Allen Boating Company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings
for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. Allen uses standard costs to prepare
its flexible budget. For the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor
standards for one of their popular products were as follows:
Direct materials: 1 pound per unit; $11 per pound
Direct labor: 4 hours per unit; $19 per hour
Allen produced 4,000 units during the quarter. At the end of the quarter, an examination
of the direct materials records showed that the company used 7,500 pounds of direct
materials and actual total materials costs were $99,300.
What is the direct materials efficiency variance?
A) $44,000 U
B) $38,500 U
C) $44,000 F
D) $38,500 F
A company is analyzing its month-end results by comparing it to both static and flexible
budgets. During the previous month, the actual sales price was higher than the expected
sales price as per the static budget. This difference results in a(n) ________.
A) favorable flexible budget variance for sales revenues
B) favorable sales volume variance for sales revenues
C) unfavorable flexible budget variance for sales revenues
D) unfavorable sales volume variance for sales revenues