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Faz, Inc., manufactures and sells two products: Product X0 and Product W7. Data concerning the expected production of each product and the expected total direct labor-hours (DLHs) required to produce that output appear below:
Expected Production | Direct Labor-Hours Per Unit | Total Direct Labor-Hours | |
Product X0 | 2,000 | 5 | 10,000 |
Product W7 | 500 | 2 | 1,000 |
Total direct labor-hours | 11,000 | ||
The direct labor rate is $29.60 per DLH. The direct materials cost per unit is $154.50 for Product X0 and $136 for Product W7.
The company is considering adopting an activity-based costing system with the following activity cost pools, activity measures, and expected activity:
Estimated | Expected Activity | |||||
Activity Cost Pools | Activity Measures | Overhead Cost | Product X0 | Product W7 | Total | |
Labor-related | DLHs | $ | 282,078 | 10,000 | 1,000 | 11,000 |
Production orders | orders | 19,948 | 600 | 800 | 1,400 | |
Order size | MHs | 243,974 | 4,100 | 4,200 | 8,300 | |
$ | 546,000 | |||||
Which of the following statements concerning the unit product cost of Product W7 is true? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)
rev: 03_25_2018_QC_CS-119201
Multiple Choice
The unit product cost of Product W7 under traditional costing is greater than its unit product cost under activity-based costing by $221.68.
The unit product cost of Product W7 under traditional costing is less than its unit product cost under activity-based costing by $77.22.
The unit product cost of Product W7 under traditional costing is greater than its unit product cost under activity-based costing by $77.22.
The unit product cost of Product W7 under traditional costing is less than its unit product cost under activity-based costing by $221.68.