The following cost data pertain to the operations of Quinonez Department Stores, Inc., for the month of September.

Corporate headquarters building lease $77,000
Cosmetics Department sales commissions--Northridge Store $ 4,000
Corporate legal office salaries $59,000
Store manager's salary-Northridge Store $11,000
Heating-Northridge Store $10,000
Cosmetics Department cost of sales--Northridge Store $37,000
Central warehouse lease cost $16,000
Store security-Northridge Store $12,000
Cosmetics Department manager's salary--Northridge Store $4,000
he Northridge Store is just one of many stores owned and operated by the company. The Cosmetics Department is one of many departments at the Northridge Store. The central warehouse serves all of the company's stores.

What is the total amount of the costs listed above that are NOT direct costs of the Northridge Store?

A. $152,000
B. $33,000
C. $45,000
D. $77,000

Gwen, a manager at exude apparels inc., received a message from a customer requesting a replacement for a purchased pair of shoes. exude apparels has a clearly stated no-return policy. gwen responded to the customer denying the request in a tactful and clear manner. despite this, the customer submitted a second request. in this scenario, which of the following is an appropriate response to the second request?

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

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