Answer the Following Questions Using the Information Below:
Archoid's Flowering

question 75

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions using the information below:
Archoid's Flowering Plants provides the following information for the month of May:
$\begin{array}{lrrrr}&\text { Actual }&&\text { Budget }\\&\text { Tulips}&\text { Geraniums }&\text { Tulips}&\text { Geraniums }\\\text { Sales in units } & 4,420 & 4,080 & 4,950 & 3,300 \\\text { Contribution margin per unit } & \$ 12 & \$ 19 & \$ 11 & \$ 21\end{array}$
-For May,the company will report a(n) ________.

• A) favorable sales-mix variance
• B) unfavorable sales-mix variance
• C) favorable sales-volume variance
• D) unfavorable sales-volume variance

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Definitions:

Direct Labor-Hours

The total number of labor hours spent by workers directly involved in the production process.

Predetermined Overhead Rate

A rate calculated before a period begins, used to allocate estimated overhead costs to products or job orders based on a selected activity base.

Activity-Based Costing

A pricing strategy that attributes overhead and indirect expenses to associated goods and services by determining cost drivers.

Traditional Costing Method

An accounting approach that assigns manufacturing overhead costs to products based on volume-related measures such as direct labor hours or machine hours.