Complete Question:
1. Select the correct statement regarding relevant costs and revenues.
A. Sunk costs are not relevant for decision-making purposes.
B. Relevant costs are frequently called unavoidable costs.
C. Direct labor is an example of a unit-level cost.
D. Only variable costs are relevant for decision making.
Answer:
1. A
2. D
3. B
Explanation:
1. The correct statement regarding relevant costs and revenues is that sunk costs are not relevant for decision-making purposes. Sunk costs are the opposite of relevant costs because they can't be changed or recovered, as they've been spent or contracted in the past already. Hence, relevant cost are relevant for decision-making purposes but not sunk costs.
2. Expected future revenues that differ among the alternatives under consideration are often referred to as differential revenues. It is the difference in revenues among two (2) alternatives, which would influence decision making.
3. The benefits sacrificed when one alternative is chosen over another are referred to as opportunity costs. It is also referred to as alternative forgone.
<em>For example, Tony gives up going to see a new movie at the cinema in order to prepare for an examination, so as to get a good grade</em>.
The plans that must be involved are the strategic planning, the mid level, the low level, the operational planning, the top level planning.
Explanation:
In the strategic planning the company's stakeholders will ask them were they want their company to be in five years
The middle level staff will decide to focus in recruiting the new clients and to increase the productivity and they will find the way to give back to the company
Being a low level employee it is necessary that one must interact with the customers and contribute to the company's performance
In the operational planning it will be difficult to manage the customers meet their day to day needs and satisfy them
A meeting will be held with the top level staff and hence they will be coming up with the new tools of the operational planning
Answer:
Perfectly Inelastic
Explanation:
Demand can be defined as the total quantity of a commodity which a consumer is willing and able to buy at a particular time and price.
There are several types of elasticity of demand a perfectly elastic demand is one that quantity remains the same regardless of a change in price
Answer:
The best recommendation to be made to this client is to do nothing.
Explanation:
Investment in stock is a highly risky investment because price of stock often fluctuates which can make an investor to lose a lot of money.
From the question, the client is already old at age 67 with a low income and he does not have any other liquid assets apart from the annual income of $25,000, mainly from social security and interest on funds held in a bank savings account.
Since losing so much money through investment in stock is not affordable to him, the best recommendation to be made to this client is to that he should do nothing.
Answer:
D. structural unemployment.
Explanation:
D
Structural unemployment is caused by changes in the economy, such as shifts in manufacturing techniques, increased use of computers and electronic machines, and increases in the production of services instead of goods.
Structural unemployment is caused by technological change.
Cyclical unemployment is caused by business cycles. In down turns, unemployment rises and falls during a boom.
Frictional unemployment is the period between when Labour leaves his job and gets another one.
