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5 Choc Co is a company which manufactures and sells three types of biscuits in packets.

One of them is called ‘Ooze’


and contains three types of sweeteners: honey, sugar and syrup. The standard materials usage and cost for one unit
of ‘Ooze’ (one packet) is as follows:
$
Honey 20 grams at $0·02 per gram 0·40
Sugar 15 grams at $0·03 per gram 0·45
Syrup 10 grams at $0·025 per gram 0·25
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1·10
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In the three months ended 30 November 2011, Choc Co produced 101,000 units of ‘Ooze’ using 2,200 kg of honey,
1,400 kg of sugar and 1,050 kg of syrup. Note: there are 1,000 grams in a kilogram (kg).
Choc Co has used activity-based costing to allocate its overheads for a number of years. One of its main overheads is
machine set-up costs. In the three months ended 30 November 2011, the following information was available in
relation to set-up costs:
Budget
Total number of units produced 264,000
Total number of set ups 330
Total set-up costs $52,800
Actual
Total number of units produced 320,000
Total number of set ups 360
Total set-up costs $60,000

Required:
(a) Calculate the following variances for materials in Ooze:
(i) Total materials usage variance; (4 marks)
(ii) Total materials mix variance; (4 marks)
(iii) Total materials quantity (yield) variance. (4 marks)

(b) Calculate the following activity-based variances in relation to the set-up cost of the machines:
(i) The expenditure variance; (3 marks)
(ii) The efficiency variance. (3 marks)

(c) Briefly outline the steps involved in allocating overheads using activity based costing. (2 marks)

(20 marks)

5 [P.T.O.

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