Which of the following is not considered to be a benefit of activity-based costing

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  • 1.

    Activity based costing is considered to be a traditional costing method.

  • 2.

    Under ABC, indirect manufacturing costs are predominantly assigned on the basis of direct machine hours.

  • 3.

    Which of the following would not be included in a product's cost for inventory valuation for the financial statements?

  • 4.

    Which would be the least favorable basis for allocating manufacturing overhead for a factory with automated equipment and a significant variation of services by its indirect labor?

  • 5.

    Which would be the most favorable basis for allocating manufacturing overhead for a factory with automated equipment and a significant variation of services by its indirect labor?

  • 6.

    Activity-based costing will provide greater accuracy when allocating costs than a manufacturer's machine hours when its products and customers are __________ diverse.

  • 7.

    When using machine hours for allocating manufacturing overhead (instead of activity-based costing), a low-volume item requiring a significant amount of special handling will be assigned too __________ manufacturing overhead.

  • 8.

    The cost to set up production equipment is best allocated directly to products via machine hours.

  • 9.

    Setup cost is an example of a batch-level cost.

  • 10.

    Manufacturing costs are often organized in the general ledger by function and department. When applying activity-based costing, these manufacturing costs will be sorted by activities.

  • 11.

    In activity-based costing, the manufacturing overhead cost per unit will depend partially on the number of units in a batch.

  • 12.

    In ABC the assumption is that __________ use resources or cause costs.

  • 13.

    If products are uniform and customers are similar in their demands, activity-based costing may not offer a significant advantage over machine hours when assigning overhead.

  • 14.

    A product with a high gross profit could be an unprofitable product.

  • 15.

    Activity-based costing can be used to allocate SG&A expenses in order to assist management with pricing and other marketing decisions.

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    Which of the following is not a benefit of activity

    Fewer cost pools used to assign overhead costs to products is not a benefit of activity based costing.

    Which of the following is a benefit of activity

    Activity-based costing gives managers more accurate production costs. This can help businesses make more informed decisions about which products to produce or help them find cheaper methods of production. It can also help when determining pricing for individual products.

    Which of the following is not considered to be a benefit of ABC?

    Reduction of prime cost is not the benefit of the activity-based costing system. Explanation: In an activity-based cost system, a unique measure of cost is applied to the products and manufacturing items.

    Which of the following is not true about the benefits and costs of activity

    The answer is (c) It requires few calculations to determine the costs of products and services.