Read the following situation, and then answer the questions.
You have been working in an entry-level position in the Environmental Health and Safety division of a company for the last six months. You spend your time reviewing safety reports, entering them into the database, and compiling statistical analyses of the results for your superior, Ray Blaine. Lately, Mr. Blaine has been asking you when each report will be finished. Following this query, Mr. Blaine often compliments you on the results of your past analyses.
1) What is the most important message your superior is trying to deliver?
A. He is worried about the results of your analysis.
B. He wants to know when the report will be ready.
C. You are ready for a promotion.
2) What can you do to listen more effectively to your superior?
A. Lean forward and make eye contact.
B. Paraphrase his questions in return.
C. Ask questions in return.

Answer:

1)B

2)C

Explanation:

1) Mr. Blaine wants to know when will the results be ready. He is complimenting to let you know that he has good expectations from you.

2) Asking questions in return lets the other person know that you are interested in the conversation.

Answer:

Question 1 answer is B

Question 2 answer is C

Explanation:

1. From the data in the question, we can tell what your superior has in mind.

- The fact that Mr Blaine has been asking when each report will be finished shows that he is concerned ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME it takes you to complete work on a safety report.

- He often compliments you on the results of your past analyses. This means that he is recertifying that your results come out fine and accurate BUT need to start coming out FASTER. He uses the compliments to lift your spirit so you don't feel downcast by the complaints. So you can be sure that as far as the work is concerned, YOU ARE GETTING IT RIGHT but as far as delivery window is concerned, you are delivering SLOWLY.

So the answer is B - he is most concerned about the timeframe you use to go through each report. He wants you to understand that good timing adds to the quality of a result!

2. The three options here are things you can do, to listen more effectively to your superior. The most important though is C.

You need to ask questions in return!

- Ask questions on the clarification of what exactly you are expected to do, in order to produce results that are both accurate and timely.

- Ask Mr. Blaine how he thinks you should go about it.

- Ask questions where you don't understand

- Ask when exactly you are to submit each result

After he replies, put his advice and corrections into practice.

At the beginning of the year, Bryers Incorporated reports inventory of $7,700. During the year, the company purchases additional inventory for $22,700. At the end of the year, the cost of inventory remaining is $9,700. Calculate cost of goods sold for the year.

Suppose the government is considering an increase in the toll on a certain stretch of highway from $.40 to $.50. At present, 50,000 cars per week use that highway stretch; after the toll is imposed, it is projected that only 45,000 cars per week will use the highway stretch. Assuming that the marginal cost of highway use is constant (i.e., the supply schedule is horizontal) and equal to $.40 per car, what is the change in social surplus attributable to the increase in the toll

Southland Company is preparing a cash budget for August. The company has $17,000 cash at the beginning of August and anticipates $120,800 in cash receipts and $134,500 in cash payments during August. Southland Company wants to maintain a minimum cash balance of $10,000. To maintain the minimum cash balance of $10,000, the company must borrow:

Handy Home sells windows and doors in the ratio of 7:3 (windows:doors). The selling price of each window is $111 and of each door is $261. The variable cost of a window is $68.00 and of a door is $180.50. Fixed costs are $515,375.
Required:
1. Determine the selling price per composite unit.
2. Determine the variable cost per composite unit.
3. Determine the break-even point in composite units.
4. Determine the number of units of each product that will be sold at the breakeven point.

15) A market is defined as A) a physical place where people buy only goods. B) a physical place where people buy both goods and services. C) a store where people buy physical goods. D) any arrangement that brings buyers and sellers together. E) a place where one good is bartered for another.

The Ramapo Company produces two products, Blinks and Dinks. They are manufactured in two departments, Fabrication and Assembly. Data for the products and departments are listed below. Product ​ Number of units ​ Labor hrs per unit ​ Machine hours per unit Blinks 1,000 4 5 Dinks 2,000 2 8 ​ All of the machine hours take place in the Fabrication department, which has an estimated overhead of $84,000. All of the labor hours take place in the Assembly department, which has an estimated total overhead of $72,000. ​ The Ramapo Company uses a single overhead rate to apply all overhead costs based on labor hours. What is the Single Plantwide Factory Overhead Rate for Blinks? Group of answer choices $19.50 $37.45 $78.00 $56.00

Suppose that Dmitri, an economist from an AM talk radio program, and Frances, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over saving incentives. The following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate:
Caroline: The usefulness of government intervention in the economy is a long-standing issue that economists continue to debate.
Antonio: I feel that government involvement in the economy should be reduced because government programs cause more harm than good.
Caroline: While I do agree that government programs can be inefficient, I really think they are necessary to help the less fortunate.
1. The disagreement between these economists is most likely due to
a. differences in values
b. differences in scientific judgement
c.differences in perception verse reality.
2. Despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree?
a. Lawyers make up an excessive percentage of elected officials.
b. Minimum wage laws do more to harm low-skilled workers than help them.
c. Tariffs and import quotas generally reduce economic welfare.

On December 31, a Company held the following short-term available-for-sale securities. The Company had no short-term investments prior to the current period. Prepare the December 31 year-end adjusting entry to record the fair value adjustment for these debt securities.

Novak Corporation is preparing its 2014 statement of cash flows, using the indirect method. Presented below is a list of items that may affect the statement. Using the code below, indicate how each item will affect Novak’s 2014 statement of cash flows.

Code Letter

Effect

A Added to net income in the operating section
D Deducted from net income in the operating section
R-I Cash receipt in investing section
P-I Cash payment in investing section
R-F Cash receipt in financing section
P-F Cash payment in financing section
N Noncash investing and financing activity
(a) Purchase of land and building.
AR-I and DR-IR-F and ADR-F and DP-FP-IR-FNR-I and A

(b) Decrease in accounts receivable.
R-F and AR-FNR-I and DR-I and ADR-F and DAP-FR-IP-I

(c) Issuance of stock.
R-FAR-IDP-FR-F and AP-IR-F and DNR-I and DR-I and A

(d) Depreciation expense.
R-IP-FP-IR-F and DR-FNR-F and AR-I and AR-I and DAD

(e) Sale of land at book value.
R-F and DP-IADR-FR-IP-FNR-I and DR-I and AR-F and A

(f) Sale of land at a gain.
DR-I and DNR-IR-FR-F and AR-I and AR-F and DP-IAP-F

(g) Payment of dividends.
R-I and AP-IP-FDNAR-I and DR-IR-FR-F and DR-F and A

(h) Increase in accounts receivable.
R-F and ANAP-FP-IR-FR-I and DR-IR-I and AR-F and DD

(i) Purchase of available-for-sale investment.
ADR-I and DR-I and AR-F and DR-F and AP-FR-FNR-IP-I

(j) Increase in accounts payable.
R-F and DDR-F and AAR-IP-IR-FNR-I and DP-FR-I and A

(k) Decrease in accounts payable.
R-I and DNP-FR-F and AR-IR-I and AR-F and DDAP-IR-F

(l) Loan from bank by signing note.
R-I and DR-I and ANP-IDP-FR-F and DR-F and AAR-IR-F

(m) Purchase of equipment using a note.
R-F and DP-IR-FR-I and ANR-F and AP-FR-IR-I and DAD

(n) Increase in inventory.
NR-IP-FR-FP-IDR-I and DR-I and AAR-F and AR-F and D

(o) Issuance of bonds.
AP-FR-F and DNR-I and DR-F and ADR-FR-IP-IR-I and A

(p) Redemption of bonds payable.
R-I and DR-I and AR-IR-F and DP-FR-F and ADP-IANR-F

(q) Sale of equipment at a loss.
R-F and DNR-F and AR-I and DADR-I and AR-FR-IP-IP-F

(r) Purchase of treasury stock.

The expected average rate of return for a proposed investment of $800,000 in a fixed asset with a useful life of four years, straight-line depreciation, no residual value, and an expected total net income of $360,000 for the four years is

Bonds payable-record issuance and premium amortization. Kaye Co. issued $1 million face amount of 11% 20-year bonds on April 1,2004. The bonds pay interest on an annual basis on March 31 each year.
Required:
a. Assume that market interest rates were slightly lower than 11% when the bonds were sold. Would the proceeds from the bond issue have been more than, less than, or equal to the face amount? Explain.
b. Independent of your answer to part a, assume that the proceeds were $1,080,000. Use the horizontal model (or write the journal entry) to show the effect of issuing the bonds.
c. Calculate the interest expense that Kaye Co. will show with respect to these bonds in its income statement for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, assuming that the premium of $80,000 is amortized on a straight-line basis.

The owner of a small firm has just purchased a personal computer, which she expects will serve her for the next two years. The owner has been told that she "must" buy a surge suppressor to provide protection for her new hardware against possible surges or variations in the electrical current, which have the capacity to damage the computer. The amount of damage to the computer depends on the strength of the surge. It has been estimated that there is a 3% chance of incurring 350 dollar damage, 5% chance of incurring 250 dollar damage, and 12% chance of incurring 100 dollar damage from a surge within the next two years. An inexpensive suppressor, which would provide protection for only one surge, can be purchased. How much should the owner be willing to pay if she makes decisions on the basis of expected value

Barry is the branch manager of a large toy store. He has been given the responsibility to communicate with, coach, and motivate supervising managers. In this scenario, Barry most likely requires _____ to perform his role efficiently.
1. Human skills
2. Conceptual skills
3. Technical skills
4. Cognitive skills

An investor is deciding whether to build a retail store. If she invests in the store and it is successful, she expects a return of $100,000 in the first year. If the store is not successful, she will suffer a loss of $80,000. She guesses that the probability that the store will be a success is 0.6. To remove some of the uncertainty from this decision, the investor tries to establish more information, but this market research will cost $20,000. If she spends this money, she will have more confidence in her investment. There is a 0.6 probability that this information will be favorable; if it is, the likelihood that the store will be a success increases to 0.9. If the information is not favorable, the likelihood that the store will be a success reduces to only 0.2. Of course, she can elect to do nothing.
A) Draw the associated decision tree.
B) What do you recommend?
C) How much is the information worth?
Replace all the monetary values with the following utilities
Monetary Value Utility
$100,000 1.00
$80,000 0.40
$0 0.20
-$20,000 0.10
-$80,000 0.05
-$100,000 0.00
A) What do you recommend, based on expected utility?
B) Is the investor a risk soeker or a risk avoider?

CarsonWentz Company uses a job-order costing system. The company applies manufacturing overhead to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. Last year, manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours were estimated at $88,000 and 16,000 hours respectively, for the year. In June, job #315 was completed. Materials costs on the job totaled $1,590 and labor costs totaled $2,340 at $6.50 per hour. At the end of the year, it was determined that the company worked 15,300 direct labor-hours for the year, and incurred $86,750 in actual manufacturing overhead cos

Robinson Company purchased Franklin Company at a price of $2,500,000. The fair market value of the net assets purchased equals $1,800,000. 1. What is the amount of goodwill that Robinson records at the purchase date? 2. Does Robinson amortize goodwill at year-end? 3. Robinson believes that its employees provide superior customer service, and through their efforts, Robinson believes it has created $900,000 of goodwill. Should Robinson Company record this goodwill?

Required Information
The following information applies to the questions displayed below) Vanishing Games Corporation (VGC) operates a massively multiplayer online game, charging players a monthly subscription of $13. At the start of January 2018, VGC's income statement accounts had zero balances and its balance sheet account balances were as follows:________.
Cash $1,600,000
Accounts Receivable 174,000
Supplies 15,100
Equipment 930,000
Buildings 510,000
Land 2,050,000
Accounts Payable 113,000
Deferred Revenue 74,800
Notes Payable (due 2025) 94,800
Common Stock 2,500,000
Retained Earnings 2,498,100
In addition to the above accounts, VGC's chart of accounts includes the following: Service Revenue, Salaries and Wages Expense, Advertising Expense, and Utilities Expense. The following transactions occurred during the January month:________.
A. Received $57,750 cash from customers on 1/1 for subscriptions that had already been earned in 2017.
B. Purchased 10 new computer servers for $41,500 on 1/2; paid $11,500 cash and signed a three-year note for the remainder owed.
C. Paid $14,300 for an Internet advertisement run on 1/3.
D. On January 4, purchased and received $5,300 of supplies on account.
E. Received $150,000 cash on 1/5 from customers for service revenue earned in January.
F. Paid $5,300 cash to a supplier on January 6.
G. On January 7, sold 19,900 subscriptions at $13 each for services provided during January. Half was collected in cash and half was sold on account.
H. Paid $380,000 in wages to employees on 1/30 for work done in January.
I. On January 31, received an electric and gas utility bill for $6,260 for January utility services. The bill will be paid in February.

On July 1, Year 1, Danzer Industries Inc. issued $40,000,000 of 10-year, 7% bonds at a market (effective) interest rate of 8%, receiving cash of $37,282,062. Interest on the bonds is payable semiannually on December 31 and June 30. The fiscal year of the company is the calendar year.
Required:1. Journalize the entry to record the amount of cash proceeds from the issuance of the bonds on July 1, Year 1.2. Journalize the entries to record the following:*A. The first semiannual interest payment on December 31, Year 1, and the amortization of the bond discount, using the straight-line method.
B. The interest payment on June 30, Year 2, and the amortization of the bond discount, using the straight-line method.
3. Determine the total interest expense for Year 1.4. Will the bond proceeds always be less than the face amount of the bonds when the contract rate is less than the market rate of interest?5. Compute the price of $37,282,062 received for the bonds by using the present value tables

The separate components highlight several features of return on investment not revealed by a single calculation:a.The importance of investment turnover as a key to income is stressed.b.The importance of revenues is explicitly recognized.c.The important components are expressed as ratios or percentages instead of dollarfigures. This form of expression often enhances comparability of different divisions,businesses, and time periods.d.The breakdown stresses the possibility of trading off investment turnover for incomeas a percentage of revenues so as to increase the average ROI at a given level ofoutput

The table gives a number of daily sales of cars by a local dealership, from a 0 minimum to a 6 maximum, and the number of days each sale happened during a 100 - day survey. That is. 0 cars were sold 6 days, 1 car 8 days, etc.
Car sales per day, X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of days 6 8 22 20 15 16 13
A) Give the probability density function of X.
B) Compute the expected value of A". Explain its meaning.
C) Compute the variance and standard deviation of X.
D) Find the expected value and variance of a function Y = 5 + 12X.

Lehi City has designated an internal service fund as the single fund to account for its self-insurance activities. Most of the insured activities such as the police department, fire department, and general government functions are accounted for in the General Fund. What is the maximum amount that can be charged to expenditure in the General Fund related to the self-insurance activities

Wattan Company reports beginning inventory of 10 units at $60 each. Every week for four weeks it purchases an additional 10 units at respective costs of $61, $62, $65, and $70 per unit for weeks 1 through 4. Compute the cost of goods available for sale and the units available for sale for this four-week period. Assume that no sales occur during those four weeks.

Metro​ Services, Inc. reported the following information for the year 2019. Based on the following​ information, calculate the rate of return on total assets for Metro​ Services, Inc.​ (Round the percentage to two decimal​ places.)Total​ Assets, December​ 31, 2019​$599,000Total​ Assets, December​ 31, 2018​$505,000For Year Ended December​ 31, 2019:     Interest Expense​$27,900     Net Income​$67,100A. ​7.78%B. ​7.10%C. ​11.20%D. 17.21%

"ART Company just paid a dividend of $2.00. The dividend is expected to grow by 10% this year, 9% in year two and 6% in year three. Then, beginning in year four, the dividend will begin growing at a constant rate of 4%. With a required return of 10%, what is the stock worth today

Presented below is an aging schedule for Bryan Company. Number of Days Past Due Customer Total Not Yet Due 1-30 31-60 61-90 Over 90 Aneesh $ 24,000 $ 9,000 $15,000 Bird 30,000 $ 30,000 Cope 50,000 5,000 5,000 $40,000 DeSpears 38,000 $38,000 Others 120,000 72,000 35,000 13,000 $262,000 $107,000 $49,000 $28,000 $40,000 $38,000 Estimated percentage uncollectible 3% 7% 12% 24% 60% Total estimated bad debts $ 42,400 $ 3,210 $3,430 $3,360 $ 9,600 $22,800 At December 31, 2016, the unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a credit of $8,000.Journalize the adjusting of bad debit at December 31 2016.

NewTech Incorporated management plans on paying the company's first dividend of $2.00 three years from today (D3 = $2.00) on its' common stock. After year three the dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5% thereafter. As an investor with a required rate of return of 15%, what would you pay for NewTech common stock today?

Juanita is deciding whether to buy a skirt that she wants, as well as where to buy it. Three stores carry the same skirt, but it is more convenient for Juanita to get to some stores than others. For example, she can go to her local store, located 15 minutes away from where she works, and pay a marked-up price of $112 for the skirt:

Store Travel Time Each Way (Minutes) Price of a Skirt (Dollars per skirt)
Local Department Store 15 103
Across Town 30 89
Neighboring City 60 63

Juanita makes $16 an hour at work. She has to take time off work to purchase her skirt, so each hour away from work costs her $16 in lost income. Assume that returning to work takes Juanita the same amount of time as getting to a store and that it takes her 30 minutes to shop. As you answer the following questions, ignore the cost of gasoline and depreciation of her car when traveling.

Complete the following table by computing the opportunity cost of Juanita's time and the total cost of shopping at each location.

Store Opportunity Cost of Time (Dollars) Price of a Skirt (Dollars per skirt) Total Cost (Dollars)

Local Department Store 103
Across Town 89
Neighboring City 63

Assume that Juanita takes opportunity costs and the price of the skirt into consideration when she shops. Juanita will minimize the cost of the skirt if she buys it from the:_______

The Aberdeen Development Corporation (ADC) is considering an Aberdeen Resort Hotel project. It would be located on the picturesque banks of Grays Harbor and have its own championship-level golf course. The cost to purchase the land would be $1 million, payable now. Construction costs would be approximately $2 million, payable at the end of year 1. However, the construction costs are uncertain. These costs could be up to 20 percent higher or lower than the estimate of $2 million. Assume that the construction costs would follow a triangular distribution. ADC is very uncertain about the annual operating profits (or losses) that would be generated once the hotel is constructed. Its best estimate for the annual operating profit that would be generated in years 2, 3, 4, and 5 is $700,000. Due to the great uncertainty, the estimate of the standard deviation of the annual operating profit in each year also is $700,000. Assume that the yearly profits are statistically independent and follow the normal distribution. After year 5, ADC plans to sell the hotel. The selling price is likely to be somewhere between $4 and $8 million (assume a uniform distribution). ADC uses a 10 percent discount rate for calculating net present value. (For purposes of this calculation, assume that each year's profits are received at year-end.) Use Analytic Solver to perform 1,000 trials of a computer simulation of this project on a spreadsheet.
(a) What is the mean net present value (NPV) of the project?
(b) What is the estimated probability that the project will yield an NPV greater than $2 million?
(c) ADC also is concerned about cash flow in years 2, 3, 4, and 5. Generate a forecast of the distribution of the minimum annual operating profit (undiscounted) earned in any of the four years. What is the mean value of the minimum annual operating profit over the four years?
(d) What is the probability that the annual operating profit will be at least $0 in all four years of operation?

The following data have been recorded for recently completed Job 323 on its job cost sheet. Direct materials cost was $2,063. A total of 33 direct labor-hours and 234 machine-hours were worked on the job. The direct labor wage rate is $18 per labor-hour. The Corporation applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine-hours. The predetermined overhead rate is $24 per machine-hour. The total cost for the job on its job cost sheet would be:

Trucks R' Us has a market capitalization of $142 million, $78 billion in BB rated debt, and $10 billion in cash. If Trucks R' Us' equity beta is 1.68, then their underlying asset beta is closest to: