Kai Has a Tendency to Rate All of His Direct

question 47

Multiple Choice

Kai has a tendency to rate all of his direct reports as average.Kai's actions indicate which of the following performance appraisal problems?

• A)central tendency
• B)halo effect
• C)bias
• D)appraisal bias
• E)equal rating tendency

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Definitions:

Period Cost

Expenses that are not directly tied to the production process and are instead expensed in the period in which they occur.

Variable Costing

An accounting method that includes only variable production costs (direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead) in product costs.

Variable Production Costs

Costs that vary directly with the level of production output, such as raw materials and direct labor.

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs, both variable and fixed, in the cost of producing each unit of a product.