How Is the Fixed Overhead Volume Variance Calculated

question 75

Multiple Choice

How is the fixed overhead volume variance calculated?

• A)The difference between the standard fixed overhead rate and the actual fixed overhead rate multiplied by the actual hours used
• B)The difference between the standard fixed overhead costs allocated to production and the budgeted fixed overhead costs
• C)The difference between the actual fixed overhead costs incurred and the budgeted fixed overhead costs
• D)The difference between the actual fixed overhead costs incurred and the standard fixed overhead costs allocated

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Definitions:

Confidence interval

An assortment of values, from sample-based statistics, that is speculated to contain the unseen population parameter value.

Population standard deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of data points in a population, indicating how much the individual data points differ from the population mean.

Sample mean

The average value of the sample set, calculated as the sum of all observations divided by the number of observations.

Population proportion

The ratio of members in a population that have a particular attribute or characteristic, represented as a fraction or percentage of the total.