________ is a major disadvantage of cost-plus pricing strategy.

A department has budgeted monthly manufacturing overhead cost of $540,000 plus $3 per direct labor hour. If a flexible budget report reflects $1,044,000 for total budgeted manufacturing cost for the month, the actual level of activity achieved during the month was

a) 348,000 direct labor hours. b) cannot be determined from the information provided. c) 528,000 direct labor hours. d) 168,000 direct labor hours.

If the research objective helps to determine terms and concepts, it is likely that the most appropriate research design would be:

A) exploitive B) exploratory C) deductive D) causal E) standard