What is a management control system? OA. A management control system is a set of activities and resources assigned to a manager, a group of managers, or other employees. B. A management control system is a logical integration of techniques to gather and use information to make planning and control decisions, to motivate employee behavior, and to evaluate performance. OC. A management control system is a belief system managers use to ensure employees behavior remains positive through having continuous employee feedback on the workplace environment. D. A management control system is a performance measure and reporting system that strikes a balance between financial and nonfinancial measures, links performance to rewards, and gives explicit recognition to the link between performance measure and organization goals and objectives. Distinguish between the duties of line managers and staff managers. A. There are no differences between the duties of line managers and staff managers. Both have advisory functions-they support the management accountants. B. Staff managers are directly responsible for the production and sale of goods or services. Line managers have an advisory function-they support staff managers. C. Line managers are certified public accountants (CPAs). Staff managers are chartered accountants (CAS). OD. Line managers are directly responsible for the production and sale of goods or services. Staff managers have an advisory function-they support line managers. Why are companies increasing their quality control emphasis on the prevention of defects? A. Companies have been very profitable in recent years and so have excess money to invest in new approaches to quality control. B. Many companies are finding that it is less costly to prevent defects than it is to identify and correct defects. C. Employees notified management that preventing defects was more interesting than identifying and correcting them after the fact. D. Although it is more costly to prevent defects than to identify and correct them, customers have demanded that companies change their approach to quality control