Exam 7: Standard Costing and Variance Analysis
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Pittsburg Company uses a standard cost accounting system.The following overhead costs and production data are available for September:
Standard fixed OH rate per DLH
Standard variable rate per
Buclgeted monthly s 40,000
Actual DLHs worked 39,500
Standard DLHs allowed for actual production 39,500
Qveral1 variance-favorable $2,000
The total applied manufacturing overhead for September should be
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Discuss briefly the type of information contained on (a)a bill of materials and (b)an operations flow document.
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The difference between actual and budgeted fixed factory overhead is referred to as a fixed overhead spending variance.
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A company would most likely have an unfavorable labor rate variance and a favorable labor efficiency variance if
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Buckingham Company
Buckingham Company uses a standard cost system for its production process and applies overhead based on direct labor hours.The following information is available for May when Buckingham produced 4,500 units:
Standard: DLH per unit 2.50 Variable overhead per DLH $1.75 Fixed overhead per DLH $3.10 Budgeted variable overhead $21,875 Budgeted fixed overhead $38,750
Actual: Direct labor hours 10,000 Variable overhead $26,250 Fixed overhead $38,000
Refer to Buckingham Company.Using the three-variance approach,what is the spending variance?
Standard: | |
DLH per unit | 2.50 |
Variable overhead per DLH | $1.75 |
Fixed overhead per DLH | $3.10 |
Budgeted variable overhead | $21,875 |
Budgeted fixed overhead | $38,750 |
Actual: | |
Direct labor hours | 10,000 |
Variable overhead | $26,250 |
Fixed overhead | $38,000 |
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Which of the following are considered controllable variances?
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The overhead variance calculated as total budgeted overhead at the actual input production level minus total budgeted overhead at the standard hours allowed for actual output is the
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Cibolo Company
Cibolo Company has the following information available for March when 4,200 units were produced (round answers to the nearest dollar).
Standards: 4.0 pounds Material per unit @ \ 5.25 per pound 6.0 hours Labor per unit @ \ 10.00 per hour
Actual: Material purchased 17,500 pounds @ \ 5.10 Material used 16,700 pounds 25,500 direct1abor hours @
Refer to Cibolo Company.What is the labor rate variance?
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A company using very tight (high)standards in a standard cost system should expect that
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Cibolo Company
Cibolo Company has the following information available for March when 4,200 units were produced (round answers to the nearest dollar).
Standards: 4.0 pounds Material per unit @ \ 5.25 per pound 6.0 hours Labor per unit @ \ 10.00 per hour
Actual: Material purchased 17,500 pounds @ \ 5.10 Material used 16,700 pounds 25,500 direct1abor hours @
Refer to Cibolo Company.What is the material quantity variance?
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Marathon Manufacturing Company uses a standard cost system.Overhead cost information for January is as follows:
Total actual overheadincurred \ 12,60 Fixed overhead budgeted \ 3,300 Total standard overheadrate per MIH \ 4 Variable overheadrate per MH \3 Standard MHs allowed for actual production \ 3,500
What is the total overhead variance?
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The point of purchase model calculates the materials price variance using the quantity of materials purchased.
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Lubbock Company has made the following information available for its production facility for the current month.Fixed overhead was estimated at 22,000 machine hours for the production cycle.Actual machine hours for the period were 22,500;4,200 units were produced.
Material purchased(107,000 pieces) \ 529,650 Material quantity variance \ 7,000 U Machine hours used ( 22,500 hours) VOH spendingvariance \ 1,00 Actual fixed overhead \ 81,000 Actual labor cost 60,300 Actuallabor hours \ 8,500
Lubbock Company's standard costs are as follows:
Direct material 25 pieces@ \5 per piece Direct labor Variable overhead (applied on a machine hour basis) 2.0 hours@ \ 7 per hour Fixed overhead (applied on a machine hour basis) 5.2 hours@ \ 3.00 per hou 5.2 hours@ \ 3.50 per hou
Determine the following items:
a. material purchase price variance
b. standard quantity allowed for material
c. total standard cost of material allowed
d. actual quantity of material used.
e. labor rate variance
f. standard hours allowe for labor
g. total standard cost of labor allowed
h. labor efficiency variance
i. actual variable overhead incured
j. standard machine hours allowed.
k. variable overhead efficiency variance
l. budgeted fixed overhead
m. applied fixed overhead
n. fixed overhead spending variance
o. volume variance
p. total overhead variance
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Which of the following standards can commonly be reached or slightly exceeded by workers in a motivated work environment?
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Brennan Company
The following information is for Brennan Company's September production:
Standards: Material 4.0 feet per unit@ \ 4.20 per foot Labor 3.0 hours per unit@ \ 7.50 per hour
Actual: Production 3,500 units produced during the month Material 14,200 feet used; 14,700 feet purchased @ \ 3.70 per foo Labor 10,400 direct labor hours@ \ 8.35 per hour
(Round all answers to the nearest dollar. )
Refer to Brennan Company.What is the material quantity variance?
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Pearce Company
Pearce Company uses a standard cost system for its production process.Pearce Company applies overhead based on direct labor hours.The following information is available for July:
Standard: DLH per unit 2.20 Variable overhead per DLH $2.50 Fixed overhead per DLH Budgeted variable overhead $3.00 (based on 11,990 DLHs)
Actual: Units produced 4,400 Direct labor hours 8,800 Variable overhead $29,950 Fixed overhead $42,300
Refer to Pearce Company Using the four-variance approach,what is the variable overhead spending variance?
Standard: | |
DLH per unit | 2.20 |
Variable overhead per DLH | $2.50 |
Fixed overhead per DLH | |
Budgeted variable overhead | $3.00 |
(based on 11,990 DLHs) |
Actual: | |
Units produced | 4,400 |
Direct labor hours | 8,800 |
Variable overhead | $29,950 |
Fixed overhead | $42,300 |
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Jenkins Manufacturing
The following information is available for Jenkins Manufacturing Company for the month of June when the company produced 2,100 units:
Staudard:
Material 2 pounds per unit @$5.80 per pound
Labor 3 direct labor hours per unit @ per hour
Actual:
Material 4,250 pounds purchased and used@$5.65 per poume
Labor direction hours at per hour
Refer to Jenkins Manufacturing Company.What is the material quantity variance?
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The difference between actual and budgeted fixed factory overhead is referred to as a fixed overhead volume variance.
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Which of the following statements regarding standard cost systems is true?
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Commodore Company
Commodore Company uses a standard cost system for its production process and applies overhead based on direct labor hours.The following information is available for September when Commodore produced 5,000 units:
Standard: DLH per unit 3.00 Variable overhead per DLH $1.80 Fixed overhead per DLH $3.25 Budgeted variable overhead $27,250 Budgeted fixed overhead $49,500
Actual: Direct labor hours 16,000 Variable overhead $31,325 Fixed overhead $49,750
Refer to Commodore Company.Using the four-variance approach,what is the fixed overhead spending variance?
Standard: | |
DLH per unit | 3.00 |
Variable overhead per DLH | $1.80 |
Fixed overhead per DLH | $3.25 |
Budgeted variable overhead | $27,250 |
Budgeted fixed overhead | $49,500 |
Actual: | |
Direct labor hours | 16,000 |
Variable overhead | $31,325 |
Fixed overhead | $49,750 |
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