The Following Selected Data Were Taken from the Books of the Owens

question 4

Multiple Choice

The following selected data were taken from the books of the Owens O-Rings Company. The company uses job costing to account for manufacturing costs. The data relate to April operations.
(1) Materials and supplies were requisitioned from the stores clerk as follows:
Job 405, material X, $7,000.
Job 406, material X, $3,000; material Y, $6,000.
Job 407, material X, $7,000; material Y, $3,200.
For general factory use: materials A, B, and C, $2,300.
(2) Time tickets for the month were chargeable as follows:
$\begin{array}{lrr}\text { Job 405 } & \$ 11,000&\text { 3,000hours } \\\text { Job 406 } & 14,000&\text { 3,600hours } \\\text { Job 407 } & 8,000&\text { 1,900hours } \\\text { Indirect labor } & 3,700\end{array}$


(3) Other information:
Factory paychecks for $36,700 were issued during the month.
Various factory overhead charges of $19,400 were incurred on account.
Depreciation of factory equipment for the month was $5,400.
Factory overhead was applied to jobs at the rate of $3.50 per direct labor hour.
Job orders completed during the month: Job 405 and Job 406.
Selling and administrative costs were $2,100.
Factory overhead is closed out only at the end of the year.
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The balance in the factory overhead account would represent the fact that overhead was:

• A) $1,050 underapplied.
• B) $3,150 underapplied.
• C) $1,250 overapplied.
• D) $4,350 overapplied.

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