Which of the Following Is Not a Reason That Costs

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a reason that costs of operating service departments are allocated to other departments?

• A)Many departments consume the services provided by service departments and should be assigned a share of the costs associated with the services consumed.
• B)Allocating service costs to other departments for services provided gives department managers incentives to control the use of support services.
• C)External reporting regulations (for tax and financial reporting)require allocating manufacturing overhead to the units produced.
• D)Many departments consume the services provided by service departments and should be charged an arbitrary share of the costs because the costs must be allocated to someone.

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Definitions:

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule where only a portion of responses are reinforced, leading to slower acquisition of a response but greater resistance to extinction.

Continuous Reinforcement

A schedule of reinforcement where a reward follows every correct response or desired behavior, commonly used in the initial stages of training.

Contingency

A future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty, often dependent on other factors.

Biofeedback

A technique used to teach individuals how to control bodily processes that are normally involuntary, such as heart rate or blood pressure, through the use of electronic monitoring.