An Unfavorable Variance Indicates That ________

question 96

Multiple Choice

An unfavorable variance indicates that ________.

• A) the actual costs are less than the budgeted costs
• B) the actual revenues exceed the budgeted revenues
• C) the actual units sold are less than the budgeted units
• D) the budgeted contribution margin is more than the actual amount

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Definitions:

Obvious Reinforcement

Refers to a reinforcement that is clearly and directly related to a specific behavior, making the consequences of the behavior apparent.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Extinction

The gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response tendency because the response is no longer reinforced.

Conditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.