Which of the Following Is a Primary Benefit of a Performance

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a primary benefit of a performance budget?

• A) It facilitates control by establishing rigid spending mandates.
• B) It encourages accomplishment of objectives by associating expenditures with outcomes.
• C) It encourages planning by requiring management to anticipate every type of expenditure.
• D) It provides decision-makers with detailed information.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Dissonance

The psychological unease felt when a person simultaneously holds conflicting beliefs, ideas, or values.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in psychology that uses rewards and punishments to modify behaviors.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which an originally neutral stimulus becomes associated with a specific response due to pairing with a stimulus that naturally evokes that response.

Implicit Personality Theory

Sets of assumptions about how different types of people, personality traits, and actions are related to each other.