Canada's Party System Is Unusual in That

question 23

Multiple Choice

Canada's party system is unusual in that:

• A) all parties have about equal support in all the provinces
• B) it closely mirrors the party system of the United States
• C) it has no parties that represent conservative viewpoints
• D) it is a single-member plurality district system with at least four parties winning seats
• E) it has had the exact same parties represented in the legislature for the last five decades

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Definitions:

Predetermined Overhead Rate

A rate used to allocate manufacturing overhead to individual units of output on the basis of some common activity, such as machine-hours or labor hours.

Labor Cost

The total expense incurred by a company for the compensation of its employees.

Machine-Hours

A measure of the amount of time a machine is operated, used in cost accounting to allocate machine-related expenses to products.

Multiple Overhead Rate

A costing method that uses more than one overhead rate to allocate indirect costs to products more accurately.