Chapter 10 Budgetary Planning and Control
160. Prodigy Products’ expected manufacturing costs for trash cans for the month when
3,000 cans are produced are summarized below:
Direct material $2.40 per unit
Direct labor $1.60 per unit
Variable overhead $ 6,000
Factory depreciation 10,500
Supervisory salaries 4,800
Other fixed factory costs 1,500
Which of the following is the flexible budget equation for Prodigy Products?
A. $4.00 × number of units produced
B. $16,800 + ($6.00 × number of units produced)
C. $11.60 × number of units produced
D. $22,800 + ($4.00 × number of units produced)
161. Belk Shoes planned to make 8,000 pairs of shoes using $40,000 on leather during
February. Due to higher than anticipated demand for shoes, Belk produced 9,000 pairs
of shoes and spent $44,500 on leather. Leather prices during the period were as
expected in the budget. Which of the following statements is a fair statement regarding
Belk’s performance on leather use?
A. Belk’s flexible budget for comparative purposes for February is $45,000.
B. Belk used more leather per shoe than was allowed in the budget.
C. Belk paid more for each yard of leather than allowed in the budget.
D. Belk spent $500 more for leather than allowed under the flexible budget.
162. Xanine Company budgets $200,000 in fixed overhead and $6.00 per unit in variable
overhead. For June, Xanine expected to produce 11,000 units but because of
unexpected demand actually produced 13,000 units. The actual overhead cost was
$280,000. A flexible budget performance report for May would indicate that
A. Xanine generated a $2,000 favorable overhead variance for the month.
B. Xanine was $12,000 under budget for overhead for the month.
C. Xanine was $2,000 over budget for overhead for the month.
D. Xanine generated a $12,000 unfavorable overhead variance for the month.