Several years ago, Westmont Corporation developed a comprehensive budgeting system for planning and control purposes. While departmental supervisors have been happy with the system, the factory manager has expressed considerable dissatisfaction with the information being generated by the system. A typical departmental cost report for a recent period follows: Assembly Department Cost Report For the Month Ended March 31 Actual Planning Results Budget Variances 5,000 20,000 Variable costs: Supplies Scrap Indirect materials $ 9,900 10,500 600 F 35,000 37,500 2,500 F 01,000 120,00019,000F Fixed costs: Wages and salaries Equipment depreciation 79 105,000 105,000 75,000 4,900 U Total cost 330,800 $348,000 $17,200 F After receiving a copy of this cost report, the supervisor of the Assembly Department stated, These reports are super. It makes me feel really good to see how well things are going in my department. I can't understand why those people upstairs complain so much about the reports." goals expressed in the company's monthly budgets Required For the last several years, the company's marketing department has chronically failed to meet the sales 1. The company's president is uneasy about the cost reports, what can be the reason? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer.) Cost reports are ineffective since budgeted costs at one level of activity are compared to actual costs at another level of advey cost reports show whether fixed costs are controlled and do not show whether variable costs are controlled. Cost reports are effective since budgeted costs at one level of activity are compared to actual costs at another level of activity Cost reports show whether fixed costs and variable costs are controlled. 2. What kind of reports should be used to give better insight into how well departmental supervisors are controlling costs? O Flexible budget performance reports must be used Fixed budget performance reports must be used