A profit center is responsible for generating revenue, but it is not responsible for controlling costs. a. True
b. False

The hawthorne works was a large western electric factory with 45,000 employees. during the 1920s and 1930s, hawthorne works was the site of some well-known industrial studies. in one of the studies, researchers investigated the impact of different working conditions on worker productivity. prior to the start of the study, researchers secretly measured workers' productivity for several weeks. then researchers chose two workers, who then chose their own teams. the teams were separated from the general workforce and completed their work in different experiment rooms where the researchers could observe them more easily. over a 5-year period researchers manipulated the structure of the workday for each team (number and duration of breaks and number of hours per shift). for each of these changes in working conditions, the researchers measured the effect on productivity. for some conditions, such as frequent short breaks, workers rebelled by intentionally decreasing productivity.why did the researchers secretly measure the workers' productivity before creating the two treatment groups? a, to create similar treatment groups so that a cause-and-effect relationship could be establishedb, to draw conclusions about the productivity of all workers in the plant based on the test groupsc, to directly control for confounding variablesd, to provide a baseline for measuring worker productivity

The following cost data relate to the manufacturing activities of chang company during the just completed year: manufacturing overhead costs incurred: indirect materials $ 15,800 indirect labor 138,000 property taxes, factory 8,800 utilities, factory 78,000 depreciation, factory 150,600 insurance, factory 10,800 total actual manufacturing overhead costs incurred $ 402,000 other costs incurred: purchases of raw materials (both direct and indirect) $ 408,000 direct labor cost $ 68,000 inventories: raw materials, beginning $ 20,800 raw materials, ending $ 30,800 work in process, beginning $ 40,800 work in process, ending $ 70,800 the company uses a predetermined overhead rate of $20 per machine-hour to apply overhead cost to jobs. a total of 20,500 machine-hours were used during the year. required: 1. compute the amount of underapplied or overapplied overhead cost for the year. 2. prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured for the year.

Lynch company manufactures and sells a single product. the following costs were incurred during the company’s first year of operations: variable costs per unit: manufacturing: direct materials $ 12 direct labor $ 6 variable manufacturing overhead $ 1 variable selling and administrative $ 1 fixed costs per year: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 308,000 fixed selling and administrative $ 218,000 during the year, the company produced 28,000 units and sold 15,000 units. the selling price of the company’s product is $56 per unit. required: 1. assume that the company uses absorption costing: a. compute the unit product cost. b. prepare an income statement for the year. 2. assume that the company uses variable costing: a. compute the unit product cost. b. prepare an income statement for the year.