The Last Step in Activity-Based Costing Is to

question 22

Multiple Choice

The last step in activity-based costing is to

• A) assign overhead costs to products, using overhead rates determined for each cost pool.
• B) compute the activity-based overhead rate per cost driver.
• C) identify and classify the activities involved in the manufacture of specific products, and allocate overhead to cost pools.
• D) identify the cost driver that has a strong correlation to the activity cost pool.

Apply activity-based costing to various scenarios, including manufacturing and service industries.

Understand the role of cost drivers in ABC and how to select appropriate cost drivers for cost allocation.

Analyze the impact of overhead costs on product costing and how ABC addresses this issue.

Assess the implications of product diversity on product costing under ABC.

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Definitions:

MP

An abbreviation for Modus Ponens, a form of argument in logic where if a conditional statement ("if P, then Q") is accepted, and the antecedent P holds, then the consequent Q logically must also hold.

MT

An abbreviation often referring to Modus Tollens, a form of deductive argument where the consequent in a conditional proposition is negated, leading to the negation of the antecedent.

Simp

Slang for a person who overly defers to someone else, typically a man excessively reverent or submissive towards a woman.

CD

Can refer to a "Compact Disc" used for storing digital data or "Certificate of Deposit" in finance; context needed for specific definition.