ZMSQ 12 Activity Based Costing
ZMSQ 12 Activity Based Costing
ZMSQ 12 Activity Based Costing
31. All of the following are examples of non-value-added activities except: 38. Products make diverse demands on resources because of differences in all of the following
A. assembling C. handling EXCEPT
B. expediting D. reworking A. batch size. C. selling price.
B. complexity. D. volume.
32. The ideal standard quantity for nonvalue-added activities is
A. zero 39. __________________ are causal factors that explain the consumption of overhead.
B. practical capacity A. Activity drivers C. Cost objectives
C. the currently attainable quantity standard B. Cost catchers D. Cost pools
D. the cost of resources acquired in advance of usage
33. The following items are used in tracing costs in an ABC system. In which order are they used?
(1) cost object (3) activity driver 40. Unit-level cost drivers are most appropriate as an overhead assignment base when
(2) cost driver (4) cost pool A. direct labor costs are low.
B. only one product is manufactured.
A. 1, 2, 3, 4 C. 2, 4, 3, 1 C. factories produce a varied mix of products.
B. 2, 3, 4, 1 D. 4, 3, 1, 2 D. several complex products are manufactured.
B. machine hours D. number of units B. designing, changing, and advertising D. scheduling, setting up, and moving
42. All of the following are nonunit-based activity drivers EXCEPT 51. Which of the following is not a type of sustaining activity?
A. number of direct labor hours C. number of material moves A. Capacity-sustaining. C. Distribution-channel sustaining.
B. number of inspections D. number of setups B. Customer-sustaining. D. Unit-sustaining.
43. _____ are those performed each time a unit is produced or sold. 52. _____ relate to an entire plant as a whole.
A. Batch-level activities. C. Sustaining activities. A. Batch-level activities. C. Sustaining activities.
B. Facility-sustaining activities. D. Unit-level activities. B. Facility-sustaining activities. D. Unit-level activities.
44. Examples of activities at the unit level of costs include: 53. Which of the following statements about activity-based costing is not true?
A. heating, lighting, and security C. scheduling, setting up, and moving A. In activity-based costing, cost drivers are what cause costs to be incurred.
B. cutting, painting, and packaging D. designing, changing, and advertising B. Activity-based costing is useful for allocating marketing and distribution costs.
C. Activity-based costing differs from traditional costing systems in that products are not
45. In allocating variable costs to products, cross-subsidized.
A. a volume-based cost driver should be used. D. Activity-based costing is more likely to result in major differences from traditional costing
B. a company should never use more than one cost driver. systems if the firm manufactures only one product rather than multiple products.
C. direct labor hours should always be used as the allocation base. 54. Examples of activities at the plant level of costs include:
D. a company should use the same allocation base that it uses for fixed costs. A. cutting, painting, and packaging C. heating, lighting, and security
B. designing, changing, and advertising D. scheduling, setting up, and moving
46. _____ are those that a company performs when it makes a group of units .
A. Batch-level activities. C. Sustaining activities.
B. Facility-sustaining activities. D. Unit-level activities. PROBLEMS
1. A time-and-motion study revealed that it should take 1 hour to produce a product that currently
47. Examples of activities at the batch level of costs include: takes 3 hours to produce. Labor is $8 per hour. Nonvalue-added costs are
A. heating, lighting, and security C. scheduling, setting up, and moving A. $0 C. $16
B. cutting, painting, and packaging D. designing, changing, and advertising B. $8 D. $24
48. If JIT manufacturing is used, maintenance of the production equipment would be classified as 2. Setup time for a product is six hours. A firm that uses JIT and produces the same product has
a reduced setup time to 30 minutes. Setup labor is $24 per hour. Value-added costs are
A. cell-level activity C. product-level activity A. $12 C. $132
B. facility-level activity D. unit-level activity B. $24 D. $144
49. Testing a prototype of a new product is an example of a 3. Each unit of product requires 8 gallons of raw material. Due to scrap and rework, each unit has
A. Batch-level activity. C. Product-level activity. been averaging 9 gallons of raw material. The raw material costs $4 per gallon. Value-added
B. Organization-sustaining activity. D. Unit-level activity. costs are
A. $2 C. $32
50. Examples of activities at the product level of costs include: B. $4 D. $36
A. cutting, painting, and packaging C. heating, lighting, and security
4. A company keeps 20 days of raw materials inventory on hand to avoid shutdowns due to raw The total annual cost of OOA was $7.5 million, and the total annual cost of providing
materials shortages. Carrying costs average $2,000 per day. A competitor keeps 10 days of residential space and meals was $7.2 million.
inventory on hand the competitor’s carrying costs average $1,000 per day. Value-added costs
are Accordingly, the ABC analysis indicates that the daily costing rate should be
A. $0 C. $20,000 A. $620.00 for all occupants.
B. $10,000 D. $40,000 B. $182.50 for occupants in the low-usage category.
C. $245.00 for occupants in the high-usage category.
5. New Rage Cosmetics has used a traditional cost accounting system to apply quality control D. $145.00 for occupants in the medium-usage category.
costs uniformly to all products at a rate of 14.5% of direct labor cost. Monthly direct labor cost
for Satin Sheen makeup is $27,500. In an attempt to distribute quality control costs more Questions 7 thru 9 are based on the following information.
equitably, New Rage is considering activity-based costing. The monthly data shown in the Dierich Company uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The
chart below have been gathered for Satin Sheen. company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity based costing
Quantity for system:
Activity Cost Driver Cost Rates Satin Sheen Costs:
Incoming material inspection Type of material $11.50 per type 12 types Manufacturing overhead $600,000
In-process inspection Number of units $0.14 per unit 17,500 units Selling and admin. expenses $220,000
Product certification Per order $77per order 25 orders Total $820,000
The monthly quality control cost assigned to Satin Sheen makeup using activity-based costing Distribution of resource consumption:
is Activity Cost Pools
A. $8,500.50 Order Size Customer Support Other Total
B. $88.64 per order. Manufacturing overhead 15% 75% 10% 100%
C. $525.50 lower than the cost using the traditional system. Selling and admin. Expenses 60% 20% 20% 100%
D. $525.50 higher than the cost using the traditional system. 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
6. ALF Co. is an assisted-living facility that provides services in the form of residential space, pools.
meals, and other occupant assistance (OOA) to its occupants. ALF currently uses a traditional
7. How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Order Size
cost account system that defines the service provided as assisted living, with service output
activity cost pool?
measured in terms of occupant days. Each occupant is charged a daily rate equal to ALF’s
A. $123,000 C. $307,500
annual cost of providing residential space, meals and OOA divided by total occupant days.
B. $222,000 D. $492,000
However, an activity-based costing (ABC) analysis has revealed that occupant’s use of OOA
varies substantially. This analysis determined that occupants could be grouped into three
8. How much cost, in total, should NOT be allocated to orders and products in the second stage
categories (low, moderate, and high usage of OOA) and that the activity driver of OOA is
of the allocation process if the activity-based costing system is used for internal decision-
nursing hours. The driver of the other activities is occupant days. The following quantitative
making?
information was also provided:
A. $0. C. $104,000.
Occupant category Annual Occupant Days Annual Nursing Hours
B. $82,000. D. $164,000.
Low Usage 36,000 90,000
9. How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Customer
Medium Usage 18,000 90,000
Support activity cost pool?
High Usage 6,000 120,000
A. $164,000 C. $494,000
60,000 300,000
B. $389,500 D. $615,000 A company has identified the following overhead costs and cost drivers for the coming year.
Overhead Item Cost Driver Budgeted Cost Budgeted Activity Level
Questions 10 through 13 are based on the following information. Machine setup No. of setups $ 20,000 200
Zebra Corporation has the following activities: creating bills of materials (BOM), studying Inspection No. of inspections $130,000 6,500
manufacturing capabilities, improving manufacturing processes, training employees, and designing Material handling No. of material moves $ 80,000 8,000
tooling. The general ledger accounts reveal the following expenditures for manufacturing Engineering Engineering hours $ 50,000 1,000
engineering: $280,000
Salaries $150,000 The following information was collected on three jobs that were completed during the year:
Equipment 80,000 Job 101 Job 102 Job 103
Supplies 20,000 Direct materials $5,000 $12,000 $8,000
Total $250,000 Direct labor $2,000 $ 2,000 $4,000
The equipment is used for two activities: improving processes and designing tooling. Thirty-five Units completed 100 50 200
percent of the equipment’s time is used for improving processes and sixty-five percent is used for Number of setups 1 2 4
designing tools. The salaries are for two engineers. One is paid $100,000, while the other earns Number of inspections 20 10 30
$50,000. The $100,000 engineer spends 40% of his time training employees in new processes and Number of material moves 30 10 50
60% of his time on improving processes. The remaining engineer spends equal time on all Engineering hours 10 50 10
activities. Supplies are consumed in the following proportions: Budgeted direct labor cost was $100,000, and budgeted direct material cost was $280,000.
Creating BOMs 25%
Studying capabilities 10% 14. If the company uses activity-based costing, how much overhead cost should be allocable to
Improving processes 20% Job 101?
Training employees 25% A. $1,300 C. $5,000
Designing tooling 20% B. $2,000 D. $5,600
10. What is the cost assigned to the creating BOMs activity?
15. If the company uses activity-based costing, compute the cost of each unit of Job 102.
A. $15,000 C. $87,500
A. $340 C. $440
B. $62,500 D. $250,000
B. $392 D. $520
11. What is the cost assigned to the improving processes activity?
16. The company prices its products at 140% of cost. If the company uses activity-based costing,
A. $50,000 C. $102,000
the price of each unit of Job 103 would be
B. $87,500 D. $250,000
A. $98 C. $116
12. What is the cost assigned to the training employees activity?
B. $100 D. $140
A. $55,000 C. $162,500
B. $62,500 D. $250,000
Questions 17 thru 22 are based on the following information
Special Products recently installed an activity-based relational data base. Using the information
13. What is the cost assigned to the designing tooling activity?
contained in the activity relational table, the following pool rates were computed:
A. $50,000 C. $162,500
$200 per purchase order
B. $66,000 D. $250,000
$12 per machine hour, process A
$15 per machine hour, process B
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following information.
$40 per engineering hour