A Company Established a Direct Material Standard of 2 Pounds

question 140

Multiple Choice

A company established a direct material standard of 2 pounds of material at a cost of $6 per pound for unit produced.During August the company produced 6,000 units of product.10,000 pounds of direct material which cost $6.50 per pound were used in the production process.Compute the direct material quantity variance for August.

• A) $5,000 unfavorable
• B) $12,000 unfavorable
• C) $5,000 favorable
• D) $12,000 favorable
• E) $7,000 favorable

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A stated hypothesis that there is no significant difference or effect, often denoted as H0, to be tested against the alternative hypothesis.

Type I Error

The incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis or a false positive in hypothesis testing.

Type II Error

The mistake of failing to reject a null hypothesis when it is actually false, commonly represented by the symbol β (beta).

One-Tailed Test

A hypothesis test in which the region of rejection is only on one side of the sampling distribution, used when a research hypothesis predicts a direction of the effect.