Brulee bakery produces regular and vegan baked goods. each time the bakery switches from goods that include dairy products to vegan goods, the mixing bowls must be cleaned and sterilized to avoid cross-contamination. under activity-based costing, the company is most likely to classify cleaning the mixing bowls as a(n) activity.

batch level activity  

Explanation: In simple words, it refers to the operational activities that are performed to make the batch of a single product. Such activities include  setup, testing and maintenance etc.

In the given case, Brulee has been preparing for the vegan food and is doing the process right from the scratch so that there would be no contamination.

Hence we can conclude that they are providing the batch fro the vegan food.

answer; ///(d); determining who competes most closely   with whom evaluating whether industry driving forces and competitive pressure favor some strategic groups and hurt others, and ascertaining whether the profit potential of different strategic groups varies due to the strengths and weaknesses in each groups respective market positions;