Quinn Is an Accountant Employed by CCDL Enterprises

question 13

Multiple Choice

Quinn is an accountant employed by CCDL Enterprises. Recently, she has spent much of her time working on defining measures of costs for the production department and checking to ensure that various departments are staying within their budgets. Quinn is a

• A) public accountant whose work is mainly concerned with auditing.
• B) public accountant whose work is mainly concerned with financial accounting.
• C) private accountant whose work is mainly concerned with managerial accounting.
• D) private accountant whose work is mainly concerned with financial accounting.

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Definitions:

Phone Ringing

The sound made by a telephone to alert the recipient of an incoming call.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, emphasizing the influence of consequences on behavior.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a consequence that strengthens an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus.

Punishment

A process that decreases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated by applying an adverse stimulus or removing a rewarding stimulus following the behavior.