MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The standard cost card contains quantities and costs for _______. (Points : 1)
2. A total variance is best defined as the difference between total _______. (Points : 1)
3. The term standard hours allowed measures _______. (Points : 1)
4. Which of the following factors should not be considered when deciding whether to investigate a variance? (Points : 1)
5. A company wishing to isolate variances at the point closest to the point of responsibility will determine its material price variance when ______. (Points : 1)
6. The standard predominantly used in Western cultures for motivational purposes is a(n) ____ standard. (Points : 1)
7. Gallagher Corporation. incurred 2,300 direct labor hours to produce 600 units of product. Each unit should take 4 direct labor hours. Gallagher Corporation applies variable overhead to production on a direct labor hour basis. The variable overhead efficiency variance _______. (Points : 1)
8. A variable overhead spending variance is caused by ________. (Points : 1)
9. McCoy Company has the following information available for October when 3,500 units were produced (round answers to the nearest dollar).
Standards:
Material 3.5 pounds per unit @ $4.50 per pound
Labor 5.0 hours per unit @ $10.25 per hour
Actual:
Material purchased 12,300 pounds @ $4.25
Material used 11,750 pounds
17,300 direct labor hours @ $10.20 per hour
What is the labor rate variance? (Points : 1)
10. McCoy Company has the following information available for October when 3,500 units were produced (round answers to the nearest dollar).
Standards:
Material 3.5 pounds per unit @ $4.50 per pound
Labor 5.0 hours per unit @ $10.25 per hour
Actual:
Material purchased 12,300 pounds @ $4.25
Material used 11,750 pounds
17,300 direct labor hours @ $10.20 per hour
What is the labor efficiency variance? (Points : 1)
11. Joint costs are useful for _______. (Points : 1)
12. Each of the following is a method to allocate joint costs except _______. (Points : 1)
13. When allocating joint process cost based on tons of output, all products will _______. (Points : 1)
14. Scrap is defined as a _______. (Points : 1)
15. Waste created by a production process is _______. (Points : 1)
16. In a lumber mill, which of the following would most likely be considered a primary product? (Points : 1)
17. Fisher Company produces three products from a joint process. The products can be sold at split-off or processed further. In deciding whether to sell at split-off or process further, management should _______. (Points : 1)
18. The split-off point is the point at which _______. (Points : 1)
19. A product may be processed beyond the split-off point if management believes that _______. (Points : 1)
20. Which of the following is a commonly used joint cost allocation method? (Points : 1)
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