Identify the Opportunity Below That Could Enable an Employee to Commit

question 49

Multiple Choice

Identify the opportunity below that could enable an employee to commit fraud.

• A) An employee's spouse loses her job.
• B) An employee has a close association with suppliers or customers.
• C) An employee suddenly acquires lots of credit cards.
• D) An employee is upset that he was passed over for a promotion.

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Definitions:

Variable Manufacturing Overhead

This refers to the manufacturing overhead costs that vary with the level of production, such as utilities or indirect materials.

Materials Price Variance

The variance between the standard cost and the actual expense of materials, factored by the number of materials acquired.

Direct Labor-hours

The total time that production workers spend working on products or production processes, used as a base for applying manufacturing overhead.

Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance

The difference between the actual variable overhead incurred and the standard cost of variable overhead expected for the actual production level.