Your Supervisor at a Consulting Firm Asks You to Allocate

Multiple Choice

Your supervisor at a consulting firm asks you to allocate the time you actually spent on jobs now in danger of exceeding their cost estimates to other jobs less likely to overrun cost estimates.Which of the following statements is true?

A) This practice misleads managers who rely on accurate cost information for pricing,cost control,and other decisions.
B) This practice cheats people who may be paying for a job on a cost-plus-fee basis,where the job has cost less than the producer claims.
C) This practice avoids the appearance of cost overruns on some jobs and is unethical.
D) All of the answers are correct.