Rients Corporation Is a Service Company That Measures Its Output

question 335

Multiple Choice

Rients Corporation is a service company that measures its output by the number of customers served. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results of operations for October. When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of October, it assumed that 39 customers would have been served. However, 44 customers were actually served during October.The spending variance for total expenses for October would have been closest to:

• A) $600 F
• B) $9,400 U
• C) $600 U
• D) $9,400 F

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Definitions:

Variable-Interval Schedule

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed, leading to a steady, consistent response rate.

Reinforcement

Reinforcement is a principle in behavioral psychology where a behavior is encouraged or strengthened by a consequence following the behavior.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral principle where the removal of an unfavorable outcome or stimulus strengthens or increases the likelihood of a specific response or behavior.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral principle where the removal of an unfavorable condition strengthens a behavior.