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‘a. Capital budget ‘e. Cash management budget
b. Operating budget 4. Strategic budget
35, Which one of the folowing best describes the role of top management in the budgeting process? Top management
c '._ Should be involved only inthe approval process
Lacks the detailed knowledge ofthe daily involvement
Needs to be invoived, including using the budget process to communicate goals
Needs to separate the budgeting process and business planning process into two separate processes
36. The budgeting process should be one that motivates. managers and employees to work toward organizational
‘goals. Which one of the following is LEAST likely to motivate managers?
8 '2._ Participation by subordinates in the budgetary process
. Having top management set budget evels
©. Use of management by exception
<4. Holding subordinates accountable forthe items they control
37. Comparing actuel resuits with a budget based on acheved (actual) volume is possible with the use of @
° Monthy budget. Rolling budget
b. Master budget d. Flexible budget
38, Which one of the folowing budgeting methodologies would be most appropriate for a firm facing a significant level
of uncertainty in unit sales volumes next year?
8 a. Static budgeting Top-down budgeting
b. exible budgeting d._Lfe-cycle budgeting
39. A flexible budget is)
8 'a. One that can be changed whenever a manager so desires.
b. Adjusted to reffect expected costs at the actual level of activity
One that uses the formula ‘total cost ~ cost per unit x units produced”
4. The same as a continuous budget.
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40. Which of the following 1s a difference between a stat: budyet and a flesible budget?
c a. A flexible budget includes only vanabie costs, 2 siz" budget includes only foced costs.
b. A flexible budget includes all costs; a static Liciget includes only fixed costs.
A flexible budget gives allowances for efferent levels of activity while a static budget does not.
4. None of the above.
41. A company has developed the budget formula below for estimating its shipping expenses. Shipments have
historically averaged 12 pounds per shipment.
Shipping costs = P 18,000 + (P 0.60 x pounds shipped)
‘The planned and actual activity regarding orders and shipments for the month are given in the following schedule:
Pan Actual
‘Sales orders 800 780
‘Shipments 300 820
Units shipped 8900 9,000
Sales ? 120,000 P-144,000
Total pounds shuppedt 900 12,500
The actual shipping costs for the month amounted to ° 21,000. What should be the appropnate monthly flexible
bbudget allowance for shipping costs for the purpose of performance evaluation?
° a. P 18,000 c P23,760
b. P 18,492 d. 25,500
NOTE: Flexible budget allowance is usually adjusted based on actue/ data
42. The difference between the actual amounts and the fleible budget amounts for the actual output achieved is the
8 Production volume variance Sales volume variance
b. Flexible budget variance d. Standard cost vanance
43. ‘Kaizen’ budgeting refers to the budgeting process where
c ‘a. The budget is based on only one level of activity
b. The budget is based on many levels of actwity so that the budget may be adjusted based on actual
activity
cc. The budget is based not on the existing system, but on changes or improvements that are to be made
d. A product's revenues and expenses are estimated over its entire life cycle (Le., from R&D phase to
‘customer support phase)
NOTE: Choke ‘a’ refers to fixed budget. Choice '’ refers to Nenble budget. Chorce refers to life-cycle budget.
444, The budget method that maintains a constant tweive month planning honzon by adding a new month on the end
as the current month is completed 1s called
c ‘a. An operating budget c. Acontinuous budget
b. Acapital budget &-Amacear budget
45. A company that uses zero-based budgeting has
8 ‘a. An expense budget of zero.
1b. Zero as the starting point of budgeting the coming year’s expenses.
. zero variance between budgeted and actual perforrisnce.
d. An assumed sales level of zero.
MAS — 06: STANDARD COSTING (75 MCt
1, Which of the following is a purpose of standard costing?
8 ‘2. Torreplace budgets and budgeting,
b. To simplify costing procedures and expedite cost reports
c.Toeliminate under/over applied factory overhead at the end of penad
dd. Touse them as a basis for product costing for external porting purposes
2. A primary purpose of using a standard cost system 1s
8 ‘a. To minimize the cost per unit of production
b. Toprovide a distinct measure of cost controt
c._ Tomake things easier for managers in the production facility
d. To minimize recording of certain recurnng business transactions
3. Standard costs are LEAST useful for
D ‘a. Measuring production efficiency Estimating future costs
'b. Simplifying costing procedures 4. Determining minimum inventory levels
4. Which of the following is true conceming standard costs?
A ‘2. If properly used, standards can help motivate employees
b. Standard costs are difficult to use with a process-costing systera
Standard costs are estimates of costs attainable only under the most ideal conctions, but rarely
practicable.
4. Unfavorable variances, when material in amaunt, chould be investigated, but favorable vanances need
not be invesbgated.
5. Accompany using very tight standards in standard cost system should expect that
8 2. Noincentive bonus will be paid
b. Most variances wall be unfavorable
c. Employees wil be strongly motwated to attan the standards
G. Costs will be controlled better that if ower standar Js were used
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6, The matenals cost vanance is composed of
2. Quantity and efficency variances © Pnce and mix variances
b. Quantity and price variances ._ Mux and yield variances
7. What is the variation in the use of materials at actual prices and use of materials at standard prices?
a Materials price variance Materials mix vaniance
b. Materials usage variance 4, _ Matenals yield variance
8. Ant Company installs solar panels on residential houses. The standard material cost for Type-C house is P 1,250
‘based on 1,000 units at a cost of P 1.25 each. During April, Ant Company installed solar panets on 20 Type-C
hhouses, using 22,000 units of materials at a cost of F 1.20 per unit, and a total cost of P 26,400. What is Ant
Company's materials spending (price) variance?
a. P-1,000 favorable P1,400 unfavorable
b. 1,100 favorable 4. P2,500 unfavorable
9. Information on Beatle Company's direct materials cost is as follows:
‘Actual units of direct materials used 20,000
‘Actual direct materals costs 40,000
‘Standard price per unit of direct materials P2.10
Direct material quantity vaniance, favorable 3,000
‘What was Beatle's materials price variance?
'& 1,000 favorable cP 2,000 favorable
bP 1,000 unfavorable 4. P-2,000 unfavorable
10. Information on Termites Company's direct-material costs is as follows:
‘Standard unit price P 3.60
‘Actual quantity purchased 1,600
Standard quantity alowed for actual production 1,450
Materials purchase price variance, favorable P'240
‘What was the actual purchase price per unit, rounded to the nearest centavo?
a P3.06 P35,
bo P3AL a P375
11. If a company follows the practice of isolating variance at the earhest point in time, what would be the appropriate
‘time to isolate and recognize a direct material price variance?
‘2. When material is issued to the requesting department or division
b. When material is purchased
c. When material is used in production
d. When purchase order is onginated
12. Acredit balance in the materials price variance indicates that
a. Actual price exceeds standard price Actual quantity exceeds standard quantity
b. Standard price exceeds actual price d._ Standard quantity exceeds actual quantity
13. Roach Company manufactures tables with glass tops. The standard matenal cost for the glass used per table is P
7.80 based on six square-feet of vinyl at a Cost of P 1.30 per square-foot. A production run of 1,000 tables in 2015
resulted to usage of 6,400 square-feet of vinyl at a cost of P 1.20 per square-foot, a total of P 7,680. What was the
‘materials usage variance resulting from the above production run?
a. P'120 favorable © P'520 unfavorable
b._ P480 unfavorable d.P-640 favorable
14, The Centipede Company uses standard costing. The following date are available for October:
‘Actual quantity of direct materials used 23,500 pounds
Standard price of direct materials P 2 per pound
Material quantity variance P 1,000 unfavorable
‘What is the standard quantity of materials allowed for October production?
‘a. 23,000 pounds ‘24,500 pounds
24,000 pounds 25,000 pounds
15, A company uses @ standard costs system to account for its only product. The materials standard per unit was 4
‘pounds at P'5.10 per pound. Operating data for April were as follows:
Materials used 7,800 bos.
Cost of materials used P 40,950
Number of finished unt 2,000
What was the materials usage variance for Apri?
a. P 1,020 favorable 1,176 unfavorable
bP 1,050 favorable d. 1,200 unfavorable
following information
‘A manufacturer of radios purchases components from subcontractors for assembly into complete radios. Each
radio requires three units each of Part X, which has a standard cost of P 2.90 per unit. During June, the company
hhad the following experience with respect to Part X.
Purchases (P 36,000) 12,000 units
Consumed in manufacturing 19,000 units
Radios manufactured 3,000 units
16. During June, the company incurred a materials purchase-pvice variance of
2. P-900 unfavorable © P 1,200 unfavorable
b. P-900 favorable 4. P 1,200 favorable
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17. Duning June, the company incurred a materials efficiency vanance of
a ‘a. P 2,900 unfavorable © P8,700 unfavorable
D. P-2,900 favorable 4. P 8,700 favorable
18 What isthe amount that will be shown on a flexible budget for Part X usage during the month of June?
A a. 26,100 © P-29,000
b. P27,000 GP 36,000
18. The following data relate to direct labor costs for the current period
Standard costs 10,000 ours at P 20
‘Actual costs 9,800 hours at P 1950
What was the direct labor efficiency variance?
c a. P 3,600 favorable P4000 favorable
. P 3,600 unfavorable 4 P 4,000 unfavorable
20, Amoeba Corporation's direct labor information for product C for the month of October is as follows:
Standard rate P 6.10 per hour
‘Actual rate paid 6.00 per hour
Standard hours allowed for actyal production 1,500 hours
Labor efficiency variance 600 unfavorable
‘What is the actual hours worked?
c a 1,400
b. 1,402
21, Worm Corporation's direct labor costs for the month,
Standard direct labor hours 42,000
‘Actual direct labor tours 40,000
Direct labor rate variance, faverable — P.8,400
‘Standard direct labor rate per hour P6.50
What was Worm’s direct labor payroll for the month of March?
¢ 2. P 243,000, cc. P.251,600
bP 244,000 6. 260,000
22. Leech Company's operations for April disclosed the following data relabng to direct labor:
‘Actual cost P 10,000
Rate variance (favorable) 1,000
Efficiency variance (unfavorable) 1,500
Standard cost 29500
‘Actual direct labor hours for Apri amourted to 2.000. What was the standard direct labor houry rate?
A a. P5.50 c Par
b. P5.00 d. 9450
23. The following is a standard cost variance analysis report on wirect labor for a manufacturing company:
‘Actual Hours at Actual Hours at Standard Hours at
Job ActualWages ‘Standard. Wages Standard Wages
2 $98,
213 P3248 2,700 P 3,100
25 P1545 P 15,000,
Protex P6756 6,500
Bene P 19,788 19.250,
cT-40 an 22.650
Total P6090
‘What is the total (flexible woah irect labor variance for the division?
B a. P 100 favorable cP 1,900 favorable
b. P 1,900 unfavorable d. P 2.000 unfavorable
24. In determining the standard factory overhead rate, which level of capacity is used?
c ’2. Maximum capacity © Normal capacity
, Practical capacty 4. _Fpected actual capacity
25. Which level of capacity if used would result nto tie lowest fixed overbead application rate?
A ‘2. Theoretical capacty ‘Neral eapacty
Expected actual capacty
26. The flexible budget of Spider Company is summarize
‘Percent of normal operating capacty 90% 100% 110%
Variable overhead Pac00 P2000 27.000
Fixed overhead aa _-30,000.__50,
Total factory overhead 7.0075,
100,000 of units of product are produced when the company operates at its normal capacity. ‘The standard labor
time per unit is 15 minutes. Actual production for the year was 90,000 units of product in 44,000 hours. What is
the standard variable factory overhead rate per hour”
a a 1.00 c 4.00
b, 1.25 4.5.00
NOTE: Gased on 100% operating capacity, the vanable rate ss: P 25,000 + 25,000 hours = P 1
Flexible budget formula: FOH = 50,000 + 1X, where 'X'ts based on the number of hours.
27. Using data in No. 26, what is the budgetary factory overhead adjusted to standard hours?
€ 2. 22,500 cc. 72,500
b. $0,000 4. 75,000
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28. Information oe Caterpillar Company's overhoad costs 1s a follows.
Standard applied overtiead 30,000
Budgeted! overnead based on standard direct-labor hours allowed P 83,000
Budgeted overtiead based an actual direct labor hours allowed 84,000
Actual overtwoad 86,000
What was the total overhead variance?
. a. P 2,000 unfavorable: © P-4,000 favorable
1b. _P3,000 favorable 4. 6,000 unfavorable
nd flexible budgeting system and uses a two-way analysis for overhead
Hon activity 1s 8 follows:
29, Yeast Company has
vanances. Selected data
standard absorption
for the February pr
Actual factory overhead incurred 230,000
Budgeted fixed factory overhead costs P 64,000
Variable factory overhead rate per direct-abor hour P5.00
Standard directlabor hours 32,000
‘Actual directtabor hours 33,000
What is the budget (controllable) variance for Febcuary?
° 2. 1,000 favorable 6,000 favorable
D. 1,000 unfavorable 4. 6,000 unfavorable
30. Information on Mold Company's overhead costs for the January production activity {s as follows:
Budgeted fixed overhead 75,000
‘Standard fixed overhead rate per direc-labor hour 3.00
‘Standard vanable overtvead rate per diet labor hour 6.00
‘Standard direct-labor hours allowed for actual production 24,000
‘Actual total overhead incurred 220,000
Mold has a standard absorption and flexible budget system ane! uses the two-variance method (two-way analysis)
for overhead variances. What s the volume (denominatar) variance for January?
a 2. P 3,000 unfavorable © P-4,000 unfavorable
b._ P 3,000 favorable d. P4000 favorable
tems 31 and 32 are based.on the follwing information
‘Ant Company's budgeted fixed factory overtvead cost is P 50,000 per month plus a vanable factory overhead
rate of P 4 per direct labor hour. The standard direct labor hours allowed for October production was 18,000. An
‘analysis of the factory overhead indicates that in October, Ant had an unfavorable budget (controllable) variance of
P 1,000 and an unfavorable volume variance of P 500. Ant uses a two-way analysis of overhead variance.
31, What is the actual factory overhead measured in October?
> ‘a. P'121,000 cP 122,300
b. P122,000 J.P 123/000
32, What is the applied (standard) factory ovethead in October?
A a. P121,500 c. P122,500
b.P 122,000 dP 123,000
33. The following information is available from the Honey Company.
‘Actual factory overhead P 15,000,
Fixed overhead expenses, actual 7,200
Faxed overhead expenses, budgeted P 7,000
‘Actual hours 3,500
Standard hours 3,800
Variable overhead rate per direct labor hour 2.50
‘Assuming that Honey uses a three-way analysis of overhead variance, what is the spending variance?
A '2. P750 favorable &P'S50 favorable
b. _P750 unfavorable 4. P'1,500 unfavorable
34. Queen Company has standard variable costs as follows:
Materials, 3 pounds at P4.00 rer pound P 12.00
Labor, 2 hours at P 10.00 per hour 20.00
Variable overhead, P 7.50 per labor hour 15.00
During September, Queen produced 6,000 units using 11,560 labor hours at a total wage of P 113,870 and
incurring P 88,600 in variable overhead. What is vanable overhead efficency variance?
8 a. P4400U P,900U.
b. P3,300F a. PAA00F
35. Bee Company uses a standard cost system in which i applies manufacturing overhead to units of product on the
basis of direct labor hours. The information below pertains to a recent month's activa:
‘Denominator (normal) activity 300 hours,
‘Actual activity 350 hours
Standard hours allowed for output 360 hours
Predetermined overhead rate (P 2 variable + P 3fixed) P'S per hour
What would be the volume variance?
8 2. P 300 favorable P50 favorable
b. P10 favorable d. P'120 favorable
36. One way of analyzing the variable factory overhead variance is breaking &t down into
a ‘2. Spending and efficiency variances ‘c._Effidency and volume variances
b. Spending and rate variances 4. Spering and capacty variances
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37. One way of analyzing the fixed factory overhead vaniance is breaking tt down into
A ‘Spending and volume vanances Efficiency and volume variances
b. Spending and budget variances d__ Efficiency and capacity variances
38. What is the factory overhead variance that serves as a measure of capacty utilization?
D a. The overhead spending vanance Two basic types of tests are performed in the lab ~ smears and blood tests.
> During the past month, 2,700 smears and 900 biocd tests were performed in the tab.
> Small glass plates are used in both types of tests. During the past month, the hospital purchased 16,000
plates at a cost of P 38,400. This cost is net of a 4% quantity discount. A total of 2,000 of these plates were
still on hand unused at the end of the month; there were no plates on hand at the beginning of the month.
> During the past month, 1,800 labor hours, costing P 18,450, were used in performing smears and biood test.
‘Variable overhead cost last month in the lab for utiles and supplies totaled P 11,700
Cottonwood Hosptal has never used standard costs. By searchng industry Herature, however, you have
determined the following nationwide averages for hosptal labs
> Plates: Three plates are required per lab test. These piates cost P 2.50 each and are disposed of after the test
{is completed.
> Labor: Each smear should require 0.3 hours to complete, and each bicod test should require 0.6 hours to
‘complete. The average cost of this lab time is P £2 per hou
> Overhead: Overhead cost is based on direct labor-hours. The average hourly rate of variable overhead 1s P 6.
23. What is the materials price variance for the plates purchased last month?
a. P11400U 1,600
b. P11,400F a. P1600 F
24 What the materials quantity variance for the plates use las mont?
a. P7,680U P8000 1)
bP 7,680F a Peco0 F
25, What i the labor rate vanance?
a. P2,250U © 93,190
b. P2250F 4. P 51500
26, What i the labor efficiency variance?
a. P5A00U < P4,612.50U
b. P5A00F a. P461250F
227. What isthe variable overhead spending variance?
2. PSOU © P1.8cou
b PSF 6 PLsonF
28. What is the variable overhead efficiency variance?
2. P2,700U © p900u
b. P2,700F 4. POOF
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