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Flexible Budget Overhead Cost Variance – MCQs
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1.
Which costing method organizes all activities into a costing hierarchy?
Activity-based costing
Non-financial costing
Profit-based costing
Fixed sum costing
Standard costing
2.
Which type of measure assesses the overall trade-offs and impacts among non-financial performance indicators?
Indicators unrelated to finance
Financial metrics
Performance efficiency metric
Aggregate sum metric
Qualitative assessment
3.
Which of the following is associated with increased plant leasing expenses, elevated administrative costs, and greater depreciation on equipment and facilities?
favorable spending variance
unfavorable spending variance
favorable price variance
unfavorable price variance
none of the above
4.
Which of the following is indicated by reduced plant leasing expenses, decreased administrative costs, and lower depreciation on equipment and facilities?
Positive price variance
Negative price variance
Favorable spending variance
Unfavorable spending variance
None of the above
5.
What term is used to describe workers who have lower machine operation skills than anticipated?
A reason for going over budget
A factor leading to reduced hiring
A type of fixed cost fluctuation
A variation in variable costs
6.
Given that the actual variable quantity is 50, with actual and budgeted overhead allocation costs of $7,550 and $4,500 respectively, what is the variable overhead spending variance?
$182,500
$152,500
$162,500
$172,500
7.
Given that the overall setup cost amounts to $35,000 and the fixed portion of the setup cost is $19,000, what is the variable setup cost?
$16,000
$54,000
$64,000
$74,000
8.
Which of the following is NOT part of fixed overhead in variance analysis?
Efficiency variance
Unfavorable variance
Production volume variance
Favorable variance
9.
When determining the fixed overhead flexible budget variance, from which value is the actual cost deducted?
the flexible budget figure
a fixed constant value
the variable cost total
the production volume cost
none of the above
10.
Given indirect support labor costs of $5,000, equipment maintenance setup expenses of $7,000, and machinery rental fees of $4,000, what is the total fixed cost?
$16,000
$12,000
$18,000
$21,000
None of the above
11.
Which variance is determined by subtracting the fixed overhead applied to actual output units from the budgeted fixed overhead?
variance in budget
production volume variance
price variance related to volume
cost variance related to volume
12.
What is the second step in the process of preparing an operating budget?
Determine the variable overhead expenses
Calculate the cost per unit
Decide on the timeframe for budgeting
Pick the bases for cost allocation
13.
In the context of flexible budget analysis, how is the variable overhead flexible budget variance calculated?
Difference between fixed cost and variable budgeted amount
Difference between actual cost incurred and the flexible budget cost
Difference between variable cost and allocated overhead
Difference between actual cost and variable overhead amount
14.
Given a fixed setup cost of $21,000 and a variable setup cost of $11,000, what is the total setup cost?
$12,000
$15,000
$10,000
$32,000
15.
In the context of production volume variance, what term is used to describe a fixed cost incurred as a single total amount, such as expenses for equipment or plant lease?
one-time price charge
lump sum fixed cost
aggregate variable expense
total manufacturing expenditure
fixed variable lump sum
16.
Given that the total setup cost amounts to $42,000 and the fixed setup cost is $17,000, what is the variable setup cost?
$59,000
$25,000
$15,000
$39,000
17.
Which of the following levels are part of an activity-based costing hierarchy?
Batch-level activities
Unit-level activities
Facility and product-sustaining activities
All of the above
18.
Given a flexible budget amount of $21,500 and a fixed overhead flexible budget variance of $10,000, what is the actual cost incurred?
$61,500
$31,500
$41,500
$51,500
19.
In a manufacturing environment, how is the budgeted fixed overhead rate categorized?
production numerator basis
production denominator basis
production cost category
fixed production category
overhead allocation rate
20.
If the planned production volume is 250 units and the fixed overhead cost is budgeted at $150 per unit, what is the total budgeted fixed overhead for all units?
$67,500
$57,500
$47,500
$37,500
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