A Company Using a Volume-Based Overhead Assignment (Allocation) Method Will

question 106

Multiple Choice

A company using a volume-based overhead assignment (allocation) method will tend to:

• A)Overstate the cost of low volume products.
• B)Understate the cost of low volume products.
• C)Understate the cost of high volume products.
• D)Understate the cost of all products.
• E)Either understate or overstate the cost of high volume products depending on the specific manufacturing factors involved.

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