Monique Routinely Uses a Shredder to Shred Her Junk Mail

question 41

Multiple Choice

Monique routinely uses a shredder to shred her junk mail into confetti-sized pieces of paper,which she then just throws away.When packing her glassware to move into a new apartment,she runs out of protective styrofoam packing material.Suddenly Monique gets the idea to empty her shredder and use the shredded junk mail confetti for packing material.Monique has _____.

• A) overcome functional fixedness
• B) used a heuristic to solve her packing problem
• C) used an algorithm to solve her packing problem
• D) used subgoaling to obtain the appropriate packing materials

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Definitions:

Materials Quantity Variance

The discrepancy between what was actually used in terms of material for production and what was anticipated, times the standard cost for each unit.

Direct Material

Primary materials used in the making of a product that can be directly traced to the finished good.

Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of materials purchased and the expected (standard) cost, multiplied by the quantity of materials.

Labor Efficiency Variance

A measure used to assess the difference between the actual hours worked and the standard hours allotted to complete a task, multiplied by the standard hourly labor rate.