An Employee Reports a Safety Concern and It Helps Avoid

question 3

Multiple Choice

An employee reports a safety concern and it helps avoid harm to a patient. The manager praises the employee at the next department meeting in front of her peers. This is an example of:

• A) Positive Reinforcement
• B) Negative Reinforcement
• C) Positive Punishment
• D) Negative Punishment

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Definitions:

Predetermined Overhead Rate

A rate calculated before a period begins, used to allocate manufacturing overhead costs to products based on a selected activity base such as labor hours or machine hours.

Direct Labor-Hours

The total hours of labor directly involved in manufacturing a product, used in calculating labor costs and efficiency in production.

Job-Order Costing

A system that assigns manufacturing costs to each product, providing a way to calculate the cost per item or job specifically.

Predetermined Overhead Rate

An estimated rate used to allocate manufacturing overhead costs to products or job orders, based on a planned amount of activity.