What Is the Principal Reason That Direct Labor Hours Are

question 19

Multiple Choice

What is the principal reason that direct labor hours are no longer an effective base for allocating indirect costs in many modern manufacturing companies?

• A) Automation
• B) Workers are not as productive as they were in the past
• C) Movement from full-time to part-time workers
• D) Changes in generally accepted accounting principles

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Definitions:

Genetic Drift

Refers to the random fluctuations in the frequency of alleles within a population over time, not due to natural selection.

Sympatric Speciation

Speciation pattern in which speciation occurs within a population, in the absence of a physical barrier to gene flow.

Physical Barrier

Any natural or artificial structure that blocks or limits movement, spread, or access of organisms or materials.

Polyploidy

The condition of having more than two complete sets of chromosomes in an organism, common in plants and some animal species.