Figure 7-6 Golden Leaves Company Has Two Support Departments, Maintenance Department (MD)

Multiple Choice

Figure 7-6
Golden Leaves Company has two support departments, Maintenance Department (MD) and Personnel Department (PD) , and two producing departments, P1 and P2. The Maintenance Department costs of $30,000 are allocated on the basis of standard service used. The Personnel Department costs of $4,500 are allocated on the basis of number of employees. The direct costs of Departments P1 and P2 are $9,000 and $15,000, respectively.
Data on standard service hours and number of employees are as follows:

-Refer to Figure 7-6. Using the sequential method, if the support department with the highest percentage of interdepartmental service is allocated first, the cost of the Maintenance Department allocated to Department P1 is

A) $20,000.
B) $30,000.
C) $4,500.
D) $18,000.