Which of the Following Statements Is TRUE

question 169

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• A)A favourable variance always benefits a company.
• B)Managers attempt to maintain unfavourable variances.
• C)Favourable variances are typically not preferred by management.
• D)Only a flexible budget can be used to determine a variance.
• E)A favourable variance is not always beneficial for an organization.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of how spread out numbers are in a dataset, indicating the variability or dispersion around the mean.

Box Plot

A graphical representation of a dataset's distribution, showing the median, quartiles, and outliers through a box and whisker plot.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set, reflecting the spread of values.

Interquartile Range

The difference between the 25th (Q1) and 75th (Q3) percentiles in a dataset, measuring the spread of the middle 50% of the data.