The following information is taken from the production budget for the first quarter: Beginning inventory in units 1,200 Sales budgeted for the quarter 426,000 Capacity in units of production facility 472,000 How many finished goods units should be produced during the quarter if the company desires 3,200 units available to start the next quarter? a. 428,000 b. 424,000 c. 474,000 d. 429,200 2. The direct materials budget shows: Units to be produced 3,000 Total pounds needed for production 9,000 Total materials required 9,900 What are the direct materials per unit? a. .33 pounds b. 3.0 pounds c. 3.3 pounds d. Cannot be determined from the data provided. 3. Dart, Inc. makes and sells umbrellas. The company is in the process of preparing its Selling and Administrative Expense Budget for the last half of the year. The following budget data are available: Variable Cost Per Unit Sold Monthly Fixed Cost Sales commissions $0.60 $ 6,000 Shipping 1.20 Advertising 0.30 Executive salaries 40,000 Depreciation on office equipment 8,000 Other 0.35 28,000 Expenses are paid in the month incurred. If the company has budgeted to sell 8,000 umbrellas in October, how much is the total budgeted variable selling and administrative expenses for October? a. $16,800 b. $18,400 c. $101,600 d. $19,600 4. A company budgeted unit sales of 204,000 units for January, 2013 and 240,000 units for February 2013. The company has a policy of having an inventory of units on hand at the end of each month equal to 30% of next month's budgeted unit sales. If there were 61,200 units of inventory on hand on December 31, 2012, how many units should be produced in January, 2013 in order for the company to meet its goals? a. 214,800 units b. 204,000 units c. 193,200 units d. 276,000 units 5. Strand Company is planning to sell 400 buckets and produce 380 buckets during March. Each bucket requires 500 grams of plastic and one-half hour of direct labor. Plastic costs $10 per 500 grams and employees of the company are paid $15.00 per hour. Manufacturing overhead is applied at a rate of 110% of direct labor costs. Strand has 300 kilos of plastic in beginning inventory and wants to have 200 kilos in ending inventory. How much is the total amount of budgeted direct labor for March? a. $3,000 b. $6,000 c. $2,850 d. $5,7000