The Difference Between Total Factory Overhead Cost Incurred During a Period

question 126

Multiple Choice

The difference between total factory overhead cost incurred during a period and the total standard factory overhead cost assigned to production of the period is the ________:

• A) Flexible-budget variance
• B) Production-volume variance
• C) Total factory overhead variance
• D) Overhead efficiency variance
• E) Total overhead spending variance

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