Question

All of the following are true except:___________

a. A favorable labor efficiency variance could result from using higher quality materials that result in fewer inspections.
b. A favorable labor rate variance could result from lower wage workers quitting.
c. A favorable materials price variance could result from purchasing identical materials from another supplier at a lower price.
d. An unfavorable materials usage variance could result from not efficiently utilizing raw materials, thus causing waste.
e. An unfavorable labor efficiency variance can be caused by machine downtime, and poor quality materials.

Answer 1

b. A favorable labor rate variance could result from lower wage workers quitting.

Step-by-step explanation:

The reason is because Lower wage workers quitting will often result in increase labour cost and the Increase in labour cost will be resulted in unfavorable labour variance. Hence, the option B is incorrect.