41. When a manufacturing company has a highly automated manufacturing plant producing many different products, what is probably the most appropriate basis of applying overhead costs to work-in-process? A. Direct labor hours. B. Direct labor costs C. Machine hours. D. Direct material cost. 42. In a labor intensive company in which more overhead is used by the more highly skilled and paid employees, which activity base would be most appropriate for applying overhead to production? A. Direct labor hours. B. Direct material cost. C. Machine hours. D. Direct labor costs. 43. The ASU Manufacturing Company produces a single product throughout the year. Which of the following product costing systems should be used by ASU? A. Job-order costing. B. Operation costing C. Process costing. D. Batch costing. system. A. True B. False. 45. Operation costing is a hybrid of job order costing and process costing A. True. B. False. 46. A textbook publisher would make extensive use of a job costing system A. True. B. False