What is an activity-based approach to designing a costing system? A - Activity based approaches enhances a costing systems by taking into account activities like an event, task, or unit of work that a companys does. The activity based approach system identifies these activities as fundamental cost objects. Activity-based costing calculates the cost of these activities and assign cost to the individual cost objects. Instructors Q - Can you and/or the class provide me with some examples of what you're talking about? Criteria None Reference: Horngren, C. T., Datar, S.M., Foster, G., Rajan, M., & Ittner, C. (2009). Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (13th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, p. 144