Answer:
B. more than zero if no products were made and would then increase in direct proportion to output
Explanation:
Semi-fixed Cost will be "more than zero if no products were made and would then increase in direct proportion to output."
This is because a semi-fixed cost also known as semi-variable cost or mixed cost is a combination of both a fixed factor and a variable factor.
Such that if production was zero some costs would still be incurred. However, as output rises, the variable part of the costs will rise in direct proportion to output.
Introduction
“Project risk analysis,” as described by The Project Management Institute (PMI®), “includes the processes concerned with conducting risk management, planning, identification analysis, response, and monitoring and control on a project;./…” (PMI, 2004, p 237) These processes include risk identification and quantification, risk response development and risk response control.
Because these processes interact with each other as well as with processes in other parts of an organization, companies are beginning to measure risk across all of their projects as part of an enterprise portfolio.
Risk management can be as simple as identifying a list of technological, operational and business risks, or as comprehensive as in-depth schedule risk analysis using Monte Carlo simulation. But because risk is a driver in an organization's growth – the greater the risk, the greater the reward – the adoption of a structured enterprisewide project risk analysis program will give managers confidence in their decision-making to foster organizational growth and increase ROI for their stakeholders.
Choosing the right projects
How well an organization examines the risks associated with its initiatives, how well it understands the way that projects planned or underway are impacted by risk, and how well it develops mitigation strategies to protect the organization, can mean the difference between a crisis and an opportunity.
Examples abound of companies that have seen their fortunes rise or drop based on the effectiveness of their risk management – a pharmaceutical company makes headlines when its promising new drug brings unforeseen side effects. Or a large telecom corporation pours millions of dollars into perfecting long distance, while new technologies are presenting more exciting opportunities.
Today that pharmaceutical is distracted by lawsuits and financial payouts, finding itself with a shrinking pipeline of new drugs. The telecom, on the other hand, after using a portfolio risk management software application to rationalize and rank its initiatives, made the decision to shift its research dollars away from perfecting long distance and into developing VOIP -- rejuvenating and reinforcing its leadership position.
Answer: $187 ⇒ Amount should ABC report as a net pension liability (asset) at Dec 31, 2018
Explanation:
Given that,
Data for 2018 as of Dec 31, 2018 are as follows:
Projected benefit obligation = $634
Accumulated benefit obligation = $418.44
Plan assets at fair value = $821
Pension expense = $192.48
Employer's cash contribution (end of year) = $361
The amount should company report as a net pension liability at Dec 31, 2018 as follows:
Net Pension Liability = Projected benefit obligation - Plan assets at fair value
= $634 - $821
= $187 ⇒ Amount should ABC report as a net pension liability (asset) at Dec 31, 2018
Answer:
$21,796.14
Explanation:
Use the Time Value of Money techniques to calculate the amount of each installment (PMT)
PV = $250,000
i = 6 %
n = 20
P/yr = 1
FV = $0
PMT = ?
Using a Financial calculator to input the values as above, each annual instalment/payment will be $21,796.14.
