Boward Corporation Has Two Production Departments, Milling and Assembly

question 246

Multiple Choice

Boward Corporation has two production departments, Milling and Assembly. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Milling Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Assembly Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates: During the current month the company started and finished Job T818. The following data were recorded for this job:
The total amount of overhead applied in both departments to Job T818 is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

• A) $1,651
• B) $608
• C) $435
• D) $1,043

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Definitions:

Total Cost

The complete cost of production, including both fixed and variable costs. It represents the entire expense incurred in producing a good or service.

Free Entry

A market condition where firms can enter the industry without any barriers to entry, promoting competition.

Exit

In economic terms, the process of withdrawing from a market, ceasing operations, or ending an investment.

Committed Cost

Expenses that a company has already made or obliged itself to make in the future, often fixed and not easily changed.