Kalp Corporation Has Two Production Departments, Machining and Finishing

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Multiple Choice

Kalp Corporation has two production departments, Machining and Finishing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Machining Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Finishing Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates: During the current month the company started and finished Job K928. The following data were recorded for this job:
The total job cost for Job K928 is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

• A) $810
• B) $4,275
• C) $2,060
• D) $2,215

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Definitions:

Direct Labour Rate Variance

The difference between the actual cost of direct labor and the expected (or standard) cost, based on the standard wages paid for that labor.

Direct Labour Efficiency Variance

A measure used in management accounting to assess the difference between the actual hours worked and the standard hours expected to produce a certain level of output.

Direct Labour Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of direct labor and the expected (or standard) cost, based on the actual hours worked.

Direct Labour Standards

Pre-determined measures of how much labor (time or cost) should be used to produce a unit of product or perform a service.