What Was the Great Fear

question 10

Multiple Choice

What was the Great Fear?

• A) Landlords' use of vagabonds to seek vengeance on unruly peasants
• B) An uprising of the urban poor
• C) Peasant uprisings in the countryside
• D) A campaign by rural parish priests to instill a greater fear of god in the people

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Definitions:

Fixed Overhead

Fixed Overhead refers to the indirect costs of production that do not vary with the volume of production, such as salaries of managers, rent of factory, and depreciation of equipment.

Standard Cost System

A system of accounting that uses predetermined costs for calculating variances and tracking operational performance.

Job Order Cost System

A cost accounting system in which costs are assigned to each job or batch.

Overhead Volume Variance

The difference between the expected (budgeted) and actual overhead costs attributed to a change in production volume.