Consider the following scenario and Identify which formal research method would be appropriate.
1. You are preparing a comprehensive report on telecommunication practices in your industry. You need some background information on the history of Internet use in professional environments.
A. Access traditional sources and electronic sources.
B. Conduct primary research for firsthand information.
C. Conduct a scientific experiment. Routine tasks often require informal research methods.
2. Identify which informal research technique would be most appropriate for each situation. After complaining about parking accommodations at your office, you have been asked by your boss to propose a simple solution that will satisfy your coworkers. The best informal information gathering technique for this situation would be to:_______.
A. Talk with your boss.
B. Conduct an informal survey
C. Look in the files.
3. Read the following scenario, and determine which is the best research approach.
While working for an international development agency, you must develop a presentation about primary and secondary education in the Middle East, a topic you are not familiar with. Which is the best research approach?
A. Formal. On the Internet, find statistics gathered by the United Nations showing the dropout rates of students by gender and age. Request that certain reports be sent to you, so you can examine the date yourself.
B. Informal. To get a local perspective on Middle Eastern affous, we nema to a professor there.
C. Informal. To get a local perspective on Middle Easter affairs, conduct a one survey of me who live in the area.

Answer: 1. A. Access traditional sources and electronic sources.

2. B. Conduct an informal survey

3. A. Formal. On the Internet, find statistics gathered by the United Nations showing the dropout rates of students by gender and age. Request that certain reports be sent to you, so you can examine the date yourself.

Explanation:

1. This is a research into the history of the internet in professional Environments. Considering how long the internet has been around which isn't too long but long enough that first hand information is not readily available, consulting Traditional sources and Electronic sources is the best way to go.

It will have information from the past that you can use to come up with a chronological report on the use of the internet in a professional setting.

2. This is not a serious research and involves your immediate surroundings so an informal method can be used. The best informal method would be an informal survey amongst your co-workers who are also affected by the problem. This survey will help you come up with a solution faster and easier because you are getting first hand information from those directly affected.

3. You are working for an International Development Agency and as such can not afford to present information that is false or void of due procedure in way because it will affect the reputation of the Agency if you do so.

For this reason your sources must be formal sources with definite information and the United Nations is a very good source for that. To go a step further you can request reports and double check the figures yourself to ensure that the information used is of the highest quality and accuracy.

Jasper and Crewella Dahvill were married in year 0. They filed joint tax returns in years 1 and 2. In year 3, their relationship was strained and Jasper insisted on filing a separate tax return. In year 4, the couple divorced. Both Jasper and Crewella filed single tax returns in year 4. In year 5, the IRS audited the couple’s joint year 2 tax return and each spouse’s separate year 3 tax returns. The IRS determined that the year 2 joint return and Crewella’s separate year 3 tax return understated Crewella’s self-employment income, causing the joint return year 2 tax liability to be understated by $12,700 and Crewella’s year 3 separate return tax liability to be understated by $7,350. The IRS also assessed penalties and interest on both of these tax returns. Try as it might, the IRS has not been able to locate Crewella, but they have been able to find Jasper. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required.)
a. What amount of tax can the IRS require Jasper to pay for the Dahvill’s year 2 joint return?
Amount of Tax:__________________
b. What amount of tax can the IRS require Jasper to pay for Crewella’s year 3 separate tax return?
Amount of Tax:__________________

Marigold Corp. budgeted costs for 70000 linear feet of block are: Fixed manufacturing costs$24000 per month Variable manufacturing costs$16 per linear foot Marigold installed 40000 linear feet of block during March. How much is budgeted total manufacturing costs in March

For each of the following scenarios, identify the number of firms present, the type of product, and the appropriate market model. Select the matching entry for each dropdown box in the following table.
Scenario Number of Firms Type of Product Market Model
1. A large city has lots of small shops
where people can buy sweaters.
Each store's sweaters reflect the
style of that particular store.
Additionally, some stores use higher
-quality yarn than others, which is
reflected in their price.
2. There are dozens of pasta producers
that sell pasta to hundreds of Italian
restaurants nationwide. The restaurant
owners buy from the cheapest pasta
producer they can. While pasta manuf-
acturers must pay licensing fees to their
local government and undergo regular
food-safety inspections, anyone who
has passed inspections can acquire and
maintain their license.
3. Only three airlines fly from San Francisco
to Medford, Oregon. No new airline will enter
this market, because there are not enough
customers to share among four or more
airlines without each one experiencing
substantially higher average costs. Consumers
view all airlines as providing basically the same
service and will shop around for the lowest price.
4. The government has granted a patent to a drug
company for an experimental AIDS drug. That
company is the only firm permitted to sell the drug.

Flynn Industries has three activity cost pools and two products. It estimates production 3,000 units of Product BC113 and 1,500 of Product AD908. Having identified its activity cost pools and the cost drivers for each pool, Flynn accumulated the following data relative to those activity cost pools and cost drivers.

Annual Overhead Data Estimated Use of Cost Drivers per Product
Activity Cost Pools Cost Drivers Estimated Overhead Estimated Use of Cost Drivers per Activity Product BC113 Product AD908
Machine setup Setups $16,000 40 25 15
Machining Machine hours 110,000 5,000 1,000 4,000
Packing Orders 30,000 500 150 350

Required:
Prepare a schedule showing the computations Of the activity-based Overhead rates per cost driver.

Lansing, Inc., provided the following data for its two producing departments: Molding Polishing Total Estimated overhead $400,000 $80,000 $480,000 Direct labor hours (expected and actual): Form A 1,000 5,000 6,000 Form B 4,000 15,000 19,000 Total 5,000 20,000 25,000 Machine hours: Form A 3,500 3,000 6,500 Form B 1,500 2,000 3,500 Total 5,000 5,000 10,000 Machine hours are used to assign the overhead of the Molding Department, and direct labor hours are used to assign the overhead of the Polishing Department. There are 30,000 units of Form A produced and sold and 50,000 of Form B. Required:
1. Calculate the overhead rates for each department.
2. Using departmental rates, assign overhead to the two products and calculate the overhead cost per unit. How does this compare with the plantwide rate unit cost, using direct labor hours?
3. What if the machine hours in Molding were 1,200 for Form A and 3,800 for Form B and the direct labor hours used in Polishing were 5,000 and 15,000, respectively? Calculate the overhead cost per unit for each product using departmental rates, and compare with the plantwide rate unit costs calculated in Requirement 2. What can you conclude from this outcome?

A firm's bonds have a maturity of 14 years with a $1,000 face value, have an 8% semiannual coupon, are callable in 7 years at $1,073.00, and currently sell at a price of $1,135.93. What are their nominal yield to maturity and their nominal yield to call? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places.

Cinnamon Buns Co. (CBC) started 2018 with $52,600 of merchandise on hand. During 2018, $297,000 in merchandise was purchased on account with credit terms of 3/10 n/30. All discounts were taken. Purchases were all made f.o.b. shipping point. CBC paid freight charges of $9,400. Merchandise with an invoice amount of $2,100 was returned for credit. Cost of goods sold for the year was $309,000. CBC uses a perpetual inventory system. Assuming CBC uses the gross method to record purchases, ending inventory would be:

A store sells 20 ice cream bars per hour for $4 each, but on discount days, it sells 35 ice cream bars per hour for $3. Based on these two data points, what would be the slope for the relationship between the price and the quantity of ice cream sold?

Your boss stops by to see how the research is progressing. She's concerned about your research plan. "I don't think we are ready to run causal research on the effects of advertising. I think we should re-evaluate the descriptive research options." Which option should you choose now?Select an option from the choices below and click Submit.1- Research the attitudes that men under 35 have towards eSports.2- Research the attitudes that U.S. women and consumers over 35 have towards the eSports industry.

ak Creek Furniture Factory (OCFF), a custom furniture manufacturer, uses job order costing to track the cost of each customer order. On March 1, OCFF had two jobs in process with the following costs: Work in Process Balance on 3/1 Job 33 $ 7,500 Job 34 6,000 $ 13,500 Source documents revealed the following during March: Materials Requisitions Forms Labor Time Tickets Status of Job at Month-End Job 33 $ 3,500 $ 6,500 Completed and sold Job 34 6,000 7,800 Completed, but not sold Job 35 4,200 3,250 In process Indirect 1,300 2,140 $ 15,000 $ 19,690 The company applies overhead to products at a rate of 150 percent of direct labor cost. Required: 1. Compute the cost of Jobs 33, 34, and 35 at the end of the month. 2. Calculate the balance in the Work in Process Inventory, Finished Goods Inventory, and Cost of Goods Sold accounts at month-end.

g Lydia, a citizen of Italy, produces scarves and purses that she sells to department stores in the United States. Other things the same, these sales a. increase U.S. net exports and have no effect on Italian net exports. b. decrease U.S. net exports and have no effect on Italian net exports. c. increase U.S. net exports and decrease Italian net exports. d. decrease U.S. net exports and increase Italian net exports.

Which of the following statements is correct?a. The cost of new equity (re) could possibly be lower than the cost of retained earnings (rs) if the market risk premium, risk-free rate, and the company's beta all decline by a sufficiently large amount.b. The component cost of preferred stock is expressed as rp(1 - T), because preferred stock dividends are treated as fixed charges, similar to the treatment of interest on debt.c. Its cost of retained earnings is the rate of return shareholders require on a firm's common stock.d. We should use historical measures of the component costs from prior financing when estimating a company's WACC for capital budgeting purposes.

"Addison Corp. is considering the purchase of a new piece of equipment. The equipment will have an initial cost of $522,000, a 3 year life, and no salvage value. If the accounting rate of return for the project is 6%, what is the annual increase in net cash flow

Kerbow Corporation uses part B76 in one of its products. The company's Accounting Department reports the following costs of producing the 12,000 units of the part that are needed every year. An outside supplier has offered to make the part and sell it to the company for $27.40 each. If this offer is accepted, the supervisor's salary and all of the variable costs, including direct labor, can be avoided. The special equipment used to make the part was purchased many years ago and has no salvage value or other use. The allocated general overhead represents fixed costs of the entire company. If the outside supplier's offer were accepted, only $6,000 of these allocated general overhead costs would be avoided. In addition, the space used to produce part B76 could be used to make more of one of the company's other products, generating an additional segment margin of $29,000 per year for that product.A. Prepare a report that shows the effect on the company's total net operating income of buying part B76 from the supplier rather than continuing to make it inside the company.B. Identify which alternative the company should choose and explain why.C. Determine what errors managers may make when considering make or buy decisions and basing the decision solely on the data?

Problem 11-1A Short-term notes payable transactions and entries LO P1 [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Tyrell Co. entered into the following transactions involving short-term liabilities in 2016 and 2017. 2016 Apr. 20 Purchased $37,500 of merchandise on credit from Locust, terms n/30. Tyrell uses the perpetual inventory system. May 19 Replaced the April 20 account payable to Locust with a 90-day, $35,000 note bearing 8% annual interest along with paying $2,500 in cash. July 8 Borrowed $54,000 cash from NBR Bank by signing a 120-day, 10% interest-bearing note with a face value of $54,000. __

Scora, Inc., is preparing its master budget for the quarter ending March 31. It sells a single product for $50 per unit. Budgeted sales for the next three months follow. January February March Sales in units 1,000 2,600 1,200 Prepare a sales budget for the months of January, February, and March.

Trademark dilution laws: Select one: a. protect "distinctive" or "famous" marks from unauthorized uses even when confusion is not likely to occur. b. are intended at protecting consumers rather than focusing on protecting the investment of trademark owners. c. permit a company to quickly penetrate a foreign market without incurring the substantial financial and legal risks associated with direct investment. d. require the licensee to transfer any inventions it derives from the licensed technology to the licensor.

As a manager your organization is constantly confronted with a variety of changes in the market or a wide range of situations. You have to recruit and select a manager for a group of employees responsible for several related products. You have just read about Fiedler’s Contingency model and decided to use the LPC score to aid you in selecting a leader for the management group. You have interviewed four candidates for the job (Erin, Josh, Michael, Tabitha) and the scores for each of the candidates were Erin=high LPC, Josh=moderately high LPC, Michael=middle LPC, Tabitha=low LPC. Which of the candidates would you hire?A. ErinB. JoshC. MichaelD. TabithaE. None of these.

Hoosier Corporation declared a 2-for-1 stock split to all shareholders of record on March 25 of this year. Hoosier reported current E&P of $600,000 and accumulated E&P of $3,000,000. The total fair market value of the stock distributed was $1,500,000. Barbara Bloomington owned 1,000 shares of Hoosier stock with a tax basis of $100 per share.a) What amount of taxable dividend income, if any, does Barbara recognize this year? Assume the fair market value of the stock was $150 per share on March 25 of this year.b) What is Barbara's income tax basis in the new and existing stock she owns in Hoosier Corporation, assuming the distribution is tax-free?c) How does the stock dividend affect Hoosier's accumulated E&P at the beginning of next year?

Suppose your employer offers you a choice between a $ 4 comma 600 bonus and 200 shares of the company stock. Whichever one you choose will be awarded today. The stock is currently trading for $ 64 per share. Ignore transaction costs. a. Suppose that if you receive the stock​ bonus, you are free to trade it. Which form of the bonus should you​ choose? What is its​ value? b. Suppose that if you receive the stock​ bonus, you are required to hold it for at least one year. What can you say about the value of the stock bonus​ now? What will your decision depend​ on?

A firm has fixed assets of $28,000, long-term debt of $12,000, current liabilities of $4,000, current assets of $5,000 and equity of $17,000. What is the total of the assets side of the balance sheet of the firm

Dragon Sports Inc. manufactures and sells two products, baseball bats and baseball gloves. The fixed costs are $254,800, and the sales mix is 40% bats and 60% gloves. The unit selling price and the unit variable cost for each product are as follows: Products Unit Selling Price Unit Variable Cost Bats $40 $30 Gloves 100 60 a. Compute the break-even sales (units) for the overall enterprise product, E. units b. How many units of each product, baseball bats and baseball gloves, would be sold at the break-even point

Way Cool produces two different models of air conditioners. The company produces the mechanical systems in their components department. The mechanical systems are combined with the housing assembly in its finishing department. The activities, costs, and drivers associated with these two manufacturing processes and the production support process follow.Process Activity Overhead Cost Driver Quantity Components Changeover $ 500,000 Number of batches 800 Machining 279,000 Machine hours 6,000 Setups 225,000 Number of setups 120 $ 1,004,000 Finishing Welding $ 180,300 Welding hours 3,000 Inspecting 210,000 Number of inspections 700 Rework 75,000 Rework orders 300 $ 465,300 Support Purchasing $ 135,000 Purchase orders 450 Providing space 32,000 Number of units 5,000 Providing utilities 65,000 Number of units 5,000 $ 232,000 Additional production information concerning its two product lines follows.Model 145 Model 212 Units produced 1,500 3,500 Welding hours 800 2,200 Batches 400 400 Number of inspections 400 300 Machine hours 1,800 4,200 Setups 60 60 Rework orders 160 140 Purchase orders 300 150 1. Using ABC, compute the overhead cost per unit for each product line. (Round your final answers to 2 decimals places.)2. Determine the total cost per unit for each product line if the direct labor and direct materials costs per unit are $250 for Model 145 and $180 for Model 212. (Round your final answers to 2 decimals places.)3. Assume if the market price for Model 145 is $820 and the market price for Model 212 is $480, determine the profit or loss per unit for each model. (Round your final answers to 2 decimals places.)

Sterile Feral, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that catches wild or stray cats, and then neuters, vaccinates, and releases them back into the wild. In recent years, nonprofit organizations such as Sterile Feral have turned to marketing to help:__________.
a. receive additional government funding.
b. expand its business to stray dogs.
c. maintain its nonprofit status.
d. achieve organizational goals.
e. compete with other similar organizations.

A company purchased 10 units for $5 on January 3. It purchased 10 units for $7 each on February 28. It sold 10 units on March 1. If the company uses the last in, first out (LIFO) inventory costing method, what is the dollar amount for ending inventory on the December 31 balance sheet, assuming that the company uses a perpetual inventory system

Playful Pens, Inc., makes a single model of a pen. The cartridge for the pen (which contains the ink) is manufactured on one machine. The cartridge holder (which you hold when you use the pen)is manufactured on another machine. Monthly capacities and production levels are as follows:
Machine 1 (Cartridge) Machine 2 (Holders)
Monthly capacity 1,000,000 800,000
Monthly production 800,000 800,000
The company could sell 1,000,000 pens per month. The units (cartridge inside of holder) sell for $10.40 each and have a variable cost of $4.10 each. Fixed costs are $4,200,000 per month.
Required:
a. Is there a bottleneck at Playful Pens on Machine 1 or Machine 2?
A. Machine 1
B. Machine 2
b. Playful Pens's production supervisors state they could increase machine 2's capacity by 200,000 per month by producing holders on the weekend. Producing on the weekend would not affect the sales price. Variable cost per unit would increase by $1.10 for those produced on the weekend because of the premium paid to labor. Fixed costs would also increase by $820,000 per month.
b-1. Calculate the differential operating profit (loss). (Losses and amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign.)
Differential Revenues
Differntial costs:
Variable
Fixed
b-2. Should Playful Pens produce holders on the weekend?
Yes
No
c. Independent of the situation in requirement (b), Playful Pens could expand the capability of machine 2 by adding additional workers to perform ongoing maintenance. This would increase its capacity by 100,000 holders per month. This would not affect sales price or fixed costs, but would increase variable cost to $4.62 per unit for all units produced.
c-1. Calculate the differential operating profit (loss). (Losses and amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign.)
Differential revenues
Differential costs:
Variable cost increase on current production:
Variable cost on new production:
c-2. Should Playful Pens expand Machine 2's capability by adding these additional workers?
Yes
No

Break-Even Sales Currently, the unit selling price of a product is $370, the unit variable cost is $300, and the total fixed costs are $1,001,000. A proposal is being evaluated to increase the unit selling price to $410. a. Compute the current break-even sales (units). units b. Compute the anticipated break-even sales (units), assuming that the unit selling price is increased and all costs remain constant. units

"Isidore Crocker, CEO of Gotham Engines, is strongly in favor of acquiring Carolina Textiles, a firm in an unrelated industry. Some members of the board of directors are questioning Crocker's motives for the acquisition. They argue that it is not uncommon for CEOs to push for acquisitions because: Group of answer choices"

An inexperienced accountant for Grouper Corp. showed the following in the income statement: income before income taxes $448,000 and unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities (before taxes) $89,000. The unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities and income before income taxes are both subject to a 29% tax rate. Prepare a correct statement of comprehensive income.
MONTY CORP.Partial Statement of Comprehensive IncomeSelect a comprehensive income itemDividendsExpensesNet Income / (Loss)Retained EarningsRevenueTotal ExpensesTotal RevenuesIncome Tax ExpenseOther Comprehensive IncomeUnrealized Holding Gain on Available-for-Sale SecuritiesIncome Before Income TaxesComprehensive Income$Enter a dollar amountSelect a comprehensive income itemDividendsExpensesNet Income / (Loss)Retained EarningsRevenueTotal ExpensesTotal RevenuesIncome Tax ExpenseOther Comprehensive IncomeUnrealized Holding Gain on Available-for-Sale SecuritiesIncome Before Income TaxesComprehensive IncomeEnter a dollar amount
Select a summarizing line for the first partDividendsExpensesNet Income / (Loss)Retained EarningsRevenueTotal ExpensesTotal RevenuesIncome Tax ExpenseOther Comprehensive IncomeUnrealized Holding Gain on Available-for-Sale SecuritiesIncome Before Income TaxesComprehensive IncomeEnter a total of the two previous amountsSelect an opening section nameDividendsExpensesNet Income / (Loss)Retained EarningsRevenueTotal ExpensesTotal RevenuesIncome Tax ExpenseOther Comprehensive IncomeUnrealized Holding Gain on Available-for-Sale SecuritiesIncome Before Income TaxesComprehensive IncomeSelect a comprehensive income itemDividends Expenses Net Income / (Loss) Retained Earnings Revenue Total Expenses Total Revenues Income Tax Expense Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain on Available-for-Sale Securities Income Before Income Taxes Comprehensive Income Enter a dollar amountSelect a closing name for this statementDividendsExpensesNet Income / (Loss)Retained EarningsRevenueTotal ExpensesTotal RevenuesIncome Tax ExpenseOther Comprehensive IncomeUnrealized Holding Gain on Available-for-Sale SecuritiesIncome Before Income TaxesComprehensive Income$Enter a total amount for this statement

XtraTorque Inc. is a leading engine oil manufacturer in the United States. The company manufactures oil that can withstand a broader range of temperature than any other engine oil brands available in the market. The company plans to expand its business into the Russian market because its product can maintain fluidity even at low temperatures. Which of the following organizational strategies should XtraTorque Inc. adopt?
A) Diversification strategy
B) Market differentiation strategy
C) Market development strategy
D) Market penetration strategy