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Multiple Choice Question 95 Information on Bonita\'s direct labor costs for the

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Question

Multiple Choice Question 95

Information on Bonita's direct labor costs for the month of August is as follows:


What was the standard rate for August?

Multiple Choice Question 164

Multiple Choice Question 177

The following information was taken from the annual manufacturing overhead cost budget of Swifty Corporation.


During the year, 5575 units were produced, 18240 hours were worked, and the actual manufacturing overhead was $78600. Actual fixed manufacturing overhead costs equaled budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead costs. Overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours. Swifty's total overhead variance is

Actual rate $6 Standard hours 11000 Actual hours 10000 Direct labor price variance—unfavorable $3200

Explanation / Answer

95.

Direct labor rate Variance = (Actual rate – Standard rate) x Actual direct labor hours

                $ 3,200 = ($ 6 - Standard rate) x 10,000

$ 6 - Standard rate = $ 3,200/10,000

$ 6 - Standard rate = $ 0.32

Standard rate = $ 6 - $ 0.32 = $ 5.68

Hence option “$ 5.68” is correct answer

164.

Overhead volume variance

= (Normal capacity hours – Standard hours allowed for actual production) x fixed overhead rate

= (40,000 – 45,000) x $ 4 = -5,000 x $ 4 = - $ 20,000    Favorable

Hence option “$ 20,000 favorable” is correct answer.

177.

Overhead application rate = Total budgeted overhead/Total budgeted hours

                                                = ($ 50,600 + $ 27,600)/ 23,000 = $ 78,200/23,000 = $ 3.4

Overhead variance = Actual overhead - Overhead applied

                                 = Actual overhead - (Overhead application rate x Standard hours)

                                 = $ 78,600 - ($ 3.4 x 5,575 x 4)

                                = $ 78,600 - $ 75,820 = $ 2,780    Unfavorable

Hence option “$ 2,780 U” is correct answer.