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Which of the following describes a major weakness of static planning budgets? |
| | A) | They are geared only to a single level of activity. |
| | B) | They cannot be used to assess whether variable costs are under control. |
| | C) | They force the manager to compare actual costs at one level of activity to budgeted costs at a different level of activity. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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The management of Brewster Company compares monthly operating results with a static planning budget prepared at the beginning of the year. Assume that actual sales are less than budget. Which of the following would result in a favorable variance? |
| | A) | Fixed supervisory salaries and variable food costs |
| | B) | Variable food costs but not fixed supervisory salaries |
| | C) | Fixed supervisory salaries but not variable food costs |
| | D) | Neither fixed supervisory salaries or variable food costs |
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The static planning budget of Park Inc. includes $400,000 for total overhead costs based on the assumption that 20,000 units would be produced and sold. Management estimates that 30% of its overhead is variable and the remainder is fixed. What would be the total overhead cost according to the flexible budget if 24,000 units were produced and sold? |
| | A) | $384,000 |
| | B) | $400,000 |
| | C) | $424,000 |
| | D) | $464,000 |
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Which of the following statements is correct? |
| | A) | Unfavorable cost variances always indicate bad performance. |
| | B) | Favorable cost variances always indicate good performance. |
| | C) | Both of the above statements are correct. |
| | D) | None of the above statements are correct. |
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Which of the following defines an activity variance? |
| | A) | The difference between a revenue or cost item in the flexible budget and the same item in the static planning budget. |
| | B) | The difference between the actual revenue for the period and how much the revenue should have been, given the actual level of activity. |
| | C) | The difference between the actual amount of the cost and how much a cost should have been, given the actual level of activity. |
| | D) | None of the above. |
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If the actual expense incurred is greater than what the expense should have been as set forth in the flexible budget, the variance is: |
| | A) | labeled as favorable. |
| | B) | labeled as unfavorable. |
| | C) | cannot be labeled as favorable or unfavorable without obtaining an explanation. |
| | D) | an activity variance. |
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If the actual total revenue is greater than what the total revenue should have been, given the actual level of activity for the period, the revenue variance is: |
| | A) | labeled as favorable. |
| | B) | labeled as unfavorable. |
| | C) | cannot be labeled as favorable or unfavorable without obtaining an explanation. |
| | D) | an activity variance. |
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Which of the following statements is not correct? |
| | A) | To generate a favorable activity variance for net operating income in a business that serves customers, managers must take actions to increase client-visits. |
| | B) | To generate an overall favorable revenue and spending variance, managers must take actions to protect selling prices. |
| | C) | Flexible budget performance reports provide more useful information to managers than a simple comparison of budgeted to actual results. |
| | D) | A flexible budget performance report separates the effects of how well prices were controlled and operations were managed. |
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Let q1 represents client-visits and q2 represents hours of operations. The electricity cost for Blissful Spa depends on both client-visits and the hours of operations and its cost formula is $400 + $0.10q1 + 2.00q2. If the actual number of client-visits is 800 and the salon was open for 200 hours during the month, the flexible budget amount for electricity is: |
| | A) | $840 |
| | B) | $880 |
| | C) | $2,080 |
| | D) | $2,020 |
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Which of the following statements is not correct? |
| | A) | A flexible budget allows managers to isolate activity variances and revenue and spending variances. |
| | B) | One of the common errors in preparing performance reports is to implicitly assume that all costs are fixed. |
| | C) | One of the common errors in preparing performance reports is to implicitly assume that all costs are variable. |
| | D) | Comparing static planning budget costs to actual costs only makes sense if the cost is variable. |
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