Pearse Kennel Uses Tenant-Days as Its Measure of Activity;an Animal

question 288

Multiple Choice

Pearse Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity;an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day.During December, the kennel budgeted for 3, 000 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 2, 980 tenant-days.The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for December: Data used in budgeting: Actual results for December: The overall revenue and spending variance (i.e. , the variance for net operating income in the revenue and spending variance column on the flexible budget performance report) for December would be closest to:

• A)$640 F
• B)$840 F
• C)$640 U
• D)$840 U

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Definitions:

Shaping

A behavioral psychology technique of progressively reinforcing behaviors that approximate or lead towards a desired goal behavior.

Conditioned Reinforcement

A process where a stimulus gains the capacity to reinforce desirable behaviors through its association with a primary reinforcer.

Reinforcement

A psychological principle that involves using consequences to strengthen a behavior, making it more likely to occur in the future.

Classical Conditioning

An instructive method involving the repeated pairing of two stimuli; a response, initially elicited by the second stimulus, is in time elicited by the first stimulus independently.