Answer the Following Question(s)using the Information Below

question 162

Multiple Choice

Answer the following question(s) using the information below:
The Fancy Flier Airplane Corporation has a central materials laboratory.The laboratory has only two users, the Large Plane Department and the Small Plane Department.The following data apply to the coming budget year:
Budgeted amounts are used to calculate the allocation rates.Actual usage for the year by the Large Plane Department was 6,000 technician hours and by the Small Plane Department was 6,500 technician hours.
-If a dual-rate cost allocation method is used, what amount of materials laboratory costs will be allocated to the Large Plane Department? Assume budgeted usage is used to allocate fixed materials laboratory costs and actual usage is used to allocate variable materials laboratory costs.

• A)$782,500
• B)$817,500
• C)$822,500
• D)$705,000
• E)$996,923

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Definitions:

Direct Labor Hours

The cumulative hours expended by workers directly engaged in the manufacturing of products or provision of services.

Static Budget

A budget that remains unchanged regardless of changes in activity levels, sales volume, or other variables during the budget period.

Variable Costs

Costs that vary directly with the level of production or volume of output, which includes expenses like raw materials and labor directly involved in production.

Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not change with changes in production level or sales volume.