Question: 15 Assume a companys activity-based costing system includes three activities. The following information is available with respect to those activities: Activity Cost Pool Estimated Overhead

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Assume a companys activity-based costing system includes three activities. The following information is available with respect to those activities:

Activity Cost Pool Estimated Overhead Cost Expected Activity
Travel $ 130,000 100,000 miles driven
Deliveries $ 110,000 2,200 customer deliveries
Customer service $ 220,000 10,000 phone calls

What is the activity rate for the Travel activity?

Multiple Choice

  • $1.13 per mile driven

  • $0.13 per mile driven

  • $1.30 per mile driven

  • $13.00 per mile driven

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Assume a companys activity-based costing system includes three activities with the following activity rates:

Activity Cost Pool Activity Rate
Travel $ 2 per mile driven
Deliveries $ 65 per delivery
Customer service $ 22 per phone call

Two of the companys many customers include Customer A and Customer B. These two customers consumed the companys activities as follows:

Total Expected Activity
Customer A Customer B
Travel (number of miles driven) 300 250
Deliveries (number of deliveries) 15 7
Customer service (number of phone calls) 20 12

How much cost would be assigned from the Deliveries activity to Customer B?

Multiple Choice

  • $455

  • $1,410

  • $955

  • $14

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Assume a service company has implemented an activity-based costing system with five activities as shown below:

Activity Cost Pool (Activity Measure) Total Cost Total Activity
Customer deliveries (Number of deliveries) $ 400,000 8,000 deliveries
Manual order processing (Number of manual orders) $ 280,000 2,000 manual orders
Electronic order processing (Number of electronic orders) $ 150,000 15,000 electronic orders
Line item picking (Number of line items picked) $ 450,000 375,000 line items
Other organization-sustaining costs (None) $ 300,000

The company serves numerous customers, two of which include Hospital A and Hospital B. The activity demands pertaining to these two customers are as follows:

Activity Measure Activity
Hospital A Hospital B
Number of deliveries 10 25
Number of manual orders 0 35
Number of electronic orders 15 0
Number of line items picked 120 250

How much cost would be assigned from the Manual Order Processing activity to Hospital B?

Multiple Choice

  • $2,800

  • $284,900

  • $280,000

  • $4,900

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