Question

At Taylor Activewear, orders have significantly exceeded projections, and Macon, the operations director, has decided to hire for a third shift in the plant. Macon is clearly operating with the use of a(n) _____ budget.

Answer 1

Answer: variable budget

Explanation: In simple words, variable budget refers to the budget statement which shows how much different costs would vary if the level of activity as per standards set increases or decreases.

These are also called flexible budget and are made on the basis of current level of output. These budgets provides flexibility to the management with respect to both best case and worst case scenarios.

From the above we can conclude that the correct answer is variable budget.