Dierich Company Uses an Activity-Based Costing System with Three Activity

question 78

Multiple Choice

Dierich Company uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity-based costing system:


The "Other" activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs. You have been asked to complete the first-stage allocation of costs to the activity cost pools.
-How much cost,in total,should not be allocated to orders and products in the second stage of the allocation process if the activity-based costing system is used for internal decision making?

• A) $0.
• B) $82,000.
• C) $104,000.
• D) $164,000.

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