Merrill, Inc

Multiple Choice

Merrill, Inc. manufactures remote controls. Currently the company uses a plant-wide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead costs. The plant manager believes it is time to refine the method of cost allocation and has the accounting department identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers:

The current traditional cost method allocates overhead costs based on direct labor hours using a rate of $ 400 per labor hour.
-What are the manufacturing overhead costs per remote control assuming an activity-based costing method is used and a batch of 50 remote controls are produced? The batch requires 100 parts,6 direct manufacturing labor hours,and 2.5 minutes of inspection time.

A) $8.00 per remote control
B) $13.10 per remote control
C) $48.00 per remote control
D) $655.00 per remote control