Answer the following questions using the information i nformation below: Jake's Battery Company has two service departments, Maintenance Maintenance and Personnel. Maintenance Department costs of $160,000 are allocated on the basis of o f budgeted maintenance-hours. Personnel Department costs of $40,000 are allocated based on the number of employees. The costs of operating departments departments A and B are $80,000 and and $120,000, respectively. Data on budgeted maintenance-hours and number of employees are as follows: Production Departments
Support Departments Maintenance Personnel A B Department Department Budgeted costs $160,000 $40,000 $80,000 $120,000 Budgeted maintenancemaintenance-hours NA 400 480 320 Number of employees 20 NA 80 240 1. Using the direct method, what amount of Maintenance Department costs will be allocated to Department A? A) $48,000 B) $64,000 C) $78,000 D) $96,000 = 480/(480 + 320) x $160000
2. Using the direct method, what amount of Personnel Department De partment costs will be allocated to Department A? A) $10,000 80 / (80 + 240) x $40,000= $10,000 B) $16,000 C) $24,000 = 480/80 x 40000 D) $30,000
3. Using the step-down method, what amount of Maintenance Department cost will be allocated to Department A if the service department with the highest percentage of interdepartmental support service is allocated first? (Round up) A) $32,000 B) $42,667 C) $57,334 D) $64,000
Maintenance provided to Personnel: 400 / (400 + 480 + 320) = .333 Personnel provided to Maintenance: 20 / (20 + 80 + 240) = .059 Maintenance provides the greatest amount of service to support departments, so it is allocated first. Dept A: 480 / (400 + 480 + 320) x $160,000 = $64,000
Answer the following questions using the information below: Betty's Book and Music Store has two service departments, Warehouse and Data Center. Warehouse Department costs o f $175,000 are allocated on the basis of budgeted warehouse-hours. Data Center Department costs of $75,000 are allocated based on the number of computer log-on hours. The costs of operating departments Music and Books are $125,000 and $150,000, respectively. Data on budgeted warehouse-hours and number of computer log-on hours are as follows: Production Departments
Support Departments Warehouse Data Center Music Books Department Department Budgeted costs $175,000 $75,000 $125,000 $150,000 Budgeted warehouse-hours NA 250 500 750 Number of computer hours 100 NA 400 500 4. Using the direct method, what amount of Warehouse Department cost s will be allocated to Department Books? A) $70,000 B) $105,000 C) $75,000 D) $87,500
5. Using the direct method, what amount of Data Center Department costs will be allocated to Department Music? A) $75,000 B) $33,333 C) $41,667 D) $30,000 6. Using the step-down method, what amount of Data Center Department cost will be allocated to the Warehouse Department if the service department with the hi ghest percentage of interdepartmental support service is allocated first? (Round up) A) $25,000 B) $75,000 C) $7,500 D) $0
7. Using the step-down method, what amount of Warehouse Department cost will be allocated to Department Music if the service department with the highest percentage of interdepartmental support service is allocated first? (Round up) A) $58,333 B) $116,667 C) $60,833 D) $121,667
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Using the step-down method, what amount of Data Center Department cost will be allocated to Department Music if the service department with the highest percentage of interdepartmental support service is allocated first? (Round up) A) $58,671 B) $33,333 C) $46,296 D) $41,667
Answer the following questions using the information below: Alfred, owner of Hi -Tech Fiberglass Fabricators, Inc., is interested in using the reciprocal allocation method. The following data from operations were collected for analysis: Budgeted manufacturing overhead costs : Plant Maintenance PM (Support Dept) Data Processing DP (Support Dept) Machining M (Operating Dept) Capping C (Operating Dept) Services furnished : By Plant Maintenance (budgeted labor-hours): to Data Processing to Machining to Capping By Data Processing (budgeted computer time): to Plant Maintenance to Machining to Capping
$350,000 $ 75,000 $225,000 $125,000
3,500 5,000 8,200 600 3,500 600
9. Which of the following linear equations represents the complete reciprocated cost of the Data Processing Department? A) DP= $75,000 + (600/4,700) PM B) DP= $75,000 + (3,500/16,700) PM C) DP= $75,000 × (600/4,700) + $350,000 × (3,340/16,700) D) DP= $350,000 + (600/16,700) DP 10. What is the complete reciprocated cost of the Plant Maintenance Department? A) $393,750 B) $369,459 C) $365,000 D) $375,773
11. What is the complete reciprocated cost of the Data Processing Department? A) $90,000 B) $118,750 C) $122,971 D) $152,432 Answer the following questions using the information below: Joanne, owner of Automated Fabric, Inc., is interested in using the reciprocal allocation method. The following data from operations were collected for analysis: Budgeted manufacturing overhead costs : Maintenance M (Support Dept) Personnel P (Support Dept) Weaving W (Weaving Dept) Colorizing C (Colorizing Dept) Services furnished : By Maintenance (budgeted labor-hours): to Personnel to Weaving to Colorizing By Personnel (Number of employees serviced): Plant Maintenance Weaving Colorizing
$150,000 $ 80,000 $325,000 $175,000
500 3,500 2,000 5 15 10
12. Which of the following linear equations represents the complete reciprocated cost of the Personnel Department? A) P = $150,000 - $80,000 (500/6,000) M B) P = (500/6,000) M C) P = $80,000 + (500/6,000) M D) P = $80,000
13. What is the complete reciprocated cost of the Maintenance Department? A) $165,634 B) $163,333 C) $150,000 D) $0
14. What is the complete reciprocated cost of the Personnel Department? A) $92,500 B) $93,803 C) $80,000 D) $105,000
15. Which of the following departments is not an operating (or value added) department? A) Machining B) Accounting C) Assembly D) Finishing
16. Which of the following is NOT one of the three methods of allocating support department costs to operating departments? A) direct method B) incremental method C) step-down method D) reciprocal method
17. The cost-allocation method that allocates support department costs only to production departments is the: A) direct method B) sequential method C) step-down method D) reciprocal method 18. A cost of operating a facility, department, activity area, or like cost object that is shared by two or more users is called a: A) direct cost B) joint cost C) fixed cost D) common cost
19. Under the stand-alone method of allocating common costs: A) a ranking is used to allocate costs among the users B) disputes can arise over who is the primary user C) each party bears a proportionate share of the total costs in relation to their individual stand -alone costs D) an incentive is created to be the first-ranked user
20. Under the incremental method of allocating common costs: A) the parties are interested in being viewed as primary users B) each party bears a proportionate share of the total costs in relation to their individual stand-alone costs C) fairness and equity are emphasized D) there is a disincentive to be titled the primary user
Answer the following questions using the information below: The Sturgeon Bay Corporation currently uses a manufacturing facility costing $400,000 per year; 80% of the facility's capacity is currently being used. A start-up business has proposed a plan that would utilize the other 20% of the facility and increase the overall costs of maintaining the space by 5%. 21. If the stand-alone method were used, what amount of cost would be allocated to the start-up business? A) $20,000 B) $100,000 C) $80,000 D) $84,000
22. If the incremental method were used, what amount of cost would be allocated to the start-up business? A) $20,000 B) $100,000 C) $80,000 D) $84,000
Answer the following questions using the information below: The Egg Harbor Corporation currently leases a corporate suite in an office building for a cost o f $90,000 a year. Only 70% of the corporate suite is currently being used. A start-up business has proposed a plan that would use the other 30% of the suite and increase the overall costs of maintaining the space by $10,000. 23. If the stand-alone method were used, what amount of cost would be allocated to the start-up business? A) $10,000 B) $27,000 C) $30,000 D) $37,000
24. If the incremental method were used, what amount of cost would be allocated to the start -up business? A) $10,000 B) $27,000 C) $30,000 D) $37,000
25. All contracts with U.S. government agencies must comply with cost accounting standards issued by the: A) FASB B) SEC C) IRS D) CASB
