When applied by service companies, the use of the single and multiple department overhead rate methods will not lead to the same kinds of cost distortions often faced by manufacturing companies with those methods.

Abel, a teenager, is trying to earn money by operating a dog walking service. Abel is knocking on the door of every dog owner within a six-block radius of his house and asking if the homeowner would like to use his service. Abel is using the ________ method of prospecting.

A) Prospecting on the web
B) group
C) referral
D) cold canvass
E) endless chain

Conventional wisdom is that

A) investors value a company's stock based on sustainable operating earnings.
B) investors focus on one-time special charges and write-offs.
C) "big bath" items adversely affect stock price.
D) restructuring an organization causes bankruptcy.

Which of the following activities will impact the operating section of the statement of cash flows?

A) Sale of stock
B) Payment of dividends
C) Purchase of fixed assets
D) Payment to a vendor

Gross Domestic Product is the market value of:

A) all exchanges made during the course of a year.
B) all final goods produced during the course of a year.
C) all monetary transactions during the course of a year.
D) all the goods produced during the course of a year over and above what is required to maintain the population and the stock of capital.
E) all final goods sold during the course of a year.

____ is a person's beliefs about the relationships between another's physical characteristics and personality.

A) Fundamental attribution error
B) Impression management
C) Implicit personality theory
D) Pygmalion effect