Figure 4-21 Appleby Manufacturing Uses an Activity-Based Costing System

Multiple Choice

Figure 4-21 Appleby Manufacturing uses an activity-based costing system. The company produces Model F and Model G. Information relating to the two products is as follows: The following overhead costs are reported for the following activities of the production process:
Jones manufacturing has used activity based costing to assign costs to Models F and G as given in the table below:
Appleby Manufacturing wants to implement an approximately relevant ABC system by using the two most expensive activities for cost assignment.
Refer to Figure 4-21. Under this new approach, which two activities would be selected as the cost pools?

A) materials handling and labor related
B) labor related and batch inspections
C) product design and batch inspections
D) materials handling and central purchasing