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Accounting Multiple Choice Questions 28784

St. James, Inc., currently uses traditional costing procedures, applying $800,000 of overhead to products Beta and Zeta on the basis of direct labor hours. The company is considering a shift to activity-based costing and the creation of individual cost pools that will use direct labor hours (DLH), production setups (SU), and number of parts components (PC) as cost drivers. Data on the cost pools and respective driver volumes follow.? ?The overhead cost allocated to Zeta by using traditional costing procedures would be:
Minimized ViewABC $240,000.??DEF $356,000.??GHI $444,000.??JKL $560,000.??MNsome other amount.

Cartwright Graphics uses a special purpose paper on 80% of its jobs. The paper is purchased in 100-sheet packages at a cost of $100 per package. Management estimates that the cost of placing and receiving a typical order is $15, and the annual cost of carrying a package in inventory is $1.50. Cartwright uses 2,600 packages each year. Production is constant, and the lead time to receive an order is 1 week. The economic order quantity is approximately:ABC 203 packages.??DEF 225 packages.??GHI 228 packages.??JKL 565 packages.??MN631 packages.

During a recent accounting period, Marty's shipping department processed 26 orders. Each order typically takes four hours to complete; however, the average time increased to five hours because of various departmental inefficiencies. If shipping labor is paid $14 per hour, the company's non-value-added cost would be:ABC $0.?DEF $56.?GHI $364.?JKL $1,456.?MN$1,820.?

St. James, Inc., currently uses traditional costing procedures, applying $800,000 of overhead to products Beta and Zeta on the basis of direct labor hours. The company is considering a shift to activity-based costing and the creation of individual cost pools that will use direct labor hours (DLH), production setups (SU), and number of parts components (PC) as cost drivers. Data on the cost pools and respective driver volumes follow.? ?The overhead cost allocated to Zeta by using activity-based costing procedures would be:
Minimized ViewABC $240,000.??DEF $356,000.??GHI $444,000.??JKL $560,000.??MNsome other amount.

Burgoon uses an economic order quantity model and has determined an optimal order size of 500 units. Annual demand is 10,000 units, ordering costs are $50 per order, and holding costs are $4 per unit. The company's annual ordering and holding costs total:ABC $2,000.??DEF $3,000.??GHI $21,000.??JKL $41,000.??MNsome other amount.

The following tasks are associated with an activity-based costing system:?1— Assignment of cost to products?2— Calculation of pool rates?3— Identification of cost drivers?4— Identification of cost pools?Which of the following choices correctly expresses the proper order of the preceding tasks??ABC 1, 2, 3, 4.??DEF 2, 4, 1, 3.??GHI 3, 4, 2, 1.??JKL 4, 2, 1, 3.??MN4, 3, 2, 1.??

St. James, Inc., currently uses traditional costing procedures, applying $800,000 of overhead to products Beta and Zeta on the basis of direct labor hours. The company is considering a shift to activity-based costing and the creation of individual cost pools that will use direct labor hours (DLH), production setups (SU), and number of parts components (PC) as cost drivers. Data on the cost pools and respective driver volumes follow.? ?The overhead cost allocated to Beta by using traditional costing procedures would be:
Minimized ViewABC $240,000.??DEF $356,000.??GHI $444,000.??JKL $560,000.??MNsome other amount.

St. James, Inc., currently uses traditional costing procedures, applying $800,000 of overhead to products Beta and Zeta on the basis of direct labor hours. The company is considering a shift to activity-based costing and the creation of individual cost pools that will use direct labor hours (DLH), production setups (SU), and number of parts components (PC) as cost drivers. Data on the cost pools and respective driver volumes follow.? ?The overhead cost allocated to Beta by using activity-based costing procedures would be:
Minimized ViewABC $240,000.??DEF $356,000.??GHI $444,000??JKL $560,000.??MNsome other amount.

In an activity-based costing system, direct materials used would typically be classified as a:ABC unit-level cost.?DEF batch-level cost.?GHI product-sustaining cost.?JKL facility-level cost.?MNmatrix-level cost.?

Cartwright Graphics uses a special purpose paper on 80% of its jobs. The paper is purchased in 100-sheet packages at a cost of $100 per package. Management estimates that the cost of placing and receiving a typical order is $15, and the annual cost of carrying a package in inventory is $1.50. Cartwright uses 2,600 packages each year. Production is constant, and the lead time to receive an order is 1 week. The reorder point is:ABC 25 packages.??DEF 50 packages.??GHI 100 packages.??JKL 203 packages.??MN225 packages.

At the economic order quantity:ABC total annual inventory costs, holding costs, and ordering costs are all minimized.?DEF total annual inventory costs and holding costs are minimized.?GHI total annual inventory costs are minimized, and holding costs equal ordering costs.?JKL total annual inventory costs are minimized, and holding costs exceed ordering costs.?MNtotal annual inventory costs are minimized, and ordering costs exceed holding costs.

Alaina's customer service department follows up on customer complaints by telephone inquiry. During a recent period, the department initiated 10,000 calls and incurred costs of $312,000. Of these calls, 3,800 were for the company's wholesale operation; the remainder were for the retail division. Costs allocated to the wholesale operation are:ABC $0.?DEF $31,200.?GHI $118,560.?JKL $193,440.?MN$203,000.

Consider the following statements:?I. Product diversity creates costing problems because diverse products tend to utilize manufacturing activities in different ways.?II. Overhead costs that are not incurred at the unit level create costing problems because such costs do not vary with traditional application bases such as direct labor hours or machine hours.?III. Product diversity typically exists when a single product (e.g., a ballpoint pen) is made in different colors.?Which of the above statements is (are) true?ABC I only.??DEF II only.??GHI I and II.??JKL I and III.??MNII and III.

Which of the following is classified as an inventory shortage cost?ABC Purchase order preparation.?DEF Production disruption.?GHI Lost sales and lost customers.?JKL Spoilage.?MNProduction disruption, lost sales, and lost customers.?

Consider the following statements regarding traditional costing systems:?I. Overhead costs are applied to products on the basis of volume-related measures.?II. All manufacturing costs are easily traceable to the goods produced.?III. Traditional costing systems tend to distort unit manufacturing costs when numerous goods are made that have widely varying production requirements.?Which of the above statements is (are) true?ABC I only.??DEF II only.??GHI III only.??JKL I and III.??MNII and III

Alamo's customer service department follows up on customer complaints by telephone inquiry. During a recent period, the department initiated 7,000 calls and incurred costs of $203,000. If 2,940 of these calls were for the company's wholesale operation (the remainder were for the retail division), costs allocated to the retail division should amount to:ABC $0.?DEF $29.?GHI $85,260.?JKL $117,740.?MN$203,000.

Activity-based costing systems:ABC use a single, volume-based cost driver.?DEF assign overhead to products based on the products' relative usage of direct labor.?GHI often reveal products that were under- or over-costed by traditional costing systems.?JKL typically use fewer cost drivers than more traditional costing systems.?MNhave a tendency to distort product costs.

Which of the following does not minimize ordering costs when using JIT purchasing?ABC Reducing the number of vendors.?DEF Negotiating long-term supply agreements.?GHI Making less frequent payments.?JKL Maintaining a safety stock.?MNEliminating inspections.?

Inventory holding costs typically include:ABC clerical costs of purchase-order preparation.?DEF costs of deterioration, theft, or spoilage.?GHI costs associated with lost sales to customers.?JKL forgone interest on money tied up in inventory.?MNcosts of deterioration, theft, or spoilage and forgone interest on money tied up in inventory.?

Feinstein, Inc., an appliance manufacturer, is developing a new line of ovens that uses controlled-laser technology. The research and testing costs associated with the new ovens is said to arise from a:
AB unit-level activity.?CD batch-level activity.?E product-sustaining activity.?F facility-level activity.?competitive-level activity.?