From the choices presented in parentheses, choose the appropriate term for completing each of the following sentences: Sentence Appropriate term for completing sentence a. A product, sales territory, department, or activity to which costs are traced is called a (direct cost, cost object). cost object b. Advertising costs are usually viewed as (period, product) costs. period c. Factory overhead costs combined with direct labor costs are called (prime, conversion) costs. d. Feedback is often used to (improve, direct) operations. e. A sacrifice made to obtain some benefit is a (cost, expense). f. The balance sheet of a manufacturer would include an account for (cost of goods sold, work in process inventory). g. The implementation of automatic, robotic factory equipment normally (increases, decreases) the direct labor component of product costs.

Suppose that kenji, an economist from an am talk radio program, and lucia, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over health insurance. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: lucia: a popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits. kenji: i think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese. lucia: i disagree. i think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? lawyers make up an excessive percentage of elected officials. minimum wage laws do more to harm low-skilled workers than them. tariffs and import quotas generally reduce economic welfare.

Southeastern bell stocks a certain switch connector at its central warehouse for supplying field service offices. the yearly demand for these connectors is 15,000 units. southeastern estimates its annual holding cost for this item to be $25 per unit. the cost to place and process an order from the supplier is $75. the company operates 300 days per year, and the lead time to receive an order from the supplier is 2 working days. a) find the economic order quantity. b) find the annual holding costs. c) find the annual ordering costs. d) what is the reorder point?

Buyer henry is going to accept seller shannon's $282,500 counteroffer. when will this counteroffer become a contract. a. counteroffers cannot become contracts b. when henry gives shannon notice of the acceptance c. when henry signs the counteroffer d. when shannon first made the counteroffer