An Outdoor Barbecue Grill Manufacturer Uses a Standard Costing System

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Multiple Choice

An outdoor barbecue grill manufacturer uses a standard costing system in which standard machine-hours (MHs) is the measure of activity. Data from the company's flexible budget for manufacturing overhead are given below: The following data pertain to operations for the most recent period:
The fixed manufacturing overhead budget variance for the period is closest to:

• A) $5,810 U
• B) $2,503 F
• C) $1,450 F
• D) $3,009 U

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Definitions:

Opportunity Cost

The cost of forgoing the next best alternative when making a decision or choosing a particular action.

Labor Resource

Human work effort, both physical and mental, utilized in the creation of goods and services.

Linear Production

A production process in which outputs are directly proportional to inputs, with a constant rate of output per unit of input.

Possibility Frontier

Also known as the production possibility frontier, it represents the maximum possible output combinations of two goods or services an economy can achieve with available resources and technology.