Harvey Quit His Job at State University, Where He Earned

question 20

Multiple Choice

Harvey quit his job at State University, where he earned $45,000 a year. He figures his entrepreneurial talent or forgone entrepreneurial income to be $5,000 a year. To start the business, he cashed in $100,000 in bonds that earned 10 percent interest annually to buy a software company, Extreme Gaming. In the first year, the firm sold 11,000 units of software at $75 for each unit. Of the $75 per unit, $55 goes for the costs of production, packaging, marketing, employee wages and benefits, and rent on a building. The implicit costs of Harvey's firm in the first year were

• A) $50,000.
• B) $60,000.
• C) $100,000.
• D) $150,000.

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Definitions:

Predetermined Overhead Rate

An estimated charge per unit of activity used to allocate manufacturing overhead costs to products, calculated at the beginning of a period based on expected costs and activity levels.

Variable Component

A portion of a cost or expense that varies directly with the level of activity or volume, such as the amount of raw materials used in production.

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

The set amount of costs for production that do not vary with the level of output, such as salaries of supervisors and rent of the factory building.

Budget Variance

The financial difference between the budgeted amount and the actual amount spent or received.