Exam 2: Job-Order Costing: Calculating Unit Production Costs

Meenach Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours.The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on 80,000 direct labor-hours,total fixed manufacturing overhead cost of $160,000,and a variable manufacturing overhead rate of $2.30 per direct labor-hour.Recently Job X387 was completed and required 120 direct labor-hours. Required: Calculate the amount of overhead applied to Job X387.

Bassett Corporation has two production departments,Milling and Customizing.The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department.The Milling Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Customizing Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours.At the beginning of the current year,the company had made the following estimates: The predetermined overhead rate for the Milling Department is closest to:

Spang Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours. The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on the following data: Recently, Job P505 was completed with the following characteristics: -The amount of overhead applied to Job P505 is closest to:

Garza Corporation has two production departments, Casting and Customizing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Casting Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Customizing Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates: -The predetermined overhead rate for the Casting Department is closest to:

-The following data have been recorded for recently completed Job 450 on its job cost sheet.Direct materials cost was $3,044.A total of 46 direct labor-hours and 104 machine-hours were worked on the job.The direct labor wage rate is $15 per labor-hour.The Corporation applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine-hours.The predetermined overhead rate is $13 per machine-hour.The total cost for the job on its job cost sheet would be:

Prayer Corporation has two production departments,Machining and Customizing.The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department.The Machining Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Customizing Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours.At the beginning of the current year,the company had made the following estimates: The estimated total manufacturing overhead for the Machining Department is closest to:

Levron Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours. The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on total fixed manufacturing overhead cost of $58,000, variable manufacturing overhead of $2.00 per machine-hour, and 20,000 machine-hours. The company has provided the following data concerning Job P978 which was recently completed: -The unit product cost for Job P978 is closest to:

The appeal of using multiple departmental overhead rates is that they presumably provide a more accurate accounting of the costs caused by jobs.

Sivret Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours. The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on the following data: Recently, Job M598 was completed with the following characteristics: -The unit product cost for Job M598 is closest to:

Halbur Corporation has two manufacturing departments--Machining and Customizing. The company used the following data at the beginning of the year to calculate predetermined overhead rates: During the most recent month, the company started and completed two jobs--Job C and Job J. There were no beginning inventories. Data concerning those two jobs follow: -Assume that the company uses a plantwide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on machine-hours.The amount of manufacturing overhead applied to Job J is closest to:

Morataya Corporation has two manufacturing departments--Machining and Assembly. The company used the following data at the beginning of the year to calculate predetermined overhead rates: During the most recent month, the company started and completed two jobs--Job B and Job G. There were no beginning inventories. Data concerning those two jobs follow: -Assume that the company uses a plantwide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on machine-hours.The amount of manufacturing overhead applied to Job G is closest to:

Lueckenhoff Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on total fixed manufacturing overhead cost of $497,000, variable manufacturing overhead of $2.40 per direct labor-hour, and 70,000 direct labor-hours. The company has provided the following data concerning Job T498 which was recently completed: -The predetermined overhead rate is closest to:

Temby Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours.The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on 10,000 machine-hours,total fixed manufacturing overhead cost of $88,000,and a variable manufacturing overhead rate of $3.20 per machine-hour.Job K418,which was for 50 units of a custom product,was recently completed.The job cost sheet for the job contained the following data: Required: a.Calculate the estimated total manufacturing overhead for the year. b.Calculate the predetermined overhead rate for the year. c.Calculate the amount of overhead applied to Job K418. d.Calculate the total job cost for Job K418. e.Calculate the unit product cost for Job K418. f.Calculate the selling price for Job K418 if the company marks up its unit product costs by 30%.

Barbeau Corporation has two production departments, Milling and Customizing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Milling Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Customizing Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates: During the current month the company started and finished Job A492. The following data were recorded for this job: -The amount of overhead applied in the Milling Department to Job A492 is closest to:

Dearden Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours.The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on total fixed manufacturing overhead cost of $144,000,variable manufacturing overhead of $2.00 per machine-hour,and 60,000 machine-hours.The predetermined overhead rate is closest to:

Fee The first step is to calculate the estimated total overhead costs in the two departments. Machining Customizing The second step is to combine the estimated manufacturing overhead costs in the two departments ($44,400 + $21,200 = $65,600) to calculate the plantwide predetermined overhead rate as follow: The overhead applied to Job C is calculated as follows: Overhead applied to a particular job = Predetermined overhead rate x Machine-hours incurred by the job = $6.56 per MH x (4,100 MHs + 1,600 MHs) = $6.56 per MH x (5,700 MHs) = $37,392 Job C's manufacturing cost: Reference: CH02-Ref24 Prather Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on the following data: Recently, Job P513 was completed with the following characteristics: -The predetermined overhead rate is closest to:

Malakan Corporation has two production departments,Machining and Finishing.The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department.The Machining Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Finishing Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours.At the beginning of the current year,the company had made the following estimates: During the current month the company started and finished Job K368.The following data were recorded for this job: The amount of overhead applied in the Machining Department to Job K368 is closest to:

Florek Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours.The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on the following data: Required: a.Calculate the estimated total manufacturing overhead for the year. b.Calculate the predetermined overhead rate for the year.

Kalp Corporation has two production departments, Machining and Finishing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Machining Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Finishing Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates: During the current month the company started and finished Job K928. The following data were recorded for this job: -The estimated total manufacturing overhead for the Machining Department is closest to:

Kalp Corporation has two production departments, Machining and Finishing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Machining Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Finishing Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates: During the current month the company started and finished Job K928. The following data were recorded for this job: -The amount of overhead applied in the Machining Department to Job K928 is closest to: