If a Firm Has Excess Capacity, It Means

question 155

Multiple Choice

If a firm has excess capacity, it means

• A)that the firm expends too much of its resources on advertising its product without seeing an appreciable increase in sales.
• B)that the firm is not producing its minimum efficient scale of output.
• C)that the firm's long-run average cost of producing a given quantity exceeds its short-run cost of producing that same quantity.
• D)that the firm's quantity supplied exceeds its quantity demanded.

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Definitions:

Underapplied

A situation where the allocated manufacturing overhead costs are less than the actual overhead costs incurred, leading to underestimation of product costs.

Overapplied

A condition where the allocated amount of indirect costs exceeds the actual amount incurred.

Variable Overhead Efficiency

The variance indicating the efficiency with which a variable overhead cost is incurred in relation to an activity level, such as machine or labor hours.

Rate Variance

The difference between the actual rate paid for an item or service and the expected (standard) rate, used in budgeting and cost control.