Exam 10: Standard Costs and Variances

The Bowden Corporation makes a single product. Only one kind of direct material is used to make this product. The company uses a standard cost system. The company's cost records for June show the following data: There were no beginning inventories of direct materials. The actual cost of direct material was:

Hardigree Corporation makes a product that has the following direct labor standards: In May the company's budgeted production was 8,900 units, but the actual production was 8,800 units. The company used 2,820 direct labor-hours to produce this output. The actual direct labor cost was $70,218. The labor efficiency variance for May is:

Termeer Inc. has provided the following data concerning one of the products in its standard cost system. Variable manufacturing overhead is applied to products on the basis of direct labor-hours. The company has reported the following actual results for the product for August: The variable overhead rate variance for the month is closest to:

The Bowden Corporation makes a single product. Only one kind of direct material is used to make this product. The company uses a standard cost system. The company's cost records for June show the following data: There were no beginning inventories of direct materials. The standard cost of direct material for one unit of output is:

Fluegge Inc. has provided the following data concerning one of the products in its standard cost system. Variable manufacturing overhead is applied to products on the basis of direct labor-hours. The company has reported the following actual results for the product for December: The variable overhead rate variance for the month is closest to:

A product's standard cost card specifies that a unit of the product requires 4 direct labor-hours. During September, 3,350 units were made, which was 150 units less than budgeted. The total budgeted direct labor cost for September was $117,600. The direct labor cost incurred during September was $111,850 and 13,450 direct labor-hours were worked. The labor efficiency variance for the month was:

Kartman Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: In June the company's budgeted production was 3,400 units but the actual production was 3,500 units. The company used 22,150 pounds of the direct material and 2,290 direct labor-hours to produce this output. During the month, the company purchased 25,400 pounds of the direct material at a cost of $170,180. The actual direct labor cost was $57,021 and the actual variable overhead cost was $8,931. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. The materials quantity variance for June is: