activity based questions

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?

A. I only.

B. II only.

C. III only.

D. I and III.

E. II and III.

2. Many traditional costing systems:

A. trace manufacturing overhead to individual activities and require the development of numerous activity-costing rates.

B. write off manufacturing overhead as an expense of the current period.

C. combine widely varying elements of overhead into a single cost pool.

D. use a host of different cost drivers (e.g., number of production setups, inspection hours, orders processed) to improve the accuracy of product costing.

E. produce results far superior to those achieved with activity-based costing.

3. The following tasks are associated with an activity-based costing system:

1—Calculation of cost application rates

2—Identification of cost drivers

3—Assignment of cost to products

4—Identification of cost pools

Which of the following choices correctly expresses the proper order of the preceding tasks?

A. 1, 2, 3, 4.

B. 2, 4, 1, 3.

C. 3, 4, 2, 1.

D. 4, 2, 1, 3.

E. 4, 2, 3, 1.

4. Which of the following is the proper sequence of events in an activity-based costing system?

A. Identification of cost drivers, identification of cost pools, calculation of cost application rates, assignment of cost to products.

B. Identification of cost pools, identification of cost drivers, calculation of cost application rates, assignment of cost to products.

C. Assignment of cost to products, identification of cost pools, identification of cost drivers, calculation of cost application rates.

D. Calculation of cost application rates, identification of cost drivers, identification of cost pools, assignment of cost to products.

E. Some other sequence of the four activities listed above.

5. Which of the following tasks is not normally associated with an activity-based costing system?

A. Calculation of cost application rates.

B. Identification of cost pools.

C. Preparation of allocation matrices.

D. Identification of cost drivers.

E. Assignment of cost to products.

6. Which of the following is not a broad, cost classification category typically used in activity-based costing?

A. Unit-level.

B. Batch-level.

C. Product-sustaining level.

D. Facility-level.

E. Management-level.

7. In an activity-based costing system, direct materials used would typically be classified as a:

A. unit-level cost.

B. batch-level cost.

C. product-sustaining cost.

D. facility-level cost.

E. matrix-level cost.

8. Which of the following is least likely to be classified as a batch-level activity in an activity-based costing system?

A. Shipping.

B. Receiving and inspection.

C. Production setup.

D. Property taxes.

E. Quality assurance.

9. In an activity-based costing system, materials receiving would typically be classified as a:

A. unit-level activity.

B. batch-level activity.

C. product-sustaining activity.

D. facility-level activity.

E. period-level activity.

10. Foster, 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:

A. unit-level activity.

B. batch-level activity.

C. product-sustaining activity.

D. facility-level activity.

E. competitive-level activity.

11. Consider the following statements regarding product-sustaining activities:

I. They must be done for each batch of product that is made.

II. They must be done for each unit of product that is made.

III. They are needed to support an entire product line.

Which of the above statements is (are) true?

A. I only.

B. II only.

C. III only.

D. I and II.

E. II and III.

12. Which of the following is least likely to be classified as a facility-level activity in an activity-based costing system?

A. Plant maintenance.

B. Property taxes.

C. Machine processing cost.

D. Plant depreciation.

E. Plant management salaries.

13. The salaries of a manufacturing plant's management are said to arise from:

A. unit-level activities.

B. batch-level activities.

C. product-sustaining activities.

D. facility-level activities.

E. direct-cost activities.

14. Which of the following choices correctly depicts a cost that arises from a batch-level activity and one that arises from a facility-level activity?

	Batch-Level Activity	Facility-Level Activity
A.	Direct materials	Plant depreciation
B.	Inspection	Property taxes
C.	Quality assurance	Shipping
D.	Plant maintenance	Insurance
E.	Management salaries	Material handling

15. The division of activities into unit-level, batch-level, product-sustaining level, and facility-level categories is commonly known as a cost:

A. object.

B. application method.

C. hierarchy.

D. estimation method.

classification scheme that is useful in traditional, volume-based systems

16. 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:

A. $0.

B. $29.

C. $85,260.

D. $117,740.

E. $203,000.

Use the following to answer questions 17-18:

Riverside Florists uses an activity-based costing system to compute the cost of making floral bouquets and delivering the bouquets to its commercial customers. Company personnel who earn $180,000 typically perform both tasks; other firm-wide overhead is expected to total $70,000. These costs are allocated as follows:

	Bouquet Production	Delivery	Other
Wages and salaries	60%	30%	10%
Other overhead	50%	35%	15%

Riverside anticipates making 20,000 bouquets and 4,000 deliveries in the upcoming year.

17. The cost of wages and salaries and other overhead that would be charged to each bouquet made is:

A. $7.15.

B. $8.75.

C. $12.50.

D. $13.75.

E. some other amount.

18. The cost of wages and salaries and other overhead that would be charged to each delivery is:

A. $19.63.

B. $20.31.

C. $26.75.

D. $40.63.

E. some other amount.

Use the following to answer questions 19-27:

HiTech Products manufactures three types of remote-control devices: Economy, Standard, and Deluxe. The company, which uses activity-based costing, has identified five activities (and related cost drivers). Each activity, its budgeted cost, and related cost driver is identified below.

Activity		Cost	Cost Driver
Material handling	$ 225,000		Number of parts
Material insertion	2,475,000		Number of parts
Automated machinery	840,000		Machine hours
Finishing	170,000		Direct labor hours
Packaging	170,000		Orders shipped
Total	$3,880,000

The following information pertains to the three product lines for next year:

	Economy	Standard	Deluxe
Units to be produced	10,000	5,000	2,000
Orders to be shipped	1,000	500	200
Number of parts per unit	10	15	25
Machine hours per unit	1	3	5
Labor hours per unit	2	2	2

19. What is HiTech's cost application rate for the material-handling activity?

A. $1.00 per part.

B. $2.25 per part.

C. $6.62 per labor hour.

D. $13.23 per part.

E. A rate other than those listed above.

20. What is HiTech's cost application rate for the automated machinery activity?

A. $24.00 per machine hour.

B. $24.50 per labor hour.

C. $49.42 per unit.

D. $50.00 per machine hour.

E. A rate other than those listed above.

21. What is HiTech's cost application rate for the finishing activity?

A. $5.00 per labor hour.

B. $5.00 per machine hour.

C. $5.00 per unit.

D. $7.50 per unit.

E. A rate other than those listed above.

22. What is HiTech's cost application rate for the packaging activity?

A. $4.86 per machine hour.

B. $5.00 per labor hour.

C. $10.00 per unit.

D. $100.00 per order shipped.

E. A rate other than those listed above.

23. Under an activity-based costing system, what is the per-unit cost of Economy?

A. $141.

B. $164.

C. $225.

D. $228.

E. An amount other than those listed above.

24. Under an activity-based costing system, what is the per-unit cost of Standard?

A. $164.

B. $228.

C. $272.

D. $282.

E. An amount other than those listed above.

25. Under an activity-based costing system, what is the per-unit cost of Deluxe?

A. $272.

B. $282.

C. $320.

D. $440.

E. An amount other than those listed above.

26. Assume that HiTech is using a volume-based costing system, and the preceding manufacturing costs are applied to all products based on direct labor hours. How much of the preceding cost would be assigned to Deluxe?

A. $456,471.

B. $646,471.

C. $961,176.

D. $1,141,176.

E. An amount other than those listed above.

27. Assume that HiTech is using a volume-based costing system, and the preceding manufacturing costs are applied to all products based on direct labor hours. How much of the preceding cost would be assigned to Standard?

A. $456,471.

B. $646,471.

C. $961,176.

D. $1,141,176.

E. An amount other than those listed above.