An expansionary monetary policy tends to ___ the U.S.dollar relative to foreign currencies and to ____ our balance of trade.

A) raise;help
B) raise;hurt
C) lower;help
D) lower;hurt

In which of the following situations would an accountant be subject to criminal liability?

A) Where the accountant negligently performed an audit.
B) Where the accountant willfully omitted a material fact on a securities registration statement.
C) Where the accountant refused to turn over working papers to a client.
D) Where the accountant willfully breached a contract.

Which of the following describes the impact on the balance sheet when a company uses cash to purchase the stock of another company?

A) Total assets increase.
B) Stockholders' equity increases.
C) Stockholders' equity decreases.
D) Total assets remain the same.

When a manager notices an outlier during the cost estimation process, the appropriate response is to:

A) no response is required, unless multiple outliers are observed.
B) attempt to identify the reasons for the outlier.
C) divide the outlier by the standard deviation, before including the outlier in the regression model
D) re-collect all the data, as an outlier indicates that the data has been corrupted.