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uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production
department. The Forming Department’s predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours
and the Assembly Department’s predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the
beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates:
Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost
Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour
Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour
During the current month the company started and finished Job T288. The following data were
recorded for this job:
The predetermined overhead rate for the Assembly Department is closest to:
A) $3.00 per direct labor-hour
B) $12.70 per direct labor-hour
C) $9.70 per direct labor-hour
D) $5.35 per direct labor-hour