The overhead absorption rate used to allocate manufacturing overhead is calculated by: Select one: a. dividing the total actual manufacturing overhead costs by the total estimated quantity of the cost driver b. dividing the total estimated quantity of the cost driver by the total estimated manufacturing overhead costs c. dividing the total estimated manufacturing overhead costs by the total estimated quantity of the allocation base d. dividing the total estimated manufacturing overhead by the total actual quantity of the cost driver   2.The predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is usually computed: Select one: A. At the end of the financial year B. During the financial year C. When overheads have been incurred D. At the beginning of the financial year 3. The traditional cost drivers used in computing overhead absorption rates are: Select one: a. floor space, rent and rates, machinery value b. direct labour hours, machine cost, direct labour cost c. direct labour hours, machine hours, direct labour cost d. direct labour cost, machine hours, factory overhead

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The overhead absorption rate used to allocate manufacturing overhead is calculated by:

Select one:

a. dividing the total actual manufacturing overhead costs by the total estimated quantity of the cost driver

b. dividing the total estimated quantity of the cost driver by the total estimated manufacturing overhead costs

c. dividing the total estimated manufacturing overhead costs by the total estimated quantity of the allocation base

d. dividing the total estimated manufacturing overhead by the total actual quantity of the cost driver

 

2.The predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is usually computed:
Select one:
A. At the end of the financial year
B. During the financial year
C. When overheads have been incurred
D. At the beginning of the financial year

3. The traditional cost drivers used in computing overhead absorption rates are:

Select one:

a. floor space, rent and rates, machinery value

b. direct labour hours, machine cost, direct labour cost

c. direct labour hours, machine hours, direct labour cost

d. direct labour cost, machine hours, factory overhead

 

4. Overheads applied are calculated by:

Select one:

A. Cost driver divided by the OAR

B. OAR times the estimated cost driver activity

C. OAR times the actual cost driver activity

D. Budgeted production overheads divided by the budgeted cost driver activity

5. Under-allocated manufacturing overhead costs are always the result of which of the following situations?

Select one:

A. Estimated overhead costs are greater than actual overhead costs.

B. Actual overhead costs are less than applied overhead costs.

C. Actual overhead costs are greater than estimated overhead costs.

D. Applied overhead costs are less than actual overhead costs.

 

6. The centrepiece of a job-costing system is the:

Select one:

a. materials requisition form

b. job-cost sheet

c. labour time ticket

d. budgeted overhead rate

 

7.Black Company uses predetermined overhead rates to apply manufacturing overheads to jobs. The predetermined overhead rates are based on machine hours in Department A and direct labour cost in Department B. At the beginning of the year, the company made the following estimates:

  Department A Department B
Manufacturing Overhead $25,000 $30,000
Direct Labour Hour 16,000 12,000
Machine Hours 5,000 10,000
Direct Labour Cost $20,000 $15,000

What predetermined overhead rates would be used in Departments A and B respectively?

Select one:

a. $5.00 and 200%

b. $5.00 and $2.00

c. 110% and $15

d. $8.00 and 50%

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