Which of the Following Was Not Part of a Typical

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not part of a typical cotton plantation system?

• A) Gangs of twenty or twenty-five workers
• B) Sundays off for the slaves
• C) Up to sixteen-hour work days
• D) The task system
• E) A half day off on Saturdays

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Definitions:

Departmental Factory Overhead Rate

A rate used to allocate indirect manufacturing costs to different departments within a factory.

Direct Labor Hours

The total time workers spend producing goods or providing services that can be directly attributed to a specific product or service.

Cutting and Sewing

The process involved in the making of garments, which includes the cutting of fabric according to patterns and sewing them together to create clothing.

Activity-based Costing

A method of accounting that assigns costs to specific activities based on their use of resources, providing more accurate product costing.