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10 Assume that the Tasty Ice Cream Company is considering the costs of two of th

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10 Assume that the Tasty Ice Cream Company is considering the costs of two of their product lines-ice cream sandwiches and dessert bars. The company identified the following partial list of activities, costs, and activity drivers expected for the next year Expected Costs Activity Extrusion costs Packaging costs Cost Driver Number batches made Number of units made 637,500 350,000 units 400 batches Dessert Bars 200,000 units 350 batches Batches made How much overhead cost will be assigned to the ice cream sandwich product line using activity-based costing (ABC)? A. $340,000 B. $368,000 C. $28,000 D. $850.08 E. $433,682 11. Consider the following activities that take place in a medical clinic 1.) Cleaning exam rooms (2.) Heating and air conditioning the clinic (3.) Sending blood work to a lab. (4.) Dispensing medicine. Which of the following statements is true? A. Cleaning rooms and heating the clinic are both unit level activities. . Sending blood work to the lab is a batch level activity C. Sending blood work and dispensing medicine are both batch level activities D. Cleaning rooms and dispensing medication are both product or service level activities E. Heating the clinic and dispensing medication are both batch level activities A company uses activity-based costing to determine the costs of its three products: A, Band C. The budgeted cost and activity for each of the company's three activity cost pools are shown in the table. 12. Activity Cost Pool Budgeted Cost Budgeted Activity Activity Activity 2 Activity 3 $70,000 $45,000 $82,000 Product A Product B Product C 6,000 9,000 20,000 7,000 15,0008,000 2,500 1,0001,625 How much overhead will be assigned to Product B using activity-based costing? A. $56,500 B. $78,000 E. $70,000 C. $62,500 D. $197,000 13. Which of the following is true? Overhead costs are often affected by many issues and are frequently too complex to be explained by any one factor A. B. The departmental OH rate is not usually based on measures dlosely related to production volume C. D. E. The departmental overhead rate is most accurate in assigning overhead costs that are not driven by production volume Allocated overhead costs will be the When cost analysts are able to logically trace cost objects to costs, costing accuracy is improved. same no matter which allocation method is used.

Explanation / Answer

10

Answer:

overhead cost  Assigned  =$368,000

Working notes for the above answer is as under

Activity

Expected Costs

Cost Driver

Total Activity

Activity Rate (  Expected Costs / Total Activity )

A

B

C=A/B

Extrusion Costs

6,37,500

Number batches made

750

850

Packaging Costs

44,000

Number of units made

5,50,000

0.08

Cost Driver

Activity Rate  

Activity

overhead cost  Assigned  (Activity Rate  * Activity)

A

B

C=A*B

Number batches made

850

400

340,000

  Number of units made

0.08

350,000

28,000

Total overhead cost  Assigned  

368,000

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11 True statement is

Answer: Sending blood work to the lab is a batch level activity

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12

Answer: $56,500

Working notes for the above answer is as udder

Activity Cost pool

Budgeted
cost

Total Activity

Rate

A

B

C=A/B

Activity -1

70000

35000

2

Activity -2

45000

30000

1.5

Activity -3

82000

5125

16

               

Rate

Total Activity

Cost

A

B

C=A*B

Activity -1

2

9000

18000

Activity -2

1.5

15000

22500

Activity -3

16

1000

16000

Overhead cost assigned to product B

56500

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13

true statement

Answer:

Overhead costs are often affected by many issues and are frequently too complex to be explained by any one factor

Activity

Expected Costs

Cost Driver

Total Activity

Activity Rate (  Expected Costs / Total Activity )

A

B

C=A/B

Extrusion Costs

6,37,500

Number batches made

750

850

Packaging Costs

44,000

Number of units made

5,50,000

0.08