(Appendix 10A) Wineman Incorporated Makes a Single Product--An Electrical Motor

question 105

Multiple Choice

(Appendix 10A) Wineman Incorporated makes a single product--an electrical motor used in many long-haul trucks. The company has a standard cost system in which it applies overhead to this product based on the standard machine-hours allowed for the actual output of the period. Data concerning the most recent year appear below:

-The fixed overhead budget variance is:

• A) $16,000 F
• B) $12,234 F
• C) $12,234 U
• D) $16,000 U

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Definitions:

Diminishing Marginal Product

The decrease in the output of an additional unit of input when all other inputs are held constant beyond a certain point.

Marginal Product

The additional output gained from employing one more unit of a certain input, keeping all other inputs constant.

Labor Productivity

The measure of economic performance calculated by dividing the output by the number of labor hours used to produce it.

Technological Advance

The process of developing and applying new techniques and tools to improve efficiency, productivity, or quality in various fields.