Answer the Following Questions Using the Information Below

question 107

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions using the information below:
Jupiter Corporation incurred fixed manufacturing costs of $16,000 during 2015. Other information for 2015 includes:
The budgeted denominator level is 2,000 units.
Units produced total 2,200 units.
Units sold total 1,900 units.
Variable cost per unit is $4.
Beginning inventory is zero.
The fixed manufacturing cost rate is based on the budgeted denominator level.
-Under variable costing,the fixed manufacturing costs expensed on the income statement (excluding adjustments for variances) total ________.

• A) $16,000
• B) $15,200
• C) $14,400
• D) 0

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Definitions:

Simple Money Multiplier

A formula that determines the maximum amount of money that banks can create with a given level of reserves.

Excess Reserves

Banks' reserves that exceed the minimum required by the central bank, available for lending or investment.

Interest Rate

The price, expressed as a percentage of the principal, that a borrower must pay a lender for the use of funds.

Excess Reserves

are bank reserves held in excess of what is required by the central bank, which can be lent out to earn interest.