Responsibility Accounting Is Defined as a System That

question 29

Multiple Choice

Responsibility accounting is defined as a system that

• A)defines responsibility by function only.
• B)measures actual results against a flexible budget.
• C)measures the results of a manager responsible for revenues and costs.
• D)measures the results of each responsibility center and compares those results with some measure of expected or budgeted outcome.

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Definitions:

Perceptual Set

A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another, influenced by expectations, emotions, and experiences.

Difference Threshold

The minimum difference in stimulation that a person can detect 50 percent of the time, also known as the Just Noticeable Difference (JND).

Absolute Threshold

The smallest level of a stimulus that can be detected by the senses, such as the lightest touch or quietest sound perceivable.

Absolute Threshold

The smallest level of stimulus that can be detected by a sense (hearing, sight, touch, etc.) at least 50% of the time.