1C3P WILCOX INDUSTRIAL HAS TWO SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS, THE INFORMATION S...

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Wilcox Industrial has two support departments, the Information Systems Department and

the Personnel Department, and two manufacturing departments, the Machining

Department and the Assembly Department. The support departments service each other

as well as the two production departments. Company studies have shown that the

Personnel Department provides support to a greater number of departments than the

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Information Systems Department. Which one of the following departmental allocations

is present in the reciprocal method of departmental allocation? The costs of the

a. Assembly Department are allocated to the Information Systems Department and

the Personnel Department.

b. Information Systems Department are allocated to the Machining Department and

the costs of the Machining Department are allocated to the Assembly Department.

c. Personnel Department are allocated solely to the Information Systems

Department.

d. Information Systems Department are allocated to the Personnel Department,

Machining Department, and Assembly Department.