If You Do Poorly on This Exam and Conclude That

question 66

Multiple Choice

If you do poorly on this exam and conclude that it is really the professor's fault for making the exam too hard, you are basing your explanation on

• A) the fundamental attribution error
• B) a primacy effect
• C) a recency effect
• D) the just world hypothesis
• E) a self-serving bias

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Definitions:

Direct Labor-Hours

A measure of the total hours worked directly on the production of goods.

Budget Variances

The difference between budgeted and actual figures for revenues or expenditures, indicating under or overspending.

Underapplied

A situation where the allocated manufacturing overhead costs are less than the actual overhead costs incurred, leading to underestimation of product costs.

Overapplied

A condition where the allocated amount of indirect costs exceeds the actual amount incurred.