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

question 59

Multiple Choice

Dideda 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:
$\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Costs: } & \\\hline \text { Manufacturing overhead } & \$ 360,000 \\\hline \text { Selling and administrative expenses } & \underline { 240,000 } \\\hline \text { Total } & \$ 600,000 \\\hline\end{array}$

$\text { Distribution of Resource Consumption: }$
$\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$$\text { Activity Cost Pools }$$\begin{array} { |l | r | r | r | r | } \hline & \text { Order Size } & \begin{array} { r } \text { Customer } \\\text { Support }\end{array} & \text { Other } & \text { Total } \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Manufacturing } \\\text { overhead }\end{array} & 25 \% & 65 \% & 10 \% & 100 \% \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Selling and } \\\text { administrative } \\\text { expenses }\end{array} & 60 \% & 20 \% & 20 \% & 100 \% \\\hline\end{array}$ 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,would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Order Size activity cost pool?

• A) $150,000.
• B) $234,000.
• C) $255,000.
• D) $360,000.

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Definitions:

Variable Overhead Rate Variance

The difference between the actual variable overhead rate incurred and the expected (or standard) rate, multiplied by the actual activity level.

Variable Overhead Rate Variance

A measure used in managerial accounting to compare the actual variable overhead incurred to the expected overhead cost based on the standard cost system.

Indirect Labor

Labor costs related to tasks that support the production environment but are not directly involved in creating the final product.

Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance

A measure used in managerial accounting to assess the efficiency of variable overhead costs incurred relative to the expected amount of those costs.