In order to obtain support for favored political proposals, special interest groups have an incentive to
a. understate the perceived benefits and exaggerate the expected costs of a proposal.
b. exaggerate the perceived benefits and understate the expected costs of a proposal.
c. clearly define and measure the benefits and costs associated with a proposal.
d. lobby for proposals that have no secondary effects.

Oerstman, inc. uses a standard costing system and develops its overhead rates from the current annual budget.the budget is based on an expected annual output of 120,000 units requiring 480,000 direct labor hours.(practical capacity is 500,000 hours)annual budgeted overhead costs total $772,800, of which $556,800 is fixed overhead.a total of 119,300 units, using 478,000 direct labor hours, were produced during the year.actual variable overhead costs for the year were $260,400 and actual fixed overhead costs were $555,450.required: 1. compute the fixed overhead spending variance and indicate if favorable or unfavorable.2. compute the fixed overhead volume variance and indicate if favorable or unfavorable.