Sam Is a Young Adult Who Is Enrolled in College

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Multiple Choice

Sam is a young adult who is enrolled in college in the United States.He is taking a broad range of courses and is passionate about automobiles and motorcycles.He has the capacity to perform tasks that Piaget would deem formal operational; however, he selectively uses his cognitive ability.In which of the following courses is he more likely to perform cognitive tasks that are within formal operations?

• A)literature
• B)small engine repair
• C)computer-aided design (CAD)
• D)psychology and sociology

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Definitions:

Plantwide Overhead Rate

An overhead allocation rate used throughout an entire plant or company to allocate indirect costs to products.

Overhead Allocation Base

A measure used to distribute overhead costs among various products or service units within a business.

Machine Hours

A measure of the amount of time machines are operated in the production process, commonly used as an allocation base for assigning overhead costs.

Indirect Labor

Labor costs attributed to anything other than the direct manufacturing of goods or provision of services, such as maintenance, supervision, and administrative tasks.