Question : 41. Valdez Company produces several lines of storage boxes. The factory : 1208219

 

41. Valdez Company produces several lines of storage boxes. The factory is highly automated and uses an activity-based costing system to allocate overhead costs to its various products. During the upcoming period the company expects to produce 72,000 units. The costs and cost drivers associated with four activity cost pools are given below:
  
Production of 40,000 units of its popular over-stuffed box required 6,000 labor hours, 150 setups, and consumed one-third of the product sustaining activities. What amount of unit-level costs will be allocated to the product? 
A. $5,000
B. $10,000
C. $12,000
D. $15,000

42. Scott Tools produces a variety of scissors and other cutting instruments at its Statesboro manufacturing plant. The plant is highly automated and uses an activity-based costing system to allocate overhead costs to its various product lines. The company expects to produce 24,000 total units during the current period. The costs and cost drivers associated with four activity cost pools are given below:
  
Production of 1,000 units of a pipe-cutting tool required 400 labor hours, 12 setups, and consumed 30% of the product sustaining activities and resulted in an overhead allocation of $15,400. What amount of batch-level overhead costs was expected during the period? 
A. $2,400
B. $20,000
C. $13,000
D. None of the other answers are correct.

43. CraftMade Company expects to produce 24,000 total units during the current period. The costs and cost drivers associated with four activity cost pools are given below:
  
Production of 1,000 units of an auto towing tool required 400 labor hours, 12 setups, and consumed 30% of the product sustaining activities. How much total overhead cost will be allocated to this product if the company allocates overhead on the basis of a single overhead allocation rate based on direct labor hours? 
A. $9,200
B. $5,000
C. $20,000
D. $50,000

44. When making a long-term cost plus pricing decision, a company should consider: 
A. The upstream research and development cost.
B. The allocated portion of facility-level cost.
C. The direct manufacturing cost.
D. All of the other answers are correct.

45. Which of the following is an upstream cost? 
A. Shipping costs to acquire raw materials
B. Shipping costs to ship completed goods
C. Sales commissions
D. Research and development costs

46. All of the following are downstream costs except: 
A. Marketing costs.
B. Distribution costs.
C. Advertising costs.
D. Legal costs to file for patents for new manufacturing processes.

47. The Ted Company is considering eliminating the following product line:
  
What amount of cost is avoidable if Ted outsources production of this product? 
A. $5,000
B. $25,000
C. $30,000
D. $45,000

48. An obstacle to implementing a successful activity-based costing system is: 
A. Gaining the cooperation and support of employees.
B. Obtaining accurate cost driver data.
C. Condensing a large number of activities down into a manageable number of activity cost pools.
D. All of the other answers are correct.

49. Franklin Company is planning to launch a new activity-based costing system. Which of the following actions by employees could lower the success of the new system? 
A. Employees may purposely report on their time cards different amounts time than they actually worked.
B. Employees may decrease their productivity to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the new system.
C. Employees may resist having to maintain additional records (such as the number of setups).
D. All of the other answers are correct.

50. Costs incurred to avoid making nonconforming products are: 
A. Appraisal costs.
B. Failure costs.
C. Prevention costs.
D. Voluntary costs.

 

 

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