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Turrubiates Corporation makes a product that uses a material with the following standards: The company budgeted for production of 2,300 units in April, but actual production was 2,400 units. The company used 16,410 liters of direct material to produce this output. The company purchased 18,600 liters of the direct material at $1.10 per liter.The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.The materials quantity variance for April is:

A) $891 Unfavorable
B) $810 Unfavorable
C) $891 Favorable
D) $810 Favorable

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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

A) $8,910 Unfavorable
B) $12,555 Favorable
C) $12,555 Unfavorable
D) $8,640 Unfavorable

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Wadding Corporation applies manufacturing overhead to products on the basis of standard machine-hours. For the most recent month, the company based its budget on 3,600 machine-hours. Budgeted and actual overhead costs for the month appear below: The company actually worked 3,900 machine-hours during the month. The standard hours allowed for the actual output were 3,890 machine-hours for the month. What was the overall variable overhead efficiency variance for the month?

Polaco Corporation makes a product that has the following direct labor standards: In May the company produced 8,500 units using 3,220 direct labor-hours. The actual direct labor rate was $22.10 per hour.The labor rate variance for May is:

Neuhaus Corporation manufactures one product. It does not maintain any beginning or ending Work in Process inventories. The company uses a standard cost system in which inventories are recorded at their standard costs. There is no variable manufacturing overhead. The standard cost card for the company's only product is as follows: During the year, the company completed the following transactions:a. Purchased 52,900 gallons of raw material at a price of $7.60 per gallon.b. Used 46,820 gallons of the raw material to produce 27,600 units of work in process.Assume that all transactions are recorded on the below worksheet, which is similar to the worksheet shown in your text except that it has been divided into two parts so that it fits on one page. The beginning balances in each of the accounts have been given. PP&E (net) stands for Property, Plant, and Equipment net of depreciation. When recording the raw materials purchases in transaction (a) above, the Cash account will increase (decrease) by:

Material price variances are often isolated at the time materials are purchased, rather than when they are placed into production, to facilitate earlier recognition of variances.

Ravena Labs., Incorporated makes a single product which has the following standards:Direct materials: 2.5 ounces at $20 per ounceDirect labor: 1.4 hours at $12.50 per hourVariable manufacturing overhead: 1.4 hours at 3.50 per hourVariable manufacturing overhead is applied on the basis of standard direct labor-hours. The following data are available for October:3,750 units of compound were produced during the month.There was no beginning direct materials inventory.Direct materials purchased: 12,000 ounces for $225,000.The ending direct materials inventory was 2,000 ounces.Direct labor-hours worked: 5,600 hours at a cost of $67,200.Variable manufacturing overhead costs incurred amounted to $18,200.Variable manufacturing overhead applied to products: $18,375.The variable overhead efficiency variance for October is:

Plantier Incorporated makes a single product--a cooling coil used in commercial refrigerators. The company has a standard cost system in which it applies overhead to this product based on the standard machine-hours allowed for the actual output of the period. The budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead for the year was $136,950 and the budgeted hours were 27,500 machine-hours. Data concerning the actual results for the most recent year appear below: Required: a. Determine the fixed overhead budget variance for the year. b. Determine the fixed overhead volume variance for the year.

Samples Corporation manufactures one product. It does not maintain any beginning or ending Work in Process inventories. The company uses a standard cost system in which inventories are recorded at their standard costs and any variances are closed directly to Cost of Goods Sold. There is no variable manufacturing overhead. The standard cost card for the company's only product is as follows: The standard fixed manufacturing overhead rate was based on budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead of $140,000 and budgeted activity of 20,000 hours.During the year, the company completed the following transactions:Purchased 49,500 liters of raw material at a price of $8.00 per liter. The materials price variance was $24,750 Favorable.Used 45,820 liters of the raw material to produce 32,800 units of work in process. The materials quantity variance was $850 Favorable.Assigned direct labor costs to work in process. The direct labor workers (who were paid in cash) worked 28,440 hours at an average cost of $17.00 per hour. The direct labor rate variance was $28,440 Favorable. The labor efficiency variance was $39,600 Unfavorable.Applied fixed overhead to the 32,800 units in work in process inventory using the predetermined overhead rate multiplied by the number of direct labor-hours allowed. Actual fixed overhead costs for the year were $154,700. Of this total, $83,700 related to items such as insurance, utilities, and indirect labor salaries that were all paid in cash and $71,000 related to depreciation of manufacturing equipment. The fixed manufacturing overhead budget variance was $14,700 Unfavorable. The fixed manufacturing overhead volume variance was $43,680 Favorable.Completed and transferred 32,800 units from work in process to finished goods.Sold (for cash) 32,000 units to customers at a price of $38.20 per unit.Transferred the standard cost associated with the 32,000 units sold from finished goods to cost of goods sold.Paid $133,000 of selling and administrative expenses.Closed all standard cost variances to cost of goods sold.To answer the following questions, it would be advisable to record transactions a through i in the worksheet below. This worksheet is similar to the worksheets in your text except that it has been split into two parts to fit on the page. PP&E (net) stands for Property, Plant, and Equipment net of depreciation. The adjusted Cost of Goods Sold after closing all of the variances to Cost of Goods Sold will be closest to:

The direct labor standards for a particular product are 4 hours of direct labor at $12.00 per direct labor-hour = $48.00. During October, 3,350 units of this product were made, which was 150 units less than budgeted. The labor cost incurred was $159,786 and 13,450 direct labor-hours were worked. The direct labor variances for the month were:

Bascom Incorporated manufactures one product. It does not maintain any beginning or ending inventories. The company uses a standard cost system in which inventories are recorded at their standard costs and any variances are closed directly to Cost of Goods Sold. Its standard cost per unit produced is $25.75. During the year, the company produced and sold 36,000 units at a price of $31.80 per unit and its selling and administrative expenses totaled $169,000. The company does not have any variable manufacturing overhead costs. It recorded the following variances during the year: Required:1. When the company closes its standard cost variances, the cost of goods sold will increase (decrease) by how much?2. Prepare an income statement for the year.

Juhasz Corporation makes a product with the following standards for direct labor and variable overhead: In August the company produced 7,900 units using 4,080 direct labor-hours. The actual variable overhead cost was $15,096. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours.The variable overhead efficiency variance for August is:

Alberts Corporation manufactures one product. It does not maintain any beginning or ending Work in Process inventories. The company uses a standard cost system in which inventories are recorded at their standard costs. The standard cost card for the company's only product is as follows: The standard fixed manufacturing overhead rate was based on budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead of $240,000 and budgeted activity of 20,000 hours.During the year, the company applied fixed overhead to the 15,200 units in work in process inventory using the predetermined overhead rate multiplied by the number of direct labor-hours allowed. Actual fixed overhead costs for the year were $223,700. Of this total, $147,700 related to items such as insurance, utilities, and indirect labor salaries that were all paid in cash and $76,000 related to depreciation of manufacturing equipment.Assume that all transactions are recorded on the below worksheet, which is similar to the worksheet shown in your text except that it has been divided into two parts so that it fits on one page. The beginning balances in each of the accounts have been given. PP&E (net) stands for Property, Plant, and Equipment net of depreciation. When the fixed manufacturing overhead cost is recorded, which of the following entries will be made?

Bohon Corporation manufactures one product. It does not maintain any beginning or ending Work in Process inventories. The company uses a standard cost system in which inventories are recorded at their standard costs. There is no variable manufacturing overhead. The standard cost card for the company's only product contains the following information concerning direct materials: During the year, the company completed the following transactions concerning direct materials:a. Purchased 19,700 pounds of raw material at a price of $4.70 per pound.b. Used 18,500 pounds of the raw material to produce 18,400 units of work in process.The company calculated the following direct materials variances for the year: Assume that all transactions are recorded on the below worksheet, which is similar to the worksheet shown in your text except that it has been divided into two parts so that it fits on one page. The beginning balances in each of the accounts have been given. PP&E (net) stands for Property, Plant, and Equipment net of depreciation. When the raw materials used in production are recorded in transaction (b) above, which of the following entries will be made?

Saxena Corporation makes a product that has the following direct labor standards: The company budgeted for production of 2,900 units in July, but actual production was 2,800 units. The company used 250 direct labor-hours to produce this output. The actual direct labor rate was $14.10 per hour.The labor rate variance for July 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 labor rate variance for January is:

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

Sakelaris Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: The company reported the following results concerning this product in August. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. Required: a. Compute the materials quantity variance. b. Compute the materials price variance. c. Compute the labor efficiency variance. d. Compute the labor rate variance. e. Compute the variable overhead efficiency variance. f. Compute the variable overhead rate variance.

Ravena Labs., Incorporated makes a single product which has the following standards:Direct materials: 2.5 ounces at $20 per ounceDirect labor: 1.4 hours at $12.50 per hourVariable manufacturing overhead: 1.4 hours at 3.50 per hourVariable manufacturing overhead is applied on the basis of standard direct labor-hours. The following data are available for October:3,750 units of compound were produced during the month.There was no beginning direct materials inventory.Direct materials purchased: 12,000 ounces for $225,000.The ending direct materials inventory was 2,000 ounces.Direct labor-hours worked: 5,600 hours at a cost of $67,200.Variable manufacturing overhead costs incurred amounted to $18,200.Variable manufacturing overhead applied to products: $18,375.The materials quantity variance for October is:

Vermeillen Corporation uses a standard costing system in which variable manufacturing overhead is assigned to production on the basis of the number of machine setups. The following data pertain to one month's operations:Variable manufacturing overhead cost incurred: $70,000Total variable manufacturing overhead variance: $4,550 FavorableStandard machine setups allowed for actual production: 3,550Actual machine setups incurred: 3,500The standard variable overhead rate per machine setup is: