A Manufacturing Company Has a Standard Costing System Based on Machine

question 133

Multiple Choice

A manufacturing company has a standard costing system based on machine hours (MHs) as the measure of activity. Data from the company's flexible budget for manufacturing overhead are given below:
$\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline \text { Denominator Level of Activity } & 6,100 \mathrm{MHs} \\\hline \text { Overhead Costs at the Denominator Activity Level: } & \\\hline \text { Variable Overhead Cost } & \$ 35,075 \\\hline \text { Fixed Overhead Cost } & \$ 77,775 \\\hline\end{array}$
The following data pertain to operations for the most recent period:
$\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline \text { Actual Hours } & 6,300 \mathrm{MHs} \\\hline \text { Standard Hours Allowed for the Actual Output } & 5,994 \mathrm{MHs} \\\hline \text { Actual Total Variable Overhead Cost } & \$ 36,540 \\\hline \text { Actual Total Fixed Overhead Cost } & \$ 76,875 \\\hline\end{array}$
-What was the variable overhead spending variance for the period,rounded to the nearest dollar?

• A) $315 favourable.
• B) $315 unfavourable.
• C) $2,075 favourable.
• D) $2,075 unfavourable.

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

Incremental expense incurred from the production of one additional unit of a good.

Average Total Cost

The total costs of production divided by the total output, indicating the average cost per unit of output.

Total Cost

The combined total of expenses involved in making goods or services, including costs that do not change and those that do.

Variable Input

Any resource used in production whose quantity can be changed in the short term to increase or decrease output, such as labor or raw materials.