For a Particular Period a Firm Worked a Larger Number

question 77

Multiple Choice

For a particular period a firm worked a larger number of overtime hours than planned in order to complete a larger than usual number of job orders. The jobs were all completed within the standard time allowed for each job. Assuming only the facts given, what variance(s) would result from these facts?

• A) Unfavourable labour rate; unfavourable labour efficiency
• B) Unfavourable labour efficiency; unfavourable material quantity variance
• C) Unfavourable labour rate; unfavourable labour efficiency; unfavourable material quantity
• D) None of the given answers

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Definitions:

Stimulus Motive

An intrinsic desire to explore and interact with the environment, driven by external stimuli.

Primary Drive

A basic, innate urge or motivation, such as hunger or thirst, that prompts an organism to take action to satisfy its needs.

Secondary Drive

A learned association that becomes as motivating as primary biological drives through conditioning, such as the desire for money because it buys food.

Pygmy Chimpanzees

Also known as bonobos, a species of great ape known for their matriarchal societies and high levels of sexual behavior as a social activity.