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    PracticeACCAACCA MA — Management Accounting Practice Exam 5Question 27
    Easy2 marksMultiple Choice
    E. Standard costingSyllabus Area EStandard CostingOverhead Variances

    ACCA · Question 27 · E. Standard costing

    A private hospital uses standard costing for its surgical wards. The standard variable overhead rate is $50 per nursing hour.

    During a busy month, 2,000 nursing hours were actually worked, but the actual variable overheads incurred amounted to $105,000.

    What is the variable overhead expenditure variance?

    Answer options:

    A.

    $5,000 Favorable

    B.

    $5,000 Adverse

    C.

    $10,000 Adverse

    D.

    $105,000 Adverse

    How to approach this question

    Compare the actual variable overheads with what they should have been for the actual hours worked (Actual Hours * Standard Rate).

    Full Answer

    B.$5,000 Adverse✓ Correct
    Variable Overhead Expenditure Variance = (Actual Hours * Standard Rate) - Actual Cost. Standard cost for 2,000 hours = 2,000 * $50 = $100,000. Actual cost = $105,000. Because the actual cost is $5,000 higher than the standard allowance for those hours, the variance is $5,000 Adverse.

    Common mistakes

    Confusing expenditure variance with efficiency variance, or getting the Favorable/Adverse direction wrong.
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