A Key Difference Between Using Multiple Production Department Rates and Activity-Based

question 152

Multiple Choice

A key difference between using multiple production department rates and activity-based costing is

• A)the multiple production department rate method is used to distribute overhead costs to production activities and activity-based costing is used to distribute overhead costs to production departments
• B)the multiple production department rate method is used to distribute overhead costs to production departments and activity-based costing is used to distribute overhead costs to production activities
• C)the multiple production department rate method is used to distribute general and administrative costs to production departments and activity-based costing is used to distribute overhead costs to production activities
• D)the multiple production department rate method is used to distribute general and administrative costs to production departments and activity-based costing is used to distribute general and administrative costs to production activities

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