The ________ department is most likely responsible to incur a "direct material price variance."
A)production
B)marketing
C)personnel
D)purchasing

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The purchasing department is responsible for acquiring direct materials for production. Therefore, they would be the most likely department to incur a direct material price variance, which measures the difference between the actual cost of materials purchased and the standard cost of materials that should have been used in production.

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