_____ Is to Internal Motivation as _____ Is to External

question 120

Multiple Choice

_____ is to internal motivation as _____ is to external motivation.

• A) Drive reduction; arousal theory
• B) Arousal theory; incentive theory
• C) Incentive theory; arousal theory
• D) Arousal theory; drive reduction

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Definitions:

Unfavourable Variance

A financial term indicating that actual results are worse than expected or budgeted results, leading to a negative impact on profitability.

Sales Volume Variance

A metric used in budgeting and accounting to measure the difference between the actual quantity sold and the expected sales volume, indicating the impact on profit.

Variable Costing

An accounting method that only includes variable production costs (materials, labor, and variable overhead) in product costs and treats fixed overhead as a period expense.

Opening Stock

The value of inventory that a company has on hand at the beginning of an accounting period.