Ockey Corporation Uses the Direct Method to Allocate Service Department

question 272

Multiple Choice

Ockey Corporation uses the direct method to allocate service department costs to operating departments. The company has two service departments, Information Technology and Personnel, and two operating departments, Fabrication and Customization. Information Technology Department costs are allocated on the basis of computer workstations and Personnel Department costs are allocated on the basis of employees.The total amount of Information Technology Department cost allocated to the two operating departments is closest to:

• A) $13,027
• B) $33,334
• C) $20,667
• D) $151,158

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Definitions:

Interpersonal Control

The capacity of an individual to influence, manipulate, or control others in social interactions.

Confrontation

In therapeutic contexts, a technique where the therapist challenges a client's beliefs or behaviors to encourage insight and change, done in a supportive manner.

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Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach founded by Sigmund Freud focusing on unconscious processes as they are manifested in a person's behavior.