
The normal and actual kilometres logged by each district are given below:

Normal activity
Actual activity

East
170,000
175,000

West
80,000
90,000

a. Compute the predetermined service cost per kilometre driven.

b. Compute the costs that would be allocated at the end of the month to each district for purposes of
performance evaluation.
c. Determine the costs of the support centre that were not allocated to the two districts. Why were these
costs not allocated to the districts?
Answer:
a. $0.40 ($100,000/250,000)
b.

East

West

Variable costs allocated:

($0.30* x 175,000 kilometres)
($0.30 x 90,000 kilometres)

$52,500
$27,000

Fixed costs allocated:

[(170,000/250,000) x $25,000]
[(80,000/250,000) x $25,000]

17,000
_______

8,000

Total costs allocated

$69,500

$35,000

*Budgeted variable costs = $100,000 - $25,000 = $75,000

Variable rate per kilometres - $75,000/250,000 = $0.30

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c.

Actual costs incurred

$125,000

Total costs allocated

($69,500 + $35,000)

104,500

Unallocated

$ 20,500

These costs were not allocated to the districts because the costs were associated with support department
inefficiency.
Diff: 3
Type: ES
Page Ref: 169
Objective: 5

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126) Clark Corp. has three service departments, Chocolate, Caramel, and Nougat, as well as two
production departments, Melting and Wrapping. The Chocolate and Caramel department costs are
allocated based upon ounces, and the Nougat department's costs based upon pieces. The following
information is also available:
Direct
Department
Costs

Number
of
Ounces

$900,000
760,000
690,000

10,000
6,400
7,400

8,000
5,600
6,200

Production departments:
Melting
260,000
Wrapping
170,000

23,000
8,400

19,400
10,200

Service departments:
Chocolate
Caramel
Nougat

Number
of
Pieces

Required: Assume the step-down method of allocating costs is used, and the Chocolate department
renders the greatest service, with the Caramel department a close second. Determine the amount of each
service department's costs that will be allocated to each production department.
Answer:
Chocolate department:
6,400 + 7,400 + 23,000 + 8,400 = 45,200
6,400/45,200 $900,000 = $127,434 Caramel
7,400/45,200 $900,000 = $147,345 Nougat
23,000/45,200 $900,000 = $457,965 Melting
8,400/45,200 $900,000 = $167,257 Wrapping
Caramel department:
$760,000 + $127,434 = $887,434
7,400 + 23,000 + 8,400 = 38,800
7,400/38,800 $887,434 = $169,253 Nougat
23,000/38,800 $887,434 = $526,056 Melting
8,400/38,800 $887,434 = $192,125 Wrapping
Nougat department:
$690,000 + $147,345 + $169,253 = $1,006,598
19,400 + 10,200 = 29,600
19,400/29,600 $1,006,598 = $659,730 Melting
10,200/29,600 $1,006,598 = $346,868 Wrapping
Diff: 3
Type: ES
Objective: 5

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127) Rogers Company manufactures three products from a joint process. The Disk and the Jet can be sold
at split-off, but the Beam must be processed further at a total cost of $36,000. Total joint costs for the year
amounted to $1,740,000. Additional data are as follows:
Product
Disk
Jet
Beam

Units Produced
68,500
35,500
16,000

Sales Price per Unit

$11.00
$ 8.40
$ 6.20

Required: Using the relative-sales-value method of allocating joint costs, determine the joint costs
allocated to each product.
Answer:
Disk:
68,500 $11.00 = $753,500
Jet:
35,500 $8.40 = $298,200
Beam:
16,000 $6.20 = $99,200 - $36,000 = $63,200
$753,500 + $298,200 + $63,200 = $1,114,900
Disk:
$753,500/$1,114,900 $1,740,000 = $1,175,971
Jet:
$298,200/$1,114,900 $1,740,000 = $465,394
Beam:
$ 63,200/$1,114,900 $1,740,000 = $98,635
Diff: 3
Type: ES
Page Ref: 169
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128) Berlau Corp. manufactures two models of its curling iron, a standard and a deluxe model. Three
activities have been identified as cost drivers and the related costs pooled together to arrive at the
following information:

Product
Standard
Deluxe
Costs per pool

Number of
Material
Requisitions
92
124
$108,000

Number of
Product
Inspections
46
62
$16,400

Number of
Orders
Shipped
334
258
$206,000

Required: Assuming activity-based costing is used, allocate each cost pool to each model.
Answer:
Number of Material Requisitions:
92 + 124 = 216
92/216 $108,000 = $46,000 Standard
124/216 $108,000 = $62,000 Deluxe
Number of Product Inspections:
46 + 62 = 108
46/108 $16,400 = $6,985 Standard
62/108 $16,400 = $9,415 Deluxe
Number of Orders Shipped:
334 + 258 = 592
334/592 $206,000 = $116,223 Standard
258/592 $206,000 = $89,777 Deluxe
Diff: 3
Type: ES
Page Ref: 169
Objective: 5

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