Juenemann Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During December, the kennel budgeted for 3,800 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 3,770 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for December: Data used in budgeting:

Fixed element per month Variable element per tenant-day
Revenue $33.90
Wages and salaries $2,900 $7.60
Food and supplies 600 13.40
Facility expenses 9,000 4.00
Administrative expenses 7,500 0.30
Total expenses $20,000 $25.30

Actual results for December:

Revenue $132,193
Wages and salaries $32,662
Food and supplies $48,918
Facility expenses $24,040
Administrative expenses $8,931

The spending variance for facility expenses in December would be closest to:

a. $1,040 U
b. $1,040 F
c. $1,160 F
d. $1,160 U

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

Which of the following is not one of the four principles of bottleneck management? a. increasing capacity at non-bottleneck stations is a mirageb. lost time at the bottleneck is lost system capacity.c. release work orders to the system at the bottleneck's capacity pace.d. increased bottleneck capacity is increased system capacity.e. bottlenecks should be moved to the end of the system process.

Security prices are set by active market participants. which of the following is not a consequnce of this fact? a. the market price will be set by the buyer who can take best advantage of the asset. b. the price is set by the buyer willing to pay the highest price. c. superior information about an asset can increase its value by reducing its risk. d. market participants have a strong incentive to reveal private information about a security.