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A non favourable variance

Eg: adverse revenue means the company earned less revenue than expected.

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What are adverse variances?

Adverse variances means unfavourable variance which is actual expenses are more than budgted variance.


Where the actual cost is found to greater than the standard cost is known as?

adverse variance


What are the causes for adverse overhead capacity variance?

Incurring higher fixed costs than were planned for in the budget can cause adverse overhead capacity variance. Other caused can include planning errors, inefficient management of fixed overheads, and business expansion that was not added to the budget.


What causes a DM Price Variance?

There are a number of reasons for causinf DM Price Variance. Adverse Price Variance 1) Demand > Supply (Low Supply, High Demand result in price to be material purchase to be more costly) 2) Change to a higher grade material quality. 3) Purchases made from oversea, exchange rate incurred 4) Purchases made in smaller quantity As for favourable DM price variance, explanation will be opposite of the above given.


What difference between a favorable variance and an unfavorable variance?

Favourable variance is that variance which is good for business while unfavourable variance is bad for business


What is the difference between negative price variance and volume variance?

Negative price variance is when the cost is less than budgeted. Volume variance is a variance in the volume produce.


What are the variances in a 4 variance analysis?

efficiency variance, spending variance, production volume variance, variable and fixed components


What factors causes Budget Variance?

There are 7 variances associated with a budget ( which are generally calculated for controlling purposes) 1- Material Price variance 2- Material Quantity variance 3- Labor rate variance 4- Labor efficiency variance 5- Spending variance 6- Efficiency variance 7- Capacity variance


Which is not a measure of dispersion range or variance?

Variance


What is Assumptions for Variance Heterogeneous?

Unequal in Variance


What is Assumptions for Variance Homogeneous?

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Can variance be negative?

Since Variance is the average of the squared distanced from the mean, Variance must be a non negative number.