Question: A company operates an activity based costing ( ABC ) system to attribute its overhead costs to cost objects. In its budget for the year

A company operates an activity based costing (ABC) system to attribute its overhead costs to cost objects.
In its budget for the year-ending 31st August, 2022. The company expected to place a total of 2000 purchase
orders at a total cost of 1,00,000. This activity and its related costs were budgeted to occur at a constant
rate throughout the budget year which is divided into 13 four week periods.
During the four-week period ended 30th June 2021, a total of 200 purchase orders were placed at a cost of
9,000. The over recovery of these costs for the four-week period was
A.2,000
B.3,000
C.1,500
D.1,000

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