ACC 202 - Chapter 2 Prep Video

The management of Blue Ocean Company estimates that 50,000 machine-hours will be required to support the production planned for the year. It also estimates $300,000 of total fixed manufacturing overhead cost for the coming year and $4 of variable manufacturing overhead cost per machine-hour. What is the predetermined overhead rate?

$10.00 per machine hour.

What is the predetermined overhead rate for the Packaging Department?

$10.51 per DLH

Wilson Products uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate of $10 per direct labor-hour. Direct material and direct labor associated with Job X23 are $4,000 and $1,200, respectively. If Job X23 used 100 direct labor-hours to produce 50 audio controllers, what is this job's unit product cost (per audio controller)?

$124

Spartan Corporation estimates that it will incur $200,000 of total manufacturing overhead cost at an estimated activity level of 10,000 direct labor-hours. What is the amount of manufacturing overhead that would be applied to a job that required 200 direct labor-hours?

$4,000

What is the estimated total manufacturing overhead in the Assembly Department?

$595,200

Wilson Products uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate of $10 per direct labor-hour. Direct material and direct labor associated with Job X23 are $4,000 and $1,200, respectively. If Job X23 used 100 direct labor-hours, what is the total cost assigned to this job?

$6,200

What is the term used when a company applies less overhead to production than it actually incurs?

Underapplied

The direct materials required to manufacture each unit of product are listed on a ________.

bill of materials

A normal cost system applies overhead to jobs ________.

by multiplying a predetermined overhead rate by the actual amount of the allocation base incurred by the job

The adjustment for overapplied overhead ________.

decreases cost of goods sold and increases net operating income

Companies can improve job cost accuracy by using ________.

multiple predetermined overhead rates

When all of a company's job cost sheets are viewed collectively they form what is known as a ________.

subsidiary ledger

In the cost formula (Y = a + bX) that is used to estimate the total manufacturing overhead cost for a given period, the letter "a" refers to the estimated ________.

total fixed manufacturing overhead cost