Contingent workers are more important to firms with: a. highly seasonal demand for their goods and services. b. a need to fill highly technical jobs. c. stable markets that don’t expect to grow significantly over the next few years. d. prospects for steady, long-term growth that results in the need to build a highly trained and committed workforce.

Which of the following statements is true? a job costing system will have a separate work in process account for each of the major processes. a process costing system will have a single work in process account. a process costing system will have a separate raw materials account for each of the major processes. a process costing system will have a separate work in process account for each of the major processes.

Guardian inc. is trying to develop an asset-financing plan. the firm has $450,000 in temporary current assets and $350,000 in permanent current assets. guardian also has $550,000 in fixed assets. assume a tax rate of 40 percent. a. construct two alternative financing plans for guardian. one of the plans should be conservative, with 70 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. the current interest rate is 12 percent on long-term funds and 7 percent on short-term financing. compute the annual interest payments under each plan.

20. to add body to a hearty broth, you may use a. onions. b. pasta. c. cheese. d. water.