A Manufacturing Company Has a Standard Costing System Based on Machine

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Multiple Choice

A manufacturing company has a standard costing system based on machine hours (MHs) as the measure of activity. Data from the company's flexible budget for manufacturing overhead are given below:
$\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline \text { Denominator Level of Activity } & 6,100 \mathrm{MHs} \\\hline \text { Overhead Costs at the Denominator Activity Level: } & \\\hline \text { Variable Overhead Cost } & \$ 35,075 \\\hline \text { Fixed Overhead Cost } & \$ 77,775 \\\hline\end{array}$
The following data pertain to operations for the most recent period:
$\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline \text { Actual Hours } & 6,300 \mathrm{MHs} \\\hline \text { Standard Hours Allowed for the Actual Output } & 5,994 \mathrm{MHs} \\\hline \text { Actual Total Variable Overhead Cost } & \$ 36,540 \\\hline \text { Actual Total Fixed Overhead Cost } & \$ 76,875 \\\hline\end{array}$
-How much overhead was applied to products during the period,rounded to the nearest dollar?

• A) $110,889.
• B) $112,850.
• C) $113,415.
• D) $116,550.

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Definitions:

Process Costing System

A financial recording method for allocating expenses to identical items that are manufactured in bulk through an uninterrupted process.

Weighted-Average Method

A costing method that assigns the average cost of goods available for sale to both ending inventory and cost of goods sold, weighting by the number of units.

Direct Labor Cost

The total cost of all labor directly involved in the production of goods or services, which can be easily traced to the product.

Equivalent Units

A technique in cost accounting used to allocate costs to partially completed goods, expressed in terms of fully completed units.