Carattini Incorporated Makes a Single Product-An Electrical Motor Used in Many

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Multiple Choice

Carattini Incorporated makes a single product-an electrical motor used in many long-haul trucks. The company has a standard cost system in which it applies overhead to this product based on the standard labor-hours allowed for the actual output of the period. Data concerning the most recent year appear below: The total amount of manufacturing overhead applied is closest to:

• A) $340,376
• B) $342,000
• C) $312,900
• D) $372,000

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Definitions:

Variable Costing

An accounting method that includes only variable production costs—direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead—in the cost of goods sold.

Absorption Costing

A calculation approach that encompasses all expenses of production, such as materials, labor, and all overheads, both variable and fixed, in determining a product's price.

Variable Production Costs

Costs that vary directly with the level of production, such as raw materials and direct labor.

Absorption Costing

This approach to bookkeeping encompasses all production-associated expenses, including direct materials, direct labor, and all manufacturing overheads, both variable and fixed, in calculating the product's price.