The Maplewood Clinic Has Two Service Departments (Human Resources and Information

The Maplewood Clinic has two service departments (Human Resources and Information Systems) and two "production" departments (In-patient Treatment and Out-patient Treatment) . The service departments service the "production" departments as well as each other, and studies have shown that Information Systems provides the greatest amount of service. Which of the following allocations would not occur if Maplewood uses the step-down method of cost allocation?

A) Information Systems cost would be allocated to Human Resources.
B) Human Resources cost would be allocated to Out-patient Treatment.
C) Human Resources cost would be allocated to In-patient Treatment.
D) In-patient Treatment cost would be allocated to Out-patient Treatment.
E) Human Resources cost would be allocated to Information Systems.