Arensky Company uses normal costing to account for overhead in its job costing system. There are 2 departments in the company: Designing and Machining. The Designing Dept. is labor intensive; the Machining Dept. is machine intensive. (OH= Overhead; DLH= Direct Labor Hours; MH= Machine Hours.) The budget for 2019 is as follows:

Designing Machining

Est. OH $2,000,000 $5,600,000

Est DLH 40,000 Hours 10,000 Hours

Est MH. 20,000 Hours 70,000 Hours

Actual Results are as follows:

Designing Machining

Actual OH $2,100,000 $5,650,000

Actual DLH 41,500 Hours 11,000 Hours

Actual MH 19,800 Hours 72,000 Hours

A. Using the most logical allocation base, Calculate the OH Allocation rate for each department. Be sure to state your final answer in proper units.

B. For Each Department, Calculate How much OH is Allocated

C. For Each Department, Give the journal entry to record-over or under-allocated overhead

D. Why is Normal Costing Method preferred to the Actual Costing Method.