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BUS 475 Week 5 Individual Assignment Capstone Part 2

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BUS 475 Week 5 Individual Assignment Capstone Part 2 Answer
To decrease the nations money supply, the Fed can

increase reserve requirement.

decrease reserve requirements.

decrease the discount rate.

buy government securities in the open market.

In the long-run framework, budget surpluses

should be run whenever output dips below potential output.

should never be run since they crowd out investment in the short run.

are better than budget deficits over the long run because unlike budget deficits, they
increase saving and investment.

should be run on a permanent basis since they boost saving and investment and
stimulate economic growth.
Which of the following will decrease the nominal deficit?

An increase in taxes

An increase in government expenditures

An increase in interest rates

An increase in the debt

If a countrys trade deficit increases, then

its consumption must be falling relative to its production.

its consumption must be rising relative to its production.


it must be buying more assets from foreigners.

it must be selling fewer assets to foreigners.

Which of the following statements best describes the modern view of marketing?

Marketing is only necessary for profit-oriented firms.

Marketing consists mainly of advertising and personal selling.

Marketing anticipates customer needs.

Marketing begins as soon as products are produced.

Ethnic markets are becoming more important to marketers because

the buying power of ethnic submarkets is decreasing.

the median age of Asian, African, and Hispanic Americans is much higher than that of
White Americans.

the number of ethnic consumers is growing at a much faster rate than the overall society

they make a clear segment with similar backgrounds and common language, religion,
and culture.
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Segmenting, in contrast to combining,

tends to focus more on customer similarities than on differences.

tries to identify homogeneous submarkets and develop different marketing mixes for
each submarket.

usually means settling for a smaller sales potential.

relies more on promotion appeals and minor product differences to create general
customer appeal among several submarkets.
8
Cargill, Inc. is finally earning a profit on the unique product it introduced 6 months
ago. Cargills advertising is both informative and persuasive. Much money is being
spent on place development. There is little price competition, although several
competitors have come out with reasonable imitations. Total industry sales and profits
are both rising. In which stage of the product life cycle is Cargill operating?

Market growth

Market introduction

Sales decline

Market maturity
al Printing Equipment (NPE) produces equipment that helps to print newspapers and
magazines. The company sells directly to printers and through wholesalers. Its
salespeople negotiate prices with individual customers and often have to match
competitors prices. NPE has a new product, the Gutenberg NP201, with some
competitive advantages now, but competitors are expected to follow quickly with similar
products. The new product is being introduced into a market with elastic demand. In
regard to freight charges for its equipment, NPEs invoice reads, Seller pays the cost of
loading equipment onto a common carrier. At the point of loading, title to such products
passes to the buyer, who assumes responsibility for damage in transit, except as covered
by the transportation agency.
National Printing Equipments new Gutenberg NP201 should probably use
________________.

price fixing

skimming pricing

introductory pricing

penetration pricing
The main reason that vertical marketing systems are becoming more common is that

firms realize that working independently has advantages for channel members.

firms increasingly understand that competition among channel members is profitable.

it is easy for multiple firms to coordinate a single marketing mix for a common target
market.

firms recognize that coordination among channel members can increase sales for each
channel member.
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__________ is the intentional coordination of every communication from a firm to a
target customer to convey a consistent and complete message.

Integrated marketing communications

Online marketing

Digital marketing

Product positioning

12
Which of the following statements about ethical behavior in business is true?

The legal environment sets the highest standards of ethical behavior.

The legal environment sets the maximum standards of ethical behavior.

The legal environment sets the minimum standards of ethical behavior.

The legal environment sets the normative standards of ethical behavior.

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Which of the following financial instruments entails the most risk and potentially the
highest returns for investors?

Debt with a maturity of less than 1 year

Bonds

Common stock

Preferred stock
The Oviedo Thespians are planning to present performances of their Florida Revue on
two consecutive nights in January. It will cost them $5,000 per night for theater rental,
event insurance, and professional musicians. The theater will also take 10% of gross
ticket sales. How many tickets must they sell at $10.00 per ticket to break even?

1000 tickets

1,112 tickets

1,223 tickets

There is not enough information.

What is the present value of $12,500 to be received 10 years from today? Assume a
discount rate of 8% compounded annually and round to the nearest $10.

$5,790

$11,574

$9,210

$17,010
P. Noels Inc.s current ratio is 2. Current liabilities are $500,000. P. Noels current
assets equal __________ and net working capital is __________.

$500,000 and $1,000,000

$500,000 and $250,000

$1,000,000 and $500,000

$500,000 and $500,000

17
Woodstock Inc. expects to own a building for 5 years, and then sell it for $1,500,000 net
of taxes, sales commissions, and other selling costs. Woodstocks cost of capital is 11%.
How much will the sale of the building contribute to the NPV of the project?

$890,177

$1,351,351

$1,500,000

$2,527,587
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Metals Corp. has $2,575,000 of debt, $550,000 of preferred stock, and $18,125,000 of
common equity. Metals Corp.s after-tax cost of debt is 5.25%, preferred stock has a
cost of 6.35%, and newly issued common stock has a cost of 14.05%. What is Metals
Corp.s weighted average cost of capital?

12.78%

10.84%

8.32%

6.56%
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Which of the following is the most important factor that affects a firms financing mix?

The amount of EPS

The amount of operating income

The number of shares that are outstanding

The predictability of cash flows

One reason for international investment is that

the economies of many countries are growing faster than that of the U.S.

price-earnings (P/E) ratios are higher in foreign countries

doing business in foreign countries is simpler than in the U.S.

raw materials are typically cheaper in other countries than in the U.S.
21
H&R Block wants to analyze its clients tax returns over the past 10 years for each of
the clients tax filings. The type of data generated will be ______________.

time series data

cross-sectional data

observation data

meta data
22
Suppose Stock A has had a mean price of $6.58 per share with a standard deviation of
$1.88, while Stock B has had a mean price of $10.57 per share with a standard deviation
of $3.02. Which stock shows a higher coefficient of variation or volatility?

Stock A

Stock B

Both stocks have the same coefficient of variation.

The coefficients are incomparable.

A random sample of 81 team leaders and supervisors from Fortune 500 companies
revealed that on average a person spent 6.5 years on the job before being promoted. The
standard deviation of the sample was 1.7 years. Assuming that the population standard
deviation is unknown, the 99% confidence interval within which the population mean
lies is approximately between ___________ and _________years.

6 and 7

5.5 and 6.5

5.5 and 7.5

5.5 and 6.5

24
The appropriate alternative hypothesis for a two-tail test to determine if mean body
weight of all the men who have joined a health club is the same as 185 pounds would be

Ho: = 185 lbs.


Ho: > 185 lbs.

Ho: 185 lbs.

Ho: 185 lbs.

25
A survey of 134 cell phone users yielded the data found in the table below. The table
compares gender and type of phone.
iPhone Non-iPhone Total
Male 57 23 80
Female 36 18 54
Total 93 41 134
If a customer is randomly selected based on this survey data, what is the probability
that the customer is a female with an iPhone? (Round your answer to 3 decimal places).

0.481

0.333

0.387

0.269
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A correlation value of r = 0.5 between the x-variable and y-variable means

there is no relationship between x and y.

there is a strong positive linear relationship between x and y.

there is a moderate positive linear relationship between x and y.

there is no linear relationship between x and y.

27
When predicting grade point average from the number of hours spent studying per
week, the equation for the best fit line was found to be y = 0.0855x + 0.944. What is the
predicted grade point average of a student that studies 26 hours per week?

24.63

3.17

2.99

25

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A distribution center for a chain of electronics supply stores fills and ships orders to
retail outlets. A random sample of orders is selected as they are received and the dollar
amount of the order (in thousands of dollars) is recorded, and then the time (in hours)
required to fill the order and have it ready for shipping is determined. A scatterplot
showing the times as the response variable and the dollar amounts (in thousands of
dollars) as the predictor shows a linear trend. The least squares regression line is
determined to be: y= 0.76 +1.8x. A plot of the residuals versus the dollar amounts
showed no pattern, and the following values were reported: Correlationr + 0.90; R 2 =
0.81; standard deviation of the residuals is 0.48. What percentage of the variation in the
times required to prepare an order for shipping is accounted for by the fitted line?

76%

48%

81%

90%
29
Which of the four basic financial statements adds net income and subtracts dividends to
arrive at its key data element at the end of each period?

Statement of Cash Flows

Balance Statement

Retained Earnings Statement

Income Statement
30
What principle dictates that efforts (expenses) be recorded with results (revenues)?

Expense recognition principle

Cost principle

Periodicity principle

Revenue recognition principle

31
When an accountant makes an adjusting entry for accrued expenses, which statement
best reflects what the accounts look like before the adjustment?

Assets overstated; expenses understated

Liabilities overstated; revenues understated

Assets understated; revenues understated

Expenses understated; liabilities understated

32
Which account will have a zero balance after a company has journalized and posted
closing entries?

Service Revenue

Supplies

Prepaid Insurance

Accumulated Depreciation
If XYZ Co. had 100 units of beginning inventory valued at $15 per unit in January,
purchased an additional 100 units of inventory in February at $16 per unit, and
additional 100 units of inventory in May at $19 per unit, what would the unit cost of
ending inventory be under each of the three inventory methods (assuming that XYZ
only sold 79 units during this time frame)?

$19 under FIFO, $15 under LIFO, $17 under average cost

$15 under FIFO, $19 under LIFO, $17 under average cost

$19 under FIFO, $15 under LIFO, $16.6 under average cost

$15 under FIFO, $19 under LIFO, $16.6 under average cost
34
Mitch Companys ending inventory is understated by $4,000. The effects of this error on
the current years cost of goods sold and net income, respectively, are

understated and overstated.

overstated and understated.

overstated and overstated.

understated and understated.

35
Internal control is used in a business to enhance the accuracy and reliability of its
accounting records and to

safeguard its assets.

create a system of audit review.

analyze financial statements.

protect investments by the public.

36
Under the percentage of receivables method, the allowance for a doubtful accounts
balance will occasionally have a debit balance due to write-offs that occur during the
year, which exceed the previous provisions for bad debts. In such cases, what must a
company do to this account?

Allow the debit balance to carry over to future periods.

Make an adjusting entry by subtracting the debit balance from the required balance.

Make an adjusting entry by adding the debit balance to the required balance.

Create a second allowance for doubtful accounts balance with a credit balance.
37
Penn Corp. acquired a truck to haul widgets between its manufacturing facility and its
sales offices. Penn acquired the truck for $55,000. Penn sold the truck years later for
$15,000. Before the year of the sale, Penn had depreciated the asset by $32,000. Penn
depreciated the truck by another $2,000 during the year it was sold. Does Penn record
gain or loss on the sale and how much?

Loss of $17,000

Loss of $19,000

Gain of $8,000

Gain of $6,000
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In what situations are notes payable used in lieu of accounts payable?

To give the lender formal proof of the obligation, for collection of debt purposes, and to
require the borrower to pay interest

To provide short-term financing, for collection of debt purposes, and to pay off the debt
quicker

To create better credit, incur liability over a shorter time frame, and acquire additional
financing for different lines of business

Because other financing is not available, to facilitate business relationship with other
companies, and to improve goodwill
39
In the stockholders equity section of the balance sheet, the cost of treasure stock is

deducted from the following:

Total paid-in capital and retained earnings

Retained earnings

Total stockholders equity

Common stock in paid-in capital

40
To arrive at net cash provided by operating activities, the statement of cash flows
prepared by the indirect method starts with net income and then adds or deducts
various items. In making this calculation, the following items are added to net income
under the indirect method:

Depreciation expense, gain on the sale of plant assets, and increase in current liability
account

Patent amortization expense, increase in current asset account, and decease in current
asset account

Depletion expense, loss on the sale of plant assets, and patent amortization expense

Gain on the sale of plant asset, increate in current asset account, and decrease in
current liability account
41
In horizontal analysis, each item is expressed as a percentage of the following:

Stockholders equity amount

Total assets amount

Base year amount

Net income amount

42
The following is an example of an unethical action committed by ABC, Inc.s
accountant, Fred Anderson.

Andersons supervisor asks him to inflate income for the current period to make the
company appear more profitable.

Andersons recording of amortization is audited by an independent auditor.

Anderson records income using the cash basis of accounting, contrary to GAAP.

Anderson causes $200 in ABC, Inc. merchandise to be shipped to him for free.

43
Strategic management involves the _________, directing, _________ and controlling of a
companys strategy-related decisions and actions.

financing; marketing

planning; financing

marketing; planning

planning; organizing
44
The DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, control) process is relevant to

CCC21.

balanced scorecard.

strategic matrix analysis.

Six Sigma.
45
Identifying and assessing a companys resource strengths and weaknesses and its
external opportunities and threats is called a __________________.

SWOT analysis

competitive asset/liability analysis

competitive positioning analysis

strategic resource assessment

46
The market opportunities most relevant to a particular company are those that

offer the best growth and profitability.

provide a strong defense against threats to the companys profitability..

hold the most potential for product innovation.

provide avenues for taking market share away from close rivals.
47
Organizational requirements to support and sustain cost leadership are

subjective measurements and incentives.


tradition of closeness to key customers.

frequent, detained control reports.

some personnel skilled in sales and operations.

48
Organizational requirements to support and sustain differentiation activities include
which of the following:

frequent, detailed control reports

structured organization and responsibilities

tradition of closeness to key customers

incentives based on meeting strict, quantitative targets

49
A __________ is an articulation of a simple criterion or characterization of what the
leader sees the company must become to establish and sustain global leadership.

leaders principle

mission

leaders vision

strategic intent
50
The overriding goal of a control system is to enable the __________ and __________ of
the business.

improvement, diversification

process, development

survival, long-term success

invention, entrepreneurship

BUS 475 Week 5 Individual Assignment Capstone Part 2

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