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17) Adelberg Corporation makes two products: Product A and Product B. Annual production
and sales are 500 units of Product A and 1,000 units of Product B. The company has traditionally
used direct labor-hours as the basis for applying all manufacturing overhead to products. Product
A requires 0.4 direct labor-hours per unit and Product B requires 0.2 direct labor-hours per unit.
The total estimated overhead for next period is $68,756.
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:
Activity Cost Pool Estimated Overhead Costs Expected Activity
Product A Product B Total
Activity 1 $ 31,031 1,000 300 1,300
Activity 2 22,249 1,600 300 1,900
General Factory 15,476 200 200 400
Total $ 68,756
(Note: The General Factory activity cost pool’s costs are allocated on the basis of direct labor-
hours.)
The predetermined overhead rate (i.e., activity rate) for Activity 2 under the activity-based
costing system is closest to:
A) $13.91
B) $11.71
C) $74.16
D) $36.19
18) Adelberg Corporation makes two products: Product A and Product B. Annual production
and sales are 2,500 units of Product A and 1,500 units of Product B. The company has
traditionally used direct labor-hours as the basis for applying all manufacturing overhead to
products. Product A requires 0.2 direct labor-hours per unit and Product B requires 0.2 direct
labor-hours per unit. The total estimated overhead for next period is $114,550.
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:
Activity Cost Pool Estimated Overhead Costs Expected Activity
Product A Product B Total
Activity 1 $ 51,660 1,400 700 2,100