An Unfavorable Variable Overhead Spending Variance May Be Caused by

question 143

Multiple Choice

An unfavorable variable overhead spending variance may be caused by

• A) the use of excessive quantities of variable overhead items.
• B) the payment of lower prices for variable overhead items used.
• C) the use of excessive quantities of the variable overhead allocation base.
• D) both the use of excessive quantities of variable overhead items and the payment of lower prices for variable overhead items used.

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Calculate critical ratios for job sequencing.

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