Basing overhead allocation solely on volume
A)will undercost high-volume products and overcost low-volume products.
B)will overcost high-volume products and undercost low-volume products.
C)is the sole basis of the activity-based costing model.
D)All of the above are correct.

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Basing overhead allocation solely on volume will lead to undercosting high-volume products and overcosting low-volume products. This is because high-volume products will consume more overhead resources, but if the overhead allocation is solely based on volume, then low-volume products will also be allocated the same amount of overhead as high-volume products, resulting in overcosting of low-volume products. This method is not the sole basis of the activity-based costing model, which takes into account other factors such as the complexity and diversity of activities.

Basing Overhead Allocation Solely on Volume