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Chapter 9 MCQS

 

 

Which of the following describes a major weakness of static planning budgets?

A) 

They are geared only to a single level of activity.

B) 

They cannot be used to assess whether variable costs are under control.

C) 

They force the manager to compare actual costs at one level of activity to budgeted costs at a different level of activity.

D) 

All of the above.

 

 

 

2  

The management of Brewster Company compares monthly operating results with a static planning budget prepared at the beginning of the year. Assume that actual sales are less than budget. Which of the following would result in a favorable variance?

A) 

Fixed supervisory salaries and variable food costs

B) 

Variable food costs but not fixed supervisory salaries

C) 

Fixed supervisory salaries but not variable food costs

D) 

Neither fixed supervisory salaries or variable food costs

 

 

 

3  

The static planning budget of Park Inc. includes $400,000 for total overhead costs based on the assumption that 20,000 units would be produced and sold. Management estimates that 30% of its overhead is variable and the remainder is fixed. What would be the total overhead cost according to the flexible budget if 24,000 units were produced and sold?

A) 

$384,000

B) 

$400,000

C) 

$424,000

D) 

$464,000

 

 

 

4  

Which of the following statements is correct?

A) 

Unfavorable cost variances always indicate bad performance.

B) 

Favorable cost variances always indicate good performance.

C) 

Both of the above statements are correct.

D) 

None of the above statements are correct.

 

 

 

5  

Which of the following defines an activity variance?

A) 

The difference between a revenue or cost item in the flexible budget and the same item in the static planning budget.

B) 

The difference between the actual revenue for the period and how much the revenue should have been, given the actual level of activity.

C) 

The difference between the actual amount of the cost and how much a cost should have been, given the actual level of activity.

D) 

None of the above.

 

 

 

6  

If the actual expense incurred is greater than what the expense should have been as set forth in the flexible budget, the variance is:

A) 

labeled as favorable.

B) 

labeled as unfavorable.

C) 

cannot be labeled as favorable or unfavorable without obtaining an explanation.

D) 

an activity variance.

 

 

 

7  

If the actual total revenue is greater than what the total revenue should have been, given the actual level of activity for the period, the revenue variance is:

A) 

labeled as favorable.

B) 

labeled as unfavorable.

C) 

cannot be labeled as favorable or unfavorable without obtaining an explanation.

D) 

an activity variance.

 

 

 

8  

Which of the following statements is not correct?

A) 

To generate a favorable activity variance for net operating income in a business that serves customers, managers must take actions to increase client-visits.

B) 

To generate an overall favorable revenue and spending variance, managers must take actions to protect selling prices.

C) 

Flexible budget performance reports provide more useful information to managers than a simple comparison of budgeted to actual results.

D) 

A flexible budget performance report separates the effects of how well prices were controlled and operations were managed.

 

 

 

9  

Let q1 represents client-visits and q2 represents hours of operations. The electricity cost for Blissful Spa depends on both client-visits and the hours of operations and its cost formula is $400 + $0.10q1 + 2.00q2. If the actual number of client-visits is 800 and the salon was open for 200 hours during the month, the flexible budget amount for electricity is:

A) 

$840

B) 

$880

C) 

$2,080

D) 

$2,020

 

 

 

10  

Which of the following statements is not correct?

A) 

A flexible budget allows managers to isolate activity variances and revenue and spending variances.

B) 

One of the common errors in preparing performance reports is to implicitly assume that all costs are fixed.

C) 

One of the common errors in preparing performance reports is to implicitly assume that all costs are variable.

D) 

Comparing static planning budget costs to actual costs only makes sense if the cost is variable.

Chapter 10 Questions

Standard Costs and Variances

After studying Chapter 10, you should be able to:

LO 10-1 Compute the direct materials price and quantity variances and explain their significance.

LO 10-2 Compute the direct labor rate and efficiency variances and explain their significance.

LO 10-3 Compute the variable manufacturing overhead rate and efficiency variances and explain their significance.

LO 10-4 (Appendix 10A) Compute and interpret the fixed overhead budget and volume variances.

LO 10-5 (Appendix 10B) Prepare journal entries to record standard costs and variances.