Groch Corporation Uses Activity-Based Costing to Compute Product Margins

question 41

Multiple Choice

Groch Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company's three activity cost pools-Processing, Supervising, and Other. The costs in those activity cost pools appear below: Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below: Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Processing and Supervising costs to determine product margins.
-The activity rate for the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

• A)$3.50 per batch
• B)$28.50 per batch
• C)$3.68 per batch
• D)$2.85 per batch

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Definitions:

Normal Good

A good for which demand increases as consumer income rises, and decreases when consumer income falls, all other factors being constant.

Decrease in Income

A reduction in the amount of money received by an individual or entity, which can affect consumption and saving behaviors.

Downward-sloping Demand Curve

A graph showing that the quantity demanded of a good or service varies inversely with its price, other things being equal.

Equilibrium Price

The price at which the quantity of a product demanded by consumers equals the quantity supplied by producers.