Use the Following Information to Answer the Following Questions

question 9

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the following Questions
Bannister Motors Corporation reported the following variances for the period just ended:
Variable-overhead spending variance: $50,000U
Variable-overhead efficiency variance: $28,000U
Fixed-overhead budget variance: $70,000U
Fixed-overhead volume variance: $30,000U

-If Bannister desires to analyze variances that arose primarily from managers' expenditures in excess of anticipated amounts, the company should focus on variances that total:

• A) $50,000U.
• B) $70,000U.
• C) $120,000U.
• D) $178,000U.
• E) None of the answers is correct.

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