Which of the Following Explains Why Managers Compare the Budgeted

question 115

Multiple Choice

Which of the following explains why managers compare the budgeted costs to actual costs?

• A)Managers only focus on the budgeted costs.
• B)Managers only learn how to make better decisions in the future.
• C)Managers know how well they did to control costs only.
• D)Managers evaluate how well they did to control costs and learn how to do better in the future.
• E)Managers never compare these costs.

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Definitions:

Constitutive

Expressed continuously under normal physiological conditions, not subject to regulation by environmental conditions.

Lac Operon

A set of genes involved in the metabolism of lactose in bacteria, along with their promoter and operator sequences that control their expression.

Repressor Protein

A type of protein that binds to specific DNA sequences and inhibits the expression of a gene by blocking RNA polymerase.

Feedback Inhibition

A type of enzyme regulation in which the accumulation of the product of a reaction inhibits an earlier reaction in the sequence; also known as end product inhibition.