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1) A well-designed activity-based costing system starts with __________.
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2) In what situations will a static budget be most effective in evaluating a manager's effectiveness?
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3) The conceptual framework developed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board __________.
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4) Disney’s variable costs are 30% of sales. The company is contemplating an advertising campaign that will cost $22,000. If sales are expected to increase $40,000, by how much will the company's net income increase?
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5) Of the following companies, which one would not likely employ the specific identification method for inventory costing?
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6) These are selected account balances on December 31, 2008.
What is the net amount of property, plant, and equipment that will appear on the balance sheet?
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7) Which one of the following items is not generally used in preparing a statement of cash flows?
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8) The income statement and balance sheet columns of Pine Company's worksheet reflects the following totals:
The net income (or loss) for the period is __________.
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9) What effect do current technology changes have on managerial accounting?
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10) As Plant Controller, you are trying to determine which costs over which you have the most control on a day to day basis. Your goal is to achieve better profitability. The Plant Operations Manager suggests that overhead is the easiest area to directly reduce costs. Which of the following items would be classified as manufacturing overhead?
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11) The major reporting standard for management accounts is __________.
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12) Which list below best describes the major services performed by public accountants?
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13) Hess, Inc. sells a single product with a contribution margin of $12 per unit and fixed costs of $74,400 and sales for the current year of $100,000. How much is Hess’s break even point?
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14) Managerial accounting __________.
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15) Maurice receives $100 as a birthday gift. In deciding how to spend the money, he narrows his options down to four choices: Option A, Option B, Option C, and Option D. Each option costs $100. Finally he decides on Option B. The opportunity cost of this decision is __________.
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16) A tax on an imported good is called a __________.
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17) Lekeisha's income exceeds her expenditures. Lekeisha is a __________.
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18) Lucy starts her own psychiatric practice, but her expenditures to open the practice exceed her income. Lucy is a __________.
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19) A rational decision maker __________.
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20) When a firm sells a good or a service, the sale contributes to the nation’s income __________.
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21) Without trade, __________.
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22) The open-economy macroeconomic model includes __________.
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23) The political business cycle refers to __________.
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24) Consider two items that might be included in GDP: (1) The estimated rental value of owner-occupied housing; and (2) purchases of newly-constructed homes. How are these two items accounted for when GDP is calculated?
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25) The part of the balance of payments account that lists all long-term flows of payments is called the:
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26) Real GDP __________.
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27) The open-economy macroeconomic model examines the determination of __________.
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28) An invisible barrier that makes it difficult for certain groups, such as minorities and women, to move beyond a certain level in the organizational hierarchy is referred to as the:
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29) The basic components of an effective sexual harassment policy include the following EXCEPT:
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30) A leader is:
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31) Teams that operate separately from the regular work structure and exist temporarily are known as:
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32) Which of these describes a vision, as it pertains to leadership?
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33) Japanese manufacturers' kaizen (continuous improvement) programs enable them to maintain:
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34) The term used to refer to all kinds of differences including religious affiliation, age, disability status, economic class and lifestyle in addition to gender, race, ethnicity and nationality is:
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35) A manager's ability to stimulate people to be high performers is referred to as:
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36) Which of the following has proven to be a particularly good predictor for jobs that require cognitive complexity?
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37) The best way for an employer to find out if a potential employee can do a job is by __________.
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38) A series of quality standards developed by a committee working under the International Organization for Standardization to improve total quality in all businesses for the benefit of both producers and consumers is:
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39) Which of the following statements does NOT support Total Quality Management?
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40) Building a dynamic organization is another way of describing which function of management?
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41) The pursuit of lucrative opportunities by enterprising individuals is called:
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42) Use the following table to answer question:
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43) Dullco Manufacturing claims that its alkaline batteries last forty hours on average in a certain type of portable CD player. Tests on a random sample of 18 batteries showed a mean battery life of 37.8 hours with a standard deviation of 5.4 hours.
In a left-tailed test at
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44) Thirty patients are selected from a filing cabinet containing 812 patient folders by choosing every 27th patient folder. Which sampling method is this?
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45) William used a sample of 68 U.S. cities to estimate the relationship between Crime (annual property crimes per 100,000 persons) and Income (median income per capita). His estimated regression equation was Crime = 428 + .050 Income. From this information, we can conclude that __________.
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46) Which of the following statements is true?
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47) Independent events A and B would be consistent with which of the following statements:
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48) In an activity-on-node [AON] network, the nodes represent ____________, whereas the arcs represent ____________.
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49) Assume that the arrival of airplanes at a one-runway airport is a Poisson distribution with a mean rate of
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50) In statistical process control a p-chart could __________.
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51) Which one of the following statements concerning production and staffing plans is best?
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52) Companies using lean systems generally have:
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53) The Global, Web-Based Platform enables individuals to do which of the following?
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54) Zappos built the majority of its information systems using which of the following?
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55) Which of the following are disadvantages of the buy option for acquiring IS applications?
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56) Fundamental points about network computing in organizations include all of the following except:
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57) The force behind globalization in _____ was the amount of muscle, horsepower, wind power, or steam power that a country could deploy.
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58) Which of the following is not a reason that managers need IT support?
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59) __________ integrate the planning, management, and use of all of an organization’s resources, and are designed to tightly integrate the functional areas of the organization.
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60) Computer support is greatest for which of the following problems?
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61) Which of the following is not a function of functional area information systems?
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62) _____ is the acquisition and efficient use of resources in accomplishing organizational goals.
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63) Bell Weather, Inc. has a beta of 1.25. The return on the market portfolio is 12.5%, and the risk-free rate is 5%. According to CAPM, what is the required return on this stock?
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64) Dublin International Corporation’s marginal tax rate is 40%. It can issue three-year bonds with a coupon rate of 8.5% and par value of $1,000. The bonds can be sold now at a price of $938.90 each. The underwriters will charge $23 per bond in flotation costs. Determine the approximate after-tax cost of debt for Dublin International to use in a capital budgeting analysis.
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65) Your company is considering an investment in a project which would require an initial outlay of $300,000 and produce expected cash flows in Years 1 through 5 of $87,385 per year. You have determined that the current after-tax cost of the firm’s capital (required rate of return) for each source of financing is as follows:
Long-term debt currently makes up 20% of the capital structure, preferred stock 10%, and common stock 70%. What is the net present value of this project?
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66) You hold a portfolio with the following securities:
Compute the expected return and beta for the portfolio.
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67) A machine costs $1,000, has a three-year life, and has an estimated salvage value of $100. It will generate after-tax annual cash flows (ACF) of $600 a year, starting next year. If your required rate of return for the project is 10%, what is the NPV of this investment? (Round your answerwer to the nearest $10.)
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68) The common stockholders are most concerned with:
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69) Petrified Forest Skin Care, Inc. pays an annual perpetual dividend of $1.70 per share. If the stock is currently selling for $21.25 per share, what is the expected rate of return on this stock?
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70) Suppose you determine that the NPV of a project is $1,525,855. What does that mean?
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71) Which of the following is most consistent with the hedging principle in working capital management?
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72) According to the hedging principle, permanent assets should be financed with _____ liabilities.
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73) What is the yield to maturity of a nine-year bond that pays a coupon rate of 20% per year, has a $1,000 par value, and is currently priced at $1,407? Round your answer to the nearest whole percent and assume annual coupon payments.
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74) Tri State Pickle Company preferred stock pays a perpetual annual dividend of 2 1/2% of its par value. Par value of TSP preferred stock is $100 per share. If investors’ required rate of return on this stock is 15%, what is the value of per share?
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75) Exchange rate risk:
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76) In an effort to increase its total sales, Champion has started exporting its spark plugs for use by several German auto producers. Champion is pursuing a _____ opportunity.
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77) The clustering techniques that can be used in segmenting:
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78) The difference between target marketing and mass marketing is that target marketing:
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79) __________ is a marketing management aid which refers to how customers think about proposed and/or present brands in a market.
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80) Regarding organizational buying, the people who have the power to select or approve the supplier--especially for larger purchases--are called:
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81) Analysis of demographic dimensions:
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82) "Positioning":
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83) Comparing GDP for foreign countries can help a marketing manager evaluate potential markets if the manager remembers that:
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84) When one considers the strategy decisions organized by the four Ps, branding is related to packaging as:
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85) Good marketing strategy planners know that:
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86) Economists' economic-buyer theory assumes that __________.
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87) "Marketing strategy planning" means:
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88) Minimum wages, hours of employment, and child labor are regulated by the:
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89) Which of the following receives at least some protection under the U.S. Constitution?
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90) Which of the following statements is generally not true about state intermediate appellate courts?
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91) Which of the following activities by an administrative agency requires public notice and participation?
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92) In a criminal proceeding, what is the difference between an indictment and an information?
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93) For which of the following kinds of intellectual property is a filing or registration required in order to receive protection?
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94) Which social responsibility theory has been advocated by Novel Prizewinning economist Milton Friedman?
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95) What is the major convention that provides international protection to patents?
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96) What makes a publicly held corporation different from a public corporation?
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97) The Houston-based energy company that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and whose business conduct is one of the grossest examples of corporate greed and fraud in America was:
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98) One study found that manufacturing labor costs about _____ an hour in China, compared to _____ dollars in the United States.
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99) Which country does the text describe as becoming the largest producer and consumer of many of the world's goods?
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100) Although the U.S. has had a longstanding agreement with _____ after the passage of NAFTA, _____ became the United States' second largest trading partner.
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