the material cost variance of a company indicates a large favorable material price variance and a significant unfavorable material quantity variance. what might cause these offsetting variances?

Parallel Enterprises has collected the following data on one of its products. During the period the company produced 25,000 units. The direct materials quantity variance is: Direct materials standard (7 Kilogram @ $2/Kilogram) Actual cost of materials purchased Actual direct materials purchased and used Multiple Choice $22.500 unfavorable $27.500 unfavorable $22,500 favorable $50,000 favorable $ 14 per finished unit $ 322,500 150,000 Kilogram

1-What makes a variance favorable? Give an example of a favorable variance involving materials. What makes a variance unfavorable? Give an example of an unfavorable variance involving labor. 2-How do you balance a firm’s need to succeed and the need for not asking the workers for perfection? 3-What two components are needed to determine a standard for materials? 4-What makes a variance favorable? Give an example of a favorable variance involving materials. What makes a variance unfavorable? Give an example of an unfavorable variance involving labor.

The principle of exceptions allows managers to focus on correcting variances between O a. competitor's costs and standard costs b. standard costs and actual costs O c. competitor's costs and actual costs d. variable costs and actual costs