Exam 9: Performance Measurement in Decentralized Organizations

Leaphart Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During May, the kennel budgeted for 2,800 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 2,840 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas to be used in its budgeting: The net operating income in the planning budget for May would be closest to:

Bracamonte Hospital bases its budgets on patient-visits. The hospital's static planning budget for November appears below: Required: Prepare a flexible budget for 8,900 patient-visits per month.

Gilder 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 quantity variance for June is:

The Collins Corporation uses standard costing and has established the following direct material and direct labor standards for each unit of the single product it makes: • Direct materials: 4 gallons at $8 per gallon • Direct labor: 1 hour at $16 per hour During July, the company made 6,000 units of product and incurred the following costs: • Direct materials purchased: 26,800 gallons at $8.20 per gallon • Direct materials used: 25,200 gallons • Direct labor used: 5,600 hours at $15.30 per hour The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. The labor efficiency variance for July was:

Buonocore Clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. During August, the clinic budgeted for 2,800 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 2,770 client-visits. The clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for August: Data used in budgeting: Actual results for August: The revenue variance for August would be closest to:

Perla Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During March, the kennel budgeted for 2,200 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 2,160 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for March: Data used in budgeting: Actual results for March: The spending variance for food and supplies in March would be closest to:

Galla Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company budgeted for production of 2,400 units in June, but actual production was 2,500 units. The company used 19,850 pounds of direct material and 980 direct labor-hours to produce this output. The company purchased 21,700 pounds of the direct material at $6.70 per pound. The actual direct labor rate was $19.20 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $1.80 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 price variance for June is:

Jurczyk Corporation makes a product that has the following direct labor standards: In December the company's budgeted production was 4,600 units, but the actual production was 4,400 units. The company used 1,330 direct labor-hours to produce this output. The actual direct labor cost was $14,364. The labor rate variance for December is:

Bard Hotel bases its budgets on guest-days. The hotel's static budget for January appears below: The total variable cost at the activity level of 10,200 guest-days per month should be:

Tabeling Corporation manufactures and sells a single product. The company uses units as the measure of activity in its budgets and performance reports. During August, the company budgeted for 6,500 units, but its actual level of activity was 6,540 units. The company has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for August: Data used in budgeting: Actual results for August: The net operating income in the planning budget for August would be closest to:

Hairston Corporation manufactures and sells a single product. The company uses units as the measure of activity in its budgets and performance reports. During November, the company budgeted for 7,700 units, but its actual level of activity was 7,720 units. The company has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for November: Data used in budgeting: Actual results for November: The spending variance for direct materials in November would be closest to:

Berends Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company reported the following results concerning this product in April. 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 April is:

Sekuterski Air uses two measures of activity, flights and passengers, in the cost formulas in its budgets and performance reports. The cost formula for plane operating costs is $45,700 per month plus $2,892 per flight plus $4 per passenger. The company expected its activity in November to be 81 flights and 283 passengers, but the actual activity was 80 flights and 282 passengers. The actual cost for plane operating costs in November was $286,360. The plane operating costs in the flexible budget for November would be closest to:

Novelli Corporation makes a product whose variable overhead standards are based on direct labor-hours. The quantity standard is 0.6 hours per unit. The variable overhead rate standard is $5.00 per hour. In September the company produced 1,600 units using 950 direct labor-hours. The actual variable overhead rate was $5.10 per hour. The variable overhead efficiency variance for September is:

Privett Hospital bases its budgets on patient-visits. The hospital's static planning budget for November appears below: Actual results for the month were: The spending variance for laundry costs in the performance report for the month is:

Holiday Chemical Corporation uses a standard cost system to collect costs related to the production of its "bowling ball" fruitcakes. The direct labor standard for each fruitcake is 1.25 hours at a standard cost of $11.00 per hour. During the month of November, Holiday's fruitcake production used 9,820 direct labor-hours at a total direct labor cost of $106,547. This resulted in production of 8,500 fruitcakes for November. What is Holiday's labor efficiency variance for November?

The following data have been provided by Petri Corporation: Indirect labor and power are both elements of variable manufacturing overhead. The variable overhead rate variance for indirect labor is closest to:

Zelenka Clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. During June, the clinic budgeted for 2,700 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 2,710 client-visits. The clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas to be used in its budgeting for June: The administrative expenses in the planning budget for June would be closest to:

Oddo Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company reported the following results concerning this product in December. 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 rate variance for December is:

Epley Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: In July the company produced 3,300 units using 12,240 pounds of the direct material and 2,760 direct labor-hours. During the month, the company purchased 13,000 pounds of the direct material at a cost of $35,100. The actual direct labor cost was $51,612 and the actual variable overhead cost was $20,148. 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 July is: