Reference: 05-11
Andruschack Corporation Uses Activity-Based Costing to Determine Product

question 28

Multiple Choice

Reference: 05-11
Andruschack Corporation uses activity-based costing to determine product costs for external financial reports. Overapplied or underapplied overhead is closed to the Cost of Goods Sold account at the end of each year. The
company has provided the following data concerning its activity-based costing system: $$\begin{array}{l}\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Activity Cost Pools (and Activity } \\\text { Measures) }\end{array} & \text { Estimated Overhead Cost } \\\hline \text { Machine related (machine-hours) } & \$ 213,000 \\\hline \text { Batch setup (setups) } & \$ 339,000 \\\hline \text { General factory (direct labour-hours) } & \$ 193,200 \\\hline\end{array}\\\\\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline & & { \text { Expected Activity } } \\\hline \text { Activity Cost Pools } & \text { Total } & \text { Product } X & \text { Product } Y \\\hline \text { Machine related } & 10,000 & 3,000 & 7,000 \\\hline \text { Batch setup } & 10,000 & 4,000 & 6,000 \\\hline \text { General factory } & 14,000 & 7,000 & 7,000 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-The activity rate for the batch setup activity cost pool is closest to:

• A)$84.80.
• B)$56.50.
• C)$74.50.
• D)$33.90.

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