Exam 14: Predetermined Overhead Rates and Overhead Analysis in a Standard Costing System

Alex Corporation has a large underapplied overhead balance in the manufacturing overhead account. This could be explained by:

The Adlake Corporation makes and sells a single product and uses a standard cost system. During October, the company budgeted $300,000 in manufacturing overhead cost at a denominator activity of 20,000 machine-hours. At standard, each unit of finished product requires 5 machine-hours. The following cost and activity were recorded during October: The amount of overhead cost that the company applied to work in process for October was:

Cajun Corporation manufactures a labor-intensive product. The cost standards developed by Cajun appear below. Manufacturing overhead at Cajun is applied to production on the basis of standard direct labor-hours: The standards above were based on an expected annual volume of 8,000 units. The actual results for last year were as follows: Required: Compute the following variances for Cajun. a. Materials price variance. b. Materials quantity variance. c. Labor rate variance. d. Variable overhead rate variance. e. Variable overhead efficiency variance. f. Fixed overhead budget variance.

Pizzi, Inc. had the following fixed manufacturing overhead variances last year: Pizzi uses machine-hours as an activity base for overhead and used 48,000 machine-hours as the denominator activity level for the year. Total actual fixed manufacturing overhead was $150,000. The actual number of machine-hours incurred were 50,000. What were Pizzi's standard hours allowed for actual output?

A manufacturer of playground equipment uses a standard costing system in which standard machine-hours (MHs) is the measure of activity. Data from the company's flexible budget for manufacturing overhead are given below: The following data pertain to operations for the most recent period: The fixed manufacturing overhead volume variance for the period is closest to:

The Claus Corporation makes and sells a single product and uses standard costing. During January, the company actually used 8,700 direct labor-hours (DLHs) and produced 3,000 units of product. The standard cost card for one unit of product includes the following: Variable factory overhead: 3.0 DLHs @ $4.00 per DLH. Fixed factory overhead: 3.0 DLHs @ $3.50 per DLH. For January, the company incurred $22,000 of actual fixed manufacturing overhead costs and recorded a $875 favorable volume variance. The fixed manufacturing overhead cost used to compute the predetermined overhead rate was:

A furniture manufacturer uses a standard costing system in which standard machine-hours (MHs) is the measure of activity. Data from the company's flexible budget for manufacturing overhead are given below: The following data pertain to operations for the most recent period: The fixed manufacturing overhead volume variance for the period is closest to:

A manufacturer of playground equipment uses a standard costing system in which standard machine-hours (MHs) is the measure of activity. Data from the company's flexible budget for manufacturing overhead are given below: The following data pertain to operations for the most recent period: The fixed manufacturing overhead applied to products during the period is closest to:

The Dillon Corporation makes and sells a single product. Overhead costs are applied on the basis of standard direct labor-hours. The standard cost card shows that 5 direct labor-hours are required per unit. The Dillon Corporation had the following budgeted and actual data for March: The variable overhead efficiency variance for March is:

A company has a standard cost system in which fixed and variable manufacturing overhead costs are applied to products on the basis of direct labor-hours. The company's choice of the denominator level of activity affects the fixed manufacturing overhead volume variance.

Dori Castings is a job order shop that uses a standard cost system. Manufacturing overhead costs are applied on the basis of standard direct labor-hours. A volume variance will exist for Dori in a month where:

A company has a standard cost system in which fixed and variable manufacturing overhead costs are applied to products on the basis of direct labor-hours. A fixed manufacturing overhead volume variance will NOT necessarily occur in a month in which there is a fixed manufacturing overhead budget variance.

A company has a standard cost system in which fixed and variable manufacturing overhead costs are applied to products on the basis of direct labor-hours. The company's choice of the denominator level of activity has no effect on the variable portion of the predetermined overhead rate.

Tropiano Electronics Corporation has a standard cost system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to products on the basis of standard machine-hours (MHs). The company had budgeted its fixed manufacturing overhead cost at $62,100 for the month and its level of activity at 3,200 MHs. The actual total fixed manufacturing overhead was $61,600 for the month and the actual level of activity was 3,000 MHs. What was the fixed manufacturing overhead budget variance for the month to the nearest dollar?

Derf Corporation uses a standard cost system in which it applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of standard direct labor-hours. Two direct labor-hours are required for each unit produced. The denominator activity was set at 9,000 units. Manufacturing overhead was budgeted at $135,000 for the period; 20 percent of this cost was fixed. The 17,200 hours worked during the period resulted in production of 8,500 units. Variable manufacturing overhead cost incurred was $108,500 and fixed manufacturing overhead cost was $28,000. The fixed manufacturing overhead volume variance for the period was:

A furniture manufacturer uses a standard costing system in which standard machine-hours (MHs) is the measure of activity. Data from the company's flexible budget for manufacturing overhead are given below: The following data pertain to operations for the most recent period: The predetermined overhead rate is closest to:

Dexter Corporation uses a standard cost system and applies manufacturing overhead cost to units of product on the basis of standard direct labor-hours (DLHs). Information on Dexter Corporation's manufacturing overhead costs for last period is given below: Given these data, the underapplied or overapplied overhead cost for the period would be:

The following data for February has been provided by Gillard Corporation. The budget variance for February is:

Pohl Corporation uses a standard cost system in which manufacturing overhead is applied on the basis of standard machine-hours. For June, the company's manufacturing overhead flexible budget showed the following total budgeted costs at a denominator activity level of 20,000 machine-hours: During June, 17,000 machine-hours were used to complete 13,000 units of product, and the following actual total overhead costs were incurred: At standard, each unit of finished product requires 1.4 hours of machine time. The fixed manufacturing overhead budget variance (in total) for June was:

Faessler Corporation applies overhead to products based on machine-hours. The denominator level of activity is 6,500 machine-hours. The budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead costs are $242,450. In July, the actual fixed manufacturing overhead costs were $242,490 and the standard machine-hours allowed for the actual output were 7,000 machine-hours. Required: a. Compute the budget variance for July. Show your work! b. Compute the volume variance for July. Show your work!