Letitia is a salesperson. she routinely sells at a lower volume than her colleagues. however, she offers excellent customer service after the sale, and customers routinely give positive feedback when asked to fill out survey. her supervisor routinely ranks her as either above average or superior on all items on her performance appraisal, including output. this is an example of error influencing an appraisal.

Adamson company manufactures four lines of garden tools. as a result of an activity analysis, the accounting department has identified eight activity cost pools. each of the product lines is produced in large batches, with the whole plant devoted to one product at a time. classify each of the following activities or costs as either unit-level, batch-level, product-level, or facility-level. activities (a) machining parts. (b) product design. (c) plant maintenance. (d) machine setup. (e) assembling parts. (f) purchasing raw materials. (g) property taxes. (h) painting.