A new factory manager was hired for a company that was experiencing slow production rates and lower production volumes than demanded by management. Uponinvestigation, the manager found that the workers were poorly motivated and not closely supervised. Midway through the quarter, an incentive program was initiated, and cash bonuses were given when workers hit their production targets. Within a short time, production output increased, but the bonuses had to be charged to the direct labor budget, and the manager was worried about the impact of these costs on operating income. This could produce a(n) . A. unfavorable direct labor efficiency variance
B. unfavorable direct materials cost variance
C. unfavorable direct labor cost variance
D. unfavorable direct materials efficiency variance

1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10time remaining59: 30in  the dark game, how does the author develop the central idea that elizabeth van lew was a spymaster during the civil war? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10time remaining59: 30in the dark game, how does the author develop the central idea that elizabeth van lew was a spymaster during the civil war?

For each of the following users of financial accounting information and managerial accounting information, specify whether the user would primarily use financial accounting information or managerial accounting information or both: 1. sec examiner 2. bookkeeping department 3. division controller 4. external auditor (public accounting firm) 5. loan officer at the company's bank 6. state tax agency auditor 7. board of directors 8. manager of the service department 9. wall street analyst 10. internal auditor 11. potential investors 12, current stockholders 13. reporter from the wall street journal 14. regional division managers

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i. e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i. e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.