The Kaumajet Factory Produces Two Products - Table Lamps and Desk

question 20

Multiple Choice

The Kaumajet Factory produces two products - table lamps and desk lamps. It has two separate departments - finishing and production. The overhead budget for the finishing department is $550,000, using 500,000 direct labor hours. The overhead budget for the production department is $400,000 using 80,000 direct labor hours. If the budget estimates that a desk lamp will require 1 hours of finishing and 2 hours of production, what is the total amount of factory overhead to be allocated to desk lamps using the multiple production department factory overhead rate method with an allocation base of direct labor hours, if 26,000 units are produced?

• A) $540,000
• B) $187,200
• C) $475,000
• D) $288,600

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Definitions:

Price Fixing

An illegal agreement between participants on the same side in a market to buy or sell a product, service, or commodity only at a fixed price, or maintain market conditions so the price remains at a given level.

Illegal

Activities or actions that are prohibited by law and subject to criminal or civil penalties.

Resale Price Maintenance

A practice where the original manufacturer of a product controls the retail price at which resellers must sell the product.

Sherman Act

A landmark federal statute in the field of United States antitrust law passed by Congress in 1890 to prohibit monopolistic business practices.