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Answer the following questions using the information below:  Diana Industries, Inc. (DII), developed standard costs for direct material and direct labor. In 2010, DII estimated the following standard costs for one of their major products, the 10-gallon plastic container. Budgeted quantity Budgeted price Direct materials 0.10 pounds $30 per pound Direct labor 0.05 hours $15 per hour During June, DII produced and sold 10,000 containers using 980 pounds of direct materials at an average cost per pound of $32 and 500 direct manufacturing labor-hours at an average wage of $15.25 per hour. June’s direct material efficiency variance is:

Answer the following questions using the information below:  Hector’s Camera Shop has prepared the following flexible budget for September and is in the process of interpreting the variances.  F denotes a favorable variance and  U denotes an unfavorable variance. Flexible Budget Price Variance Efficiency Variance Material A $20,000 $1,000U $1,200F Material B 30,000 500F 800U Material C 40,000 1,400U 1,000F The actual amount spent for Material B was:

A key reason for using an ABC system rather than a department-costing system is because ABC assigns indirect costs:

The most likely example of a batch-level cost is:

Dartmouth Corporation manufactures two models of office chairs, a standard and a deluxe model. The following activity and cost information has been compiled: Number of Number of Number of Product Setups Components Direct Labor Hours Standard 19​ 9​ 250 Deluxe 31​ 18​ 210 Overhead costs $50,000​ $102,600 Number of setups and number of components are identified as activity-cost drivers for overhead. Assuming an activity-based costing system is used, what is the total amount of overhead costs assigned to the standard model?

Dartmouth Corporation manufactures two models of office chairs, a standard and a deluxe model. The following activity and cost information has been compiled: Number of Number of Number of Product Setups Components Direct Labor Hours Standard 12​ 7​ 295 Deluxe 29​ 14​ 210 Overhead costs $73,800​ $77,700 Assume a traditional costing system applies the overhead costs based on direct labor hours. What is the total amount of overhead costs assigned to the deluxe model? (Do not round interim calculations. Round the final answer to the nearest whole dollar.)

Answer the following questions using the information below:  Kason, Inc., expects to sell 20,000 pool cues for $24.00 each. Direct materials costs are $4.00, direct manufacturing labor is $8.00, and manufacturing overhead is $1.60 per pool cue. The following inventory levels apply to 2021: Beginning inventory Ending inventory Direct materials 24,000 units 24,000 units Work-in-process inventory 0 units 0 units Finished goods inventory 2,000 units 2,500 units On the 2022 budgeted income statement, what amount will be reported for cost of goods sold?

Refining a cost system involves which of the following?

Conversion costs include:

Answer the following questions using the information below:  The actual information pertains to the third quarter. As part of the budgeting process, the Duck Decoy Department of Wooden Figurines Incorporated had developed the following static budget for the third quarter. Duck Decoy is in the process of preparing the flexible budget and understanding the results. Actual Flexible Static Results Budget Budget Sales volume (in units)    13,000   12,000 Sales revenues $257,500 $ $250,000 Variable costs 154,000 $ ________ 175,000 Contribution margin 103,500 $ 75,000 Fixed costs 50,500 $ ________ 49,500 Operating profit $ 53,000 $  $ 25,500 The flexible budget will report ________ for variable costs.