Variable manufacturing overhead is applied to products on the basis of standard direct labor-hours. If the labor efficiency variance is favorable, the variable overhead efficiency variance will be:

a. either favorable or unfavorable.

b. unfavorable.

c. favorable.

d. zero.

One investigating company tracked all credit card purchase during 2012 and measured two variables: (1) the type of credit card used (visa, mastercard, american express, or discover), and (2) the amount (in dollars) of each purchase. identify the level of each variable measured.

The direct labor budget of yuvwell corporation for the upcoming fiscal year contains the following details concerning budgeted direct labor-hours: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarterbudgeted direct labor-hours 11,200 9,800 10,100 10,900the company uses direct labor-hours as its overhead allocation base. the variable portion of its predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is $6.00 per direct labor-hour and its total fixed manufacturing overhead is $80,000 per quarter. the only noncash item included in fixed manufacturing overhead is depreciation, which is $20,000 per quarter.required: 1. prepare the company’s manufacturing overhead budget for the upcoming fiscal year.2. compute the company’s predetermined overhead rate (including both variable and fixed manufacturing overhead) for the upcoming fiscal year.

Anew joint command and control system is being developed to meet the strategic information needs of all the military services. the air force is the lead service, but the army and navy have different points of view about what functions the system should perform. which one of the software acquisition best practices would be most relevant in managing this issue as the program office undertakes system development?