If Demand Is Insufficient to Keep Everyone Busy and Workers

question 262

True/False

If demand is insufficient to keep everyone busy and workers are not laid off, an unfavorable (U) variable overhead efficiency variance often will be a result unless managers build excessive inventories.

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Definitions:

Unilateral Mistake

A legal concept wherein one party to a contract is mistaken about a fundamental fact or term of the agreement.

Subsurface Soil Condition

Refers to the properties and characteristics of the soil beneath the surface, important for construction and agricultural activities.

Voidable

A term referring to a valid agreement that may be legally declared invalid by one of the parties.

Mutual Mistake

A misunderstanding shared by all parties to a contract, causing a fundamental misbelief about a vital fact of the agreement.