Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Allen Manufacturing has three departments that differ significantly in their manufacturing processes. A single plantwide rate will give the company the best estimate of overhead costs.
2. Traditional costing provides more detailed information on costs of activities and the drivers of these costs than activity-based costing.
3. Activity-based costing uses a common allocation base for all activities.
4. In the first step in developing an activity-based costing system for a manufacturing company, the management team must determine the activities that incur the majority of the manufacturing overhead costs.
5. In the first step in developing an activity-based costing system, the management team must think about how each activity for a product or service might be improved or whether is it necessary at all.


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE

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