Answer the Following Questions Using the Information Below

question 104

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions using the information below:
Roiann and Dennett Law Office employs 12 full-time attorneys and 10 paraprofessionals. Direct and indirect costs are applied on a professional labor-hour basis that includes both attorney and paraprofessional hours. Following is information for 20X3:

-When a normal costing system is used, clients using proportionately more attorney time than paraprofessional time will:

• A)be overbilled for actual resources used
• B)be underbilled for actual resources used
• C)be billed accurately for actual resources used
• D)result in an underallocation of direct costs

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Definitions:

Perceived Biological Differences

The subjective interpretation or belief in the existence of distinct biological distinctions between various groups, such as between genders or races.

Race

A socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences between groups of people.

Institutional Discrimination

Discrimination carried out systematically by institutions (political, economic, educational, and others) that affects all members of a group who come into contact with it.

Jim Crow Laws

Racial segregation laws enacted in the Southern United States after the Reconstruction period, lasting until the mid-20th century, that enforced discrimination against African Americans.