Question: Could you please help with Managerial Accounting multiple choice question. 1. Which of the following statements is not a unit level activity? NOTE: This question

Could you please help with Managerial Accounting multiple choice question.

1.

Which of the following statements is not a unit level activity?

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A) Processing units on machines
B) Processing units by hand
C) Testing new products
D) Consuming factory supplies
2.

Matt Company uses activity-based costing. The company has two products: A and B. The annual production and sales of Product A is 8,000 units and of Product B is 6,000 units. There are three activity cost pools, with estimated total cost and expected activity as follows:

Expected Activity

Activity Cost Pool

Estimated Cost

Product A

Product B

Total

Activity 1

$20,000

100

400

500

Activity 2

$37,000

800

200

1,000

Activity 3

$91,200

800

3000

3,800

The cost per unit of Product A under activity-based costing is closest to:

A) $2.40
B) $3.90
C) $10.59
D)

$6.60

3.

The following information pertains to Questions 7 10 below:

Acton Company has two products: A and B. The annual production and sales of Product A is 800 units and of Product B is 500 units. The company has traditionally used direct labor-hours as the basis for applying all manufacturing overhead to products. Product A requires 0.3 direct labor-hours per unit and Product B requires 0.2 direct labor-hours per unit. The total estimated overhead for next period is $92,023.

The company is considering switching to an activity-based costing system for the purpose of computing unit product costs for external reports. The new activity-based costing system would have three overhead activity cost pools Activity 1, Activity 2, and General Factory with estimated overhead costs and expected activity as follows:

Expected Activity

Activity Cost Pool

Estimated

Overhead Costs

Product A

Product B

Total

Activity 1

$14,487

500

600

1,100

Activity 2

$64,800

2,500

500

3,000

General Factory

$12,736

240

100

340

Total

$92,023

(Note: The General Factory activity cost pools costs are allocated on the basis of direct labor-hours.)

Q . The overhead cost per unit of Product A under the activity-based costing system is closest to:

A) $86.97
B) $70.79
C) $81.20
D) $11.24

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