You Are Testing the Cognitive Abilities of Three Groups of Bilingual

question 10

Multiple Choice

You are testing the cognitive abilities of three groups of bilingual French-English speakers in Montreal, whose native language is French: university students, English teachers, and French-English interpreters. On a test of reading span, administered in English, you would expect that

• A) The teachers would perform the best, followed by the interpreters and the students.
• B) there would be no significant differences between the groups.
• C) the interpreters would perform significantly better than the teachers and students.
• D) the interpreters and teachers would perform similarly, and would outperform the students significantly.

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Definitions:

Standard Costs

An accounting practice where predetermined costs are used for calculating the cost of production, often for budgeting and performance evaluation purposes.

Direct Materials Quantity Variance

The difference between the actual quantity of materials used in production and the standard amount expected to be used, multiplied by the standard cost per unit of material.

Actual Costs

Expenditures that a company incurs, as opposed to estimations or budgeted amounts.

Standard Costs

Predetermined costs for material, labor, and overhead used as benchmarks for measuring performance.