Which of the following variances cannot occur together during the same accounting period?
A) Unfavorable labor rate variance and favorable labor efficiency variance.
B) Unfavorable labor efficiency variance and favorable material quantity variance.
C) Favorable labor rate variance and unfavorable total labor variance.
D) Favorable labor efficiency variance and favorable material quantity variance.
E) None of the other answers are correct, because all of these variance combinations are possible.

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All of these variance combinations are possible because variances are independent of each other and can occur simultaneously due to different underlying factors affecting labor and material costs.

Which of the Following Variances Cannot Occur Together During the Same