FUNDAMENTALS OF COST ACCOUNTING W/CONNE
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Author: LANEN/ANDERSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 4RQ
A flexible budget is:
- a. Appropriate for control of factory
overhead but not for control of direct materials and direct labor. - b. Appropriate for control of direct materials and direct labor but not for control of factory overhead.
- c. Not appropriate when costs and expenses are affected by fluctuations in volume.
- d. Appropriate for any level of activity.
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In an activity flexible budget, the variable cost component typically corresponds to
those resources that vary with direct labor hours.
resources acquired as needed.
resources acquired in advance of usage.
resources that do not change as the activity output changes.
None of these.
A static budget is appropriate for
a. variable overhead costs.
b. direct materials costs.
c. fixed overhead costs.
d. None of these.
Manufacturing overhead variations become more meaningful as control device when:
A. flexible budgeting techniques are used.
B. manufacturing overhead variations with a fixed budget are used
C. three variations fixed budget are used
Or the answer is not given?
The budgets that are prepared for various degree of plant utilization and are used to control costs at different levels of productive activity is:
A. operating budgets
B. rolling budgets
C. flexible budgets
D. capital budgets
Chapter 16 Solutions
FUNDAMENTALS OF COST ACCOUNTING W/CONNE
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