1- Which of the following costs is the most likely to be allocated to a product in a traditional job costing environment?
A. Direct materials
B. Direct labor
C. Manufacturing overhead
D. Selling and administrative
2. An allocation base that causes overhead costs to be incurred is called a:
A. revenue drives.
B. predetermined driver.
C. cost driver.
D. applied driver.
3. Which of the following statements is true regarding cross-subsidies
A. they occur when factory workers are trained to work on many different machines,
B. they occur when high-volume products are assigned more than their fair share of overhead costs,
C. they occur when high-volume products have more direct material and direct labor costs than overhead costs.
D. They occur when more than one cost driver cat he determined for a particular overhead cost item.
4. Which of the following is true regarding activity-based costing (ABC)?
A. The benefits of using ABC always outweigh its limitations.
B. the lower the proportion of Overhead costs as compared to direct materials and direct labor costs, the more likely a company, will benefit by using ABC.
C. Companies with a high-proportion of non-unit -level costs should rarely use ABC.
D. High measurement costs associated with ABC may deter some companies from its use.
1- Which of the following costs is the most likely to be allocated to a product in a traditional job costing environment?
A. Direct materials
B. Direct labor
C. Manufacturing overhead
D. Selling and administrative
2. An allocation base that causes overhead costs to be incurred is called a:
A. revenue drives.
B. predetermined driver.
C. cost driver.
D. applied driver.
3. Which of the following statements is true regarding cross-subsidies
A. they occur when factory workers are trained to work on many different machines,
B. they occur when high-volume products are assigned more than their fair share of overhead costs,
C. they occur when high-volume products have more direct material and direct labor costs than overhead costs.
D. They occur when more than one cost driver cat he determined for a particular overhead cost item.
4. Which of the following is true regarding activity-based costing (ABC)?
A. The benefits of using ABC always outweigh its limitations.
B. the lower the proportion of Overhead costs as compared to direct materials and direct labor costs, the more likely a company, will benefit by using ABC.
C. Companies with a high-proportion of non-unit -level costs should rarely use ABC.
D. High measurement costs associated with ABC may deter some companies from its use.
Related questions
| Select a letter A through D that corresponds to the description of that term. Some letters are used more than once. |
| A. | Uses more than one rate to allocate overhead costs to products. |
| B. | Uses only volume-based measures such as direct labor hours to allocate overhead costs to products. |
| C. | Typically uses the most overhead allocation rates. |
| D. | Focuses on the costs of carrying out activities. |
| Term | ||
| 1. | Activity-based costing | |
| 2. | Plantwide overhead rate method | |
| 3. | Departmental overhead rate method |
