Last Year, Walsh Company Manufactured 25,000 Units and Sold 22,000

question 101

Multiple Choice

Last year, Walsh Company manufactured 25,000 units and sold 22,000 units. Production costs were as follows:
$\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline \text { Direct materials } & \$ 100,000 \\\hline \text { Direct labour } & 75,000 \\\hline \text { Variable manufacturing overhead } & 50,000 \\\hline \text { Fixed manufacturing overhead } & 75,000 \\\hline\end{array}$ Total sales were $440,000, total variable selling and administrative expenses were $110,000, and total fixed selling and administrative expenses were $45,000. There was no beginning inventory. Assume that direct labour is a variable cost.


-Under variable costing,what was the total amount of fixed manufacturing cost in the ending inventory?

• A) $0.
• B) $9,000.
• C) $14,400.
• D) $27,000.

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Definitions:

Unfavorable Effect

A situation or outcome in financial analysis or performance metrics where actual results are worse than planned or expected results.

Variances

Discrepancies between planned financial outcomes and the actual results, used in budgeting and accounting to analyze and control costs.

Quantity Variance

A variance that is computed by taking the difference between the actual quantity of the input used and the amount of the input that should have been used for the actual level of output and multiplying the result by the standard price of the input.

Standard Quantity

This refers to the predefined amount of materials or labor deemed necessary to produce a single unit of a product under normal operations.