The predetermined overhead rate is multiplied by the actual allocation base incurred by a job to find:

a. actual overhead
b. overhead applied to the job
c. the predetermined overhead rate for the job
d. the total cost of the job

B. overhead applied to the job

Explanation:Applied overhead is the amount of overhead that has been applied to a cost object, in a well performing large business, an applied overhead of 35% of total revenue is considered to be favourable.

The major reason which causes Organisations to make use of a predetermined overhead rate is to assign manufacturing overhead costs to jobs based on certain Regular activities, these activities are; direct labor work hours, machine run time( in hours), or direct labor costs etc.