Question 1. Which of the companies below would be most likely to not use job-order costing?
A contract printer
A custom boat builder
A chemical manufacturer
A specialty coffee roaster
Question 2. James Company applies manufacturing overhead based on machine hours. Information concerning manufacturing overhead cost and hours for August follows.
EstimatedActual
Overhead cost $500,000 $400,000
Direct labor hours 15,000 40,000
Machine hours 25,000 80,000
Question 3. How much is the predetermined overhead rate?
$33.33
$5.00
$20.00
$10.00
Question 4. During 2015, Thompson Company applied overhead using a job-order costing system at a rate of $15 per direct labor hour. Estimated direct labor hours for the year were 110,000, and estimated overhead for the year was $1,650,000. Actual direct labor hours for 2015 were 100,000, and actual overhead was $1,520,000. What is the amount of under- or over-applied overhead for the year?
$130,000 under-applied
$20,000 under-applied
$130,000 over-applied
$20,000 over-applied