It Is the Third Week of September, and You Are

question 3

Multiple Choice

It is the third week of September, and you are just beginning to know your first-grade students. One child, Marcus, stands out in your mind. He has not made friends with any playmates so far, and he rarely talks to the other children. Yesterday, during playtime, he stomped on a cardboard puzzle after playing with it for several minutes.  Later, he told you he got mad at it because "it wasn't all fitting in." During the past several days, he has had several such outbursts, usually when things get busy in the class, such as when lining up for lunch or recess, or marching to music. Given his behavior, you think he may

• A) have dyslexia.
• B) have a low IQ.
• C) be suffering from abuse.
• D) be homeless.

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Definitions:

Machine-Hours

A unit of measure that represents the operational time of a machine, used in allocating manufacturing overhead based on the time machines are run.

Plantwide Predetermined

A rate, often related to overhead costs, that is set before the accounting period begins and applied uniformly throughout an entire plant or organization.

Machine-Hours

A measure of production output or activity level using the total hours machines are operated.

Plantwide Predetermined

A uniform overhead rate used across an entire plant or factory, calculated by dividing estimated overhead costs by an estimated allocation base like labor hours or machine hours.