Exam 10: Standard Costs and Variances

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 raw materials price variance for the month is closest to:

Pippin 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 June: The raw materials quantity variance for the month is closest to:

The materials price variance is computed based on the amount of materials purchased during the period.

Information on Westcott Corporation's direct labor costs for a recent month follows: What were the actual hours worked during the month, rounded to the nearest hour?

Chhom Corporation makes a product whose direct labor standards are 0.4 hours per unit and $19.00 per hour. In November the company produced 1,800 units using 760 direct labor-hours. The actual direct labor cost was $13,300. The labor efficiency variance for November is:

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 variable overhead efficiency variance for June is:

If demand is insufficient to keep everyone busy and workers are not laid off, an unfavorable (U) variable overhead efficiency variance often will be a result unless managers build excessive inventories.

Tharaldson Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company reported the following results concerning this product in June. 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 price variance for June is:

Doogan Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company produced 5,200 units in January using 39,310 grams of direct material and 2,380 direct labor-hours. During the month, the company purchased 44,400 grams of the direct material at $1.70 per gram. The actual direct labor rate was $19.30 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $6.80 per hour. 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 January is:

Boldrin Inc. has a standard cost system. The standards for direct labor for one of its products specify 0.20 hours per unit at $18.70 per hour. The company has reported the following actual results for the product for August: Required: a. Compute the labor rate variance for August. b. Compute the labor efficiency variance for August.

Miguez Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company budgeted for production of 2,600 units in September, but actual production was 2,500 units. The company used 5,440 liters of direct material and 1,680 direct labor-hours to produce this output. The company purchased 5,800 liters of the direct material at $7.20 per liter. The actual direct labor rate was $24.10 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $1.90 per hour. 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 variable overhead efficiency variance for September is:

The following materials standards have been established for a particular product: The following data pertain to operations concerning the product for the last month: What is the materials price variance for the month?

Magno Cereal Corporation uses a standard cost system for its "crunchy pickle" cereal. The materials standard for each batch of cereal produced is 1.4 pounds of pickles at a standard cost of $3.00 per pound. During the month of August, Magno purchased 78,000 pounds of pickles at a total cost of $253,500. Magno used all of these pickles to produce 60,000 batches of cereal. What is Magno's materials quantity variance for August?

Milar Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: In January the company produced 2,000 units using 16,060 pounds of the direct material and 210 direct labor-hours. During the month, the company purchased 16,900 pounds of the direct material at a cost of $65,910. The actual direct labor cost was $4,473 and the actual variable overhead cost was $756. 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 price variance for January is:

Brummer Corporation makes a product whose variable overhead standards are based on direct labor-hours. The quantity standard is 0.1 hours per unit. The variable overhead rate standard is $8.00 per hour. In January the company produced 8,700 units using 910 direct labor-hours. The actual variable overhead rate was $7.90 per hour. The variable overhead efficiency variance for January is:

Camps Inc. has a standard cost system. The standards for direct materials for one of its products specify 4.4 ounces of a particular input per unit of output at a standard cost of $6.40 per ounce. The company has reported the following actual results for the product for May: Required: a. Compute the materials price variance for this input for May. b. Compute the materials quantity variance for this input for May.

The Fime Corporation uses a standard costing system. The following data have been assembled for December: The standard hours allowed for December's production is:

Zanny Electronics Corporation uses a standard cost system for the production of its water ski radios. The direct labor standard for each radio is 0.9 hours. The standard direct labor cost per hour is $7.20. During the month of August, Zanny's water ski radio production used 6,600 direct labor-hours at a total direct labor cost of $48,708. This resulted in production of 6,900 water ski radios for August. What is Zanny's labor rate variance for August?

In general, the production manager is responsible for the materials price variance.

Solly Corporation produces a product for national distribution. Standards for the product are: Materials: 12 ounces per unit at 60¢ per ounce. Labor: 2 hours per unit at $8 per hour. During the month of December, the company produced 1,000 units. Information for the month follows: Materials: 14,000 ounces purchased and used at a total cost of $7,700. Labor: 2,500 hours worked at a total cost of $20,625. The materials quantity variance is: