Landram Corporation Makes a Product with the Following Standard Costs

question 13

Multiple Choice

Landram Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: In March the company produced 4,700 units using 10,230 kilos of the direct material and 2,210 direct labor-hours. During the month, the company purchased 10,800 kilos of the direct material at a cost of $76,680. The actual direct labor cost was $38,233 and the actual variable overhead cost was $11,934.

The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.
-The variable overhead efficiency variance for March is:

• A)$756 U
• B)$700 F
• C)$756 F
• D)$700 U

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Definitions:

Perpetual LIFO

A method of inventory valuation where the last items added to inventory are considered the first items sold, continuously updated in real-time.

Purchases and Sales

This involves transactions related to buying (purchases) and selling (sales) goods or services, critical to determining a business's revenue and inventory levels.

LIFO Perpetual

A perpetual inventory system method that assumes the last items added to inventory are the first ones sold, under the Last-In, First-Out principle.

Inventory Value

The total cost of all the items held by a company for resale or production purposes, calculated at a specific point in time.