Why are overstated reserves sometimes referred to as "cookie jar" reserves? a. companies involved in mergers or acquisitions overstate their liabilities by creating cookie jar reserves. b. he reserve is commonly created during bad times or when routine senior management changes occur. c. some companies may require customers to make deposits for future goods or services that can be intentionally recorded as revenue, which is like money stored in a cookie jar. d. like money stored in a cookie jar, overstated revenues represent a stash of accounting earnings that can be used to bolster the perceived performance of the company in the future.

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.