Use the Following Information for the Next 3 Questions

question 13

Multiple Choice

Use the following information for the next 3 questions.
The personnel department provides service to operating departments A and B. Personnel's budget is based on 250 employees (100 in department A and 150 in department B) . The budget calls for $40,000 in fixed costs, plus $140 per employee. During a recent month the personnel department incurred $41,000 in fixed costs and $42,200 in variable costs. The two operating departments, A and B, had 120 and 140 employees, respectively.
-How much would be charged to department B if budgeted costs were allocated based on number of employees?

• A) $45,000
• B) $44,800
• C) $43,600
• D) $40,385

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Definitions:

Dependent Variables

Variables in an experiment that are expected to change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.

Testable Prediction

A statement that anticipates a specific outcome of a study or experiment, based on a hypothesis, which can be empirically verified.

Operational Definition

A statement of the procedures (operations) used to define research variables. For example, human intelligence may be operationally defined as “what an intelligence test measures.”

Research Variable

An element or factor within a study that can be changed and manipulated, or measured and evaluated to determine its effects on the outcome of the study.