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Indirect Labor / Plantwide Allocation Base = Single Plantwide Rate
375,000$ 3,750 dlh per dlh
Direct Indirect Indirect
Labor Plantwide Labor Labor Cost
Hours Rate =Cost Units =per Unit
Cell phones 1,875 $100.00 $187,500 93,750 $2.00
Activity-based rates: Production
Budgeted activity cost 150,000$ 225,000$
c.
Activity-Base Activity Activity Activity-Base Activity Activity
Activity Usage Rate Cost Usage Rate Cost
Setup 600 setups $75.00 /setup 45,000$ 1,400 setups $75.00 /setup 105,000$
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The per-unit indirect labor costs in (a) are distorted because setup activity is consumed by the products in a different ratio from
the direct labor. Cell phones required 600 setups over a volume of 93,750 units (or 156 units per production run), while tablets
required 1,400 setups over the same volume (approximately 67 units per production run). The activity-based costing method
equal. Again, this is clearly a distortion since the setup activity (40% of the indirect labor) is not consumed equally by each
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