When You Work on the Right Tasks (I

question 32

Multiple Choice

When you work on the right tasks (i.e. those that are both urgent and important) in the easiest, fastest, least costly and most streamlined manner possible, you are working:

• A) efficiently.
• B) effectively.
• C) efficiently, but not effectively.
• D) both efficiently and effectively.
• E) neither efficiently nor effectively.

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Definitions:

Labor Quantity Variance

The difference between the actual hours worked and the standard hours allowed for the work performed, multiplied by the standard hourly wage rate.

Produced

The completed output of goods or services as a result of manufacturing or production processes.

Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of materials used in production and the expected (or standard) cost of those materials.

Direct Materials Quantity Variance

The variance between the real amount of materials consumed in production and the anticipated standard amount, multiplied by the cost per unit according to standards.