Solved

The Euro Company Wants to Compare the Performance of Three

Question 16

Multiple Choice

The Euro Company wants to compare the performance of three business units. All the business units produce the same product with similar output per month. The company uses a flexible budget to plan and control manufacturing overhead costs. Overhead costs are applied to products on the basis of direct labour-hours. The standard cost card shows that 5 direct labour-hours are required per unit of product. Phelps Company had the following budgeted and actual data for March:  Actual  Budgeted  Units produced 11,00010,000 Directlabour-hours 65,00060,000 Variable overhead costs £84,000£80,000 Fiked overhead costs £44,000£40,000\begin{array}{lll}&\text { Actual }&\text { Budgeted }\\ \text { Units produced } & 11,000 & 10,000 \\\text { Directlabour-hours } & 65,000 & 60,000 \\\text { Variable overhead costs } & £ 84,000 &£ 80,000 \\\text { Fiked overhead costs } & £ 44,000 &£ 40,000\end{array}
 *Represents the denom inator activity for the month. \text { *Represents the denom inator activity for the month. }
German Business Unit
 Actual  Budgeted  Units produced 11,00010,000 Directlabour-hours 65,00060,000 Variable overhead costs £84,000£80,000 Fiked overhead costs £44,000£40,000\begin{array}{lll}&\text { Actual }&\text { Budgeted }\\ \text { Units produced } & 11,000 & 10,000 \\\text { Directlabour-hours } & 65,000 & 60,000 \\\text { Variable overhead costs } & £ 84,000 &£ 80,000 \\\text { Fiked overhead costs } & £ 44,000 &£ 40,000\end{array}
 *Represents the denom inator activity for the month. \text { *Represents the denom inator activity for the month. }
French Business Unit
 Actual  Budgeted  Units produced 11,00010,000 Directlabour-hours 65,00060,000 Variable overhead costs £84,000£80,000 Fiked overhead costs £44,000£40,000\begin{array}{lll}&\text { Actual }&\text { Budgeted }\\ \text { Units produced } & 11,000 & 10,000 \\\text { Directlabour-hours } & 65,000 & 60,000 \\\text { Variable overhead costs } & £ 84,000 &£ 80,000 \\\text { Fiked overhead costs } & £ 44,000 &£ 40,000\end{array}
 *Represents the denom inator activity for the month. \text { *Represents the denom inator activity for the month. }
-The variable overhead efficiency variance for March for the French Business Unit is


A) £8,000 unfavourable.
B) £6,667 favourable.
C) £8,100 unfavourable.
D) £4,667 unfavourable.

Correct Answer:

verifed

Verified

Unlock this answer now
Get Access to more Verified Answers free of charge

Related Questions

Unlock this Answer For Free Now!

View this answer and more for free by performing one of the following actions

qr-code

Scan the QR code to install the App and get 2 free unlocks

upload documents

Unlock quizzes for free by uploading documents