Feldkamp Services, Inc. is trying to establish the standard labour cost of a typical oil change. The following data have been collected from time and motion studies conducted over the past month.

Actual time spent on the oil change

1.0 hour

Hourly wage rate

$10

Payroll taxes

10% of wage rate

Setup and downtime

10% of actual labour time

Cleanup and rest periods

30% of actual labour time

Fringe benefits

25% of wage rate

Instructions

(a) Determine the standard direct labour hours per oil change.

(b) Determine the standard direct labour hourly rate.

(c) Determine the standard direct labour cost per oil change.

(d) If an oil change took 1.5 hours at the standard hourly rate, what was the direct labour quantity variance?