Exam 2: Flexible Budgets and Performance Analysis

Paradiso Medical Clinic measures its activity in terms of patient-visits. Last month, the budgeted level of activity was 1,060 patient-visits and the actual level of activity was 1,050 patient-visits. The cost formula for administrative expenses is $3.00 per patient-visit plus $17,000 per month. The actual administrative expense was $19,300. In the clinic's flexible budget performance report for last month, the spending variance for administrative expenses was:

Stitt 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 5,900 units, but its actual level of activity was 5,880 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 manufacturing overhead in the flexible budget for November would be closest to:

Smithj 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 February, the kennel budgeted for 3,500 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 3,490 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for February: Data used in budgeting: Actual results for February: -The spending variance for facility expenses in February would be closest to:

Jiminian Clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. During March, the clinic budgeted for 3,700 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 3,660 client-visits. The clinic 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 occupancy expenses in the flexible budget for March would be closest to:

Papenfuss Family Inn is a bed and breakfast establishment in a converted 100-year-old mansion. The Inn's guests appreciate its gourmet breakfasts and individually decorated rooms. The Inn's overhead budget for the most recent month appears below: The Inn's variable overhead costs are driven by the number of guests. What would be the total budgeted overhead cost for a month if the activity level is 76 guests?

Gilson Corporation manufactures and sells a single product. The company uses units as the measure of activity in its budgets and performance reports. During April, the company budgeted for 5,100 units, but its actual level of activity was 5,060 units. The company has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for April: Data used in budgeting: Actual results for April: -The overall revenue and spending variance (i.e., the variance for net operating income in the revenue and spending variance column on the flexible budget performance report) for April would be closest to:

Wales 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 February, the kennel budgeted for 2,700 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 2,730 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas to be used in its budgeting: -The food and supplies in the flexible budget for February would be closest to: