Rich Company, Which Uses a Standard Cost System, Budgeted $800,000

question 21

Multiple Choice

Rich Company, which uses a standard cost system, budgeted $800,000 of fixed overhead when 50,000 machine hours were anticipated. Other data for the period were:
Actual units produced: 10,600
Actual machine hours worked: 51,800
Actual variable overhead incurred: $475,000
Actual fixed overhead incurred: $790,100
Standard variable overhead rate per machine hour: $8.50
Standard production time per unit: 5 hours
Rich's fixed-overhead budget variance is:

• A) $9,900U.
• B) $9,900F.
• C) $28,800U.
• D) $28,800F.
• E) None of the other answers are correct.

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Definitions:

Crashing

The process of expediting project completion typically by adding more resources or by working extra hours, often resulting in increased costs.

Critical Path

The sequence of tasks that determines the minimum completion time for a project, where any delay will result in a delay of the entire project.

Project Completion Date

The specifically scheduled date by which all work on a project is expected to be completed.

Crashing

A project management technique that involves adding additional resources to critical tasks to shorten the project duration.