Pace Labs, Inc. provides mad cow disease testing for both state and federal governmental agricultural agencies. Because the companys customers are governmental agencies, prices are strictly regulated. Therefore, Pace Labs must constantly monitor and control its testing costs. Shown below are the standard costs for a typical test

Problem 23-5A (part level submission) Pace Labs, Inc. provides mad cow disease testing for both state and federal governmental agricultural agencies. Because the company's customers are governmental agencies, prices are strictly regulated. Therefore, Pace Labs must constantly monitor and control its testing costs. Shown below are the standard costs for a typical test. $4.00 32.00 Direct materials (2 test tubes $2.00 per tube) Direct labor (1 hour$32 per hour) Variable overhead (1 hour $7 per hour) Fixed overhead (1 hour @ 12 per hour) 12 Total standard cost per test $55.00 The lab does not maintain an inventory of test tubes. Therefore, the tubes purchased each month are used that month. Actual activity for the month of November 2014, when 900 tests were conducted, resulted in the following Direct materials (1,872 test tubes) Direct labor (936 hours) Variable overhead Fixed overhead 3,557 28,080 5,355 10,998 Monthly budgeted fixed overhead is $16,440. Revenues for the month were $58,500, and selling and administrative expenses were $4,660