Kekiwi Corporation Manufactures and Sells a Single Product

question 232

Multiple Choice

Kekiwi Corporation manufactures and sells a single product. The company uses units as the measure of activity in its budgets and performance reports. During January, the company budgeted for 6,900 units, but its actual level of activity was 6,910 units. The company has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for January:Data used in budgeting: Actual results for January:
The direct materials in the flexible budget for January would be closest to:

• A) $130,599
• B) $134,694
• C) $130,410
• D) $135,084

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Definitions:

Special Cause Variation

Variation in a process that is caused by specific circumstance, which is non-random and can usually be identified and eliminated.

Random Variation

The unpredictability in the outcome of a process, experiment, or measurement due to chance.

Lower Control Limit

The lower control limit is the lowest value on a control chart below which process variability is considered to be out of control.

Sample Proportion

A statistic that estimates the fraction of items in a population that possess a certain attribute, based on data from a sample.