Management Accounting Uses Variance Analysis to Explain What and Why

question 40

Multiple Choice

Management accounting uses variance analysis to explain what and why something happened in the cost of producing products. It is done by comparing actual outcomes to expected, or standard, costs. What is the expectation when the price of raw materials unexpectedly decreases below the standard price?

• A) Unfavorable price variance
• B) Favorable price variance
• C) Unfavorable quantity variance
• D) Favorable quantity variance

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Definitions:

SUTA

State Unemployment Tax Act; a type of payroll tax that employers must pay to the state government to fund unemployment benefits.

FICA-OASDI

The Federal Insurance Contributions Act component for Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance, a payroll tax paid by employers and employees to fund Social Security.

FUTA

The Federal Unemployment Tax Act, a United States federal law that imposes a payroll tax on any business with employees for the purpose of funding state workforce agencies.

SUTA

State Unemployment Tax Act, which mandates employers to pay state unemployment taxes.