Prater Corporation Manufactures and Sells a Single Product

question 396

Multiple Choice

Prater Corporation manufactures and sells a single product. The company uses units as the measure of activity in its budgets and performance reports. During February, the company budgeted for 5,400 units, but its actual level of activity was 5,380 units. The company has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for February: Data used in budgeting: Actual results for February: The manufacturing overhead in the flexible budget for February would be closest to:

• A)$53,934
• B)$54,284
• C)$54,320
• D)$53,535

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Definitions:

Normative

Relating to prescriptive or value-based judgments, indicating what should be rather than what is.

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The purchase of foreign-sourced oil for domestic use, reflecting a country's demand for energy resources not available within its own borders.

Normative Statement

An opinion-based statement that reflects values or judgments and cannot be tested or disproven by observation.

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In the context of economic analysis, it often refers to a fact-based approach that attempts to describe how economic systems actually work without making judgments about their desirability.