The Euro Company Wants to Compare the Performance of Three

question 28

Multiple Choice

The Euro Company wants to compare the performance of three business units. All the business units produce the same product with similar output per month. The company uses a flexible budget to plan and control manufacturing overhead costs. Overhead costs are applied to products on the basis of direct labour-hours. The standard cost card shows that 5 direct labour-hours are required per unit of product. Phelps Company had the following budgeted and actual data for March: $\begin{array}{lll}&\text { Actual }&\text { Budgeted }\\ \text { Units produced } & 11,000 & 10,000 \\\text { Directlabour-hours } & 65,000 & 60,000 \\\text { Variable overhead costs } & £ 84,000 &£ 80,000 \\\text { Fiked overhead costs } & £ 44,000 &£ 40,000\end{array}$
$\text { *Represents the denom inator activity for the month. }$
German Business Unit
$\begin{array}{lll}&\text { Actual }&\text { Budgeted }\\ \text { Units produced } & 11,000 & 10,000 \\\text { Directlabour-hours } & 65,000 & 60,000 \\\text { Variable overhead costs } & £ 84,000 &£ 80,000 \\\text { Fiked overhead costs } & £ 44,000 &£ 40,000\end{array}$
$\text { *Represents the denom inator activity for the month. }$
French Business Unit
$\begin{array}{lll}&\text { Actual }&\text { Budgeted }\\ \text { Units produced } & 11,000 & 10,000 \\\text { Directlabour-hours } & 65,000 & 60,000 \\\text { Variable overhead costs } & £ 84,000 &£ 80,000 \\\text { Fiked overhead costs } & £ 44,000 &£ 40,000\end{array}$
$\text { *Represents the denom inator activity for the month. }$
- The fixed overhead budget variance for March for the French Business Unit is

• A)£4,000 favourable.
• B)£ 4,500 favourable.
• C)£2,000 favourable.
• D)£2,000 unfavourable.

Understand the role of factor endowments in determining comparative advantage.

Describe the impact of technology on national comparative advantages.

Recognize the economic theories explaining international trade, including the Heckscher-Ohlin model.

Understand how labor productivity and wages influence international trade.

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