Quick Start Engines Has Two Departments, Assembly and Testing

question 105

Multiple Choice

Quick Start Engines has two departments, Assembly and Testing. You are given the following information about the costs of 5 activities that occur at the manufacturing plant monthly: Activity Total Costs Volume of Cost Driver
Material handling $100,000 200,000 parts
Supervision of direct labour 105,000 70 employees
Janitorial and cleaning 150,000 3,000 hours
Machining 240,000 6,000 machine hours
Total costs $595,000
The above activities are used by the two departments as follows:
Assembly Testing
Material handling 150,000 parts 50,000 parts
Supervision of direct labour 30 employees 40 employees
Time spent cleaning 2,000 hours 1,000 hours
Number of machine hours 4,000 machine hours 2,000 machine hours
How much of the material handling cost will be allocated to Assembly?

• A)$75,000
• B)$25,000
• C)$66,667
• D)$33,333

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Definitions:

Selling Price

The price at which a product or service is sold to customers, determined by factors like cost, demand, competition, and market conditions.

Variable Costs

Expenses that vary in relation to the amount of products or services a company generates.

Short Run

A period in which at least one input is fixed and cannot be changed by the firm.

Variable Costing

A cost accounting method that includes only variable costs—costs that change with production levels—in product cost calculations.