Multiple Choice
Exhibit 3-3
Metro Inc.has two production departments (Lamination and Molding) and three service departments (Human Resources,Technology Support,and Purchasing) .Service department costs are allocated to production departments using the direct method.The $200,000 costs of Human Resources are allocated based on the number of employees in each production department.The $400,000 costs of Technology Support are allocated based on hours of technology support used by each production department.The $120,000 of Purchasing is allocated on the pounds of raw materials purchased for each production department.Information for each production department is as follows:
-Refer to Exhibit 3-3.Using the direct method of allocating service department costs to production departments,how much of the Human Resource service department costs should be allocated to the Lamination Department?
A) $70,000
B) $150,000
C) $40,000
D) $50,000
E) None of the answer choices is correct.
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