Groch Corporation Uses Activity-Based Costing to Compute Product Margins

question 120

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.
-What is the product margin for Product Q9 under activity-based costing?

• A)$32,200
• B)$3,293
• C)$23,600
• D)$18,008

Differentiate between variable costing and absorption costing in terms of period costs, unit product costs, and net operating income.

Calculate unit product costs under both variable costing and absorption costing methods.

Understand the calculation and significance of total gross margin under different costing approaches.

Recognize the impact of common fixed expenses on net operating income.

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Degrees of Freedom

The number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary.

Null Hypothesis

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Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information used in the calculation of a statistic, often associated with the complexity of the data.