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1. Identify the situation below that will result in a favorable variance.
Multiple Choice
Actual revenue is higher than budgeted revenue.
Actual revenue is lower than budgeted revenue.
Actual income is lower than expected income.
Actual costs are higher than budgeted costs.
Actual expenses are higher than budgeted expenses.
2 Hassock Corp. produces woven wall hangings. It takes 2 hours of direct labor to produce a single wall hanging. Hassock’s standard labor cost is $12 per hour. During August, Hassock produced 10,000 units and used 21,040 hours of direct labor at a total cost of $250,376. What is Hassock’s labor rate variance for August?
Multiple Choice
$2,000 favorable.
$2,104 unfavorable.
$2,104 favorable.
$4,160 favorable.
$2,000 unfavorable.
A flexible budget may be prepared:
Multiple Choice
Before the operating period only.
After the operating period only.
During the operating period only.
At any time in the planning period.
Only when the company encounters excessive costs.
Which department is often responsible for the direct materials price variance?
Multiple Choice
The accounting department.
The production department.
The purchasing department.
The finance department.
The budgeting department.
Grant Co. uses the following standard to produce a single unit of its product: Variable overhead (2 hrs. per unit @ $4/hr.) Actual data for the month show total variable overhead costs of $190,000, and 23,000 units produced. The total variable overhead variance is:
Multiple Choice
$6,000F.
$6,000U.
$78,000U.
$78,000F.
$0.
Using the information below, compute the manufacturing cycle
time:
Process time | 6.0 | hours | |
Inspections time | .5 | hours | |
Move time | .6 | hours | |
Wait time | .9 | hours | |
Warehouse storage time | 72.0 | hours | |
Multiple Choice
7.5 hours.
6.5 hours.
8.0 hours.
80.0 hours.
7.1 hours.
1. Identify the situation below that will result in a favorable variance. | |||
Multiple Choice | |||
Actual revenue is higher than budgeted revenue. | Correct | ||
Actual revenue is lower than budgeted revenue. | incorrect | Actual revenue is more than the budgeted or planned revenues. | |
Actual income is lower than expected income. | incorrect | Actual income is higher than expected income. | |
Actual costs are higher than budgeted costs. | incorrect | Actual costs are lower than budgeted costs. | |
Actual expenses are higher than budgeted expenses. | incorrect | Actual expenses are lower than budgeted expenses. | |
2 Hassock Corp. produces woven wall hangings. It takes 2 hours of direct labor to produce a single wall hanging. Hassock’s standard labor cost is $12 per hour. During August, Hassock produced 10,000 units and used 21,040 hours of direct labor at a total cost of $250,376. What is Hassock’s labor rate variance for August? | |||
Multiple Choice | Direct labor rate variance = (Standard rate – Actual rate) x Actual quantity | ||
$2,000 favorable. | Actual Rate = $250,376/21040 | $ 11.90 | |
$2,104 unfavorable. | Direct labor rate variance = (12 – 11.90) x 21040 | 2104 | F |
$2,104 favorable. | Correct | ||
$4,160 favorable. | |||
$2,000 unfavorable. | |||
A flexible budget may be prepared: | |||
Multiple Choice | |||
Before the operating period only. | |||
After the operating period only. | |||
During the operating period only. | |||
At any time in the planning period. | Correct | Flexible budget is prepared using the actual output achieved in the budget period |
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Only when the company encounters excessive costs. | |||
Which department is often responsible for the direct materials price variance? | |||
Multiple Choice | |||
The accounting department. | |||
The production department. | |||
The purchasing department. | Correct | The purchasing department deals with purchasing the raw materials so material price variance is responsible by this department. | |
The finance department. | |||
The budgeting department. |