Question

Doogan Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: Standard Quantity or Hours Standard Price or Rate Direct materials 7.4 grams $ 2.00 per gram Direct labor 0.5 hours $ 20.00 per hour Variable overhead 0.5 hours $ 7.00 per hour The company produced 5,200 units in January using 39,310 grams of direct material and 2,380 direct labor-hours. During the month, the company purchased 44,400 grams of the direct material at $1.70 per gram. The actual direct labor rate was $19.30 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $6.80 per hour. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. The variable overhead efficiency variance for January is:
Multiple Choice
a. $1,496 F
b. $1,496 U
c. $1,540 U
d. $1,540 F

Answer 1

Answer:

d. $1,540 F

Explanation:

The formula to compute the variable overhead efficiency variance is shown below:

= (Actual direct labor hours - standard direct labor hours) × variable overhead per hour

where,

Actual direct labor hours is 2,380

And, the standard direct labor hours equal to

= 5,200 units × 0.5

= 2,600 hours

Now put these values to the above formula  

So, the value would equal to

= (2,380 hours - 2,600 hours) × $7

= 1,540 favorable