The prices that investors pay for securities are determined by:

A) The collateral of the firm's liabilities and the profitability of the firm.
B) The profits of the firm and the stability of those profits.
C) What financial advisors think of the company.
D) The cash flows investors expect to receive from owning them.

DuLarge Marine manufactures diesel engines for shrimp trawlers and other small commercial boats. One of their CNC machines has caused several problems. Over the past 30 weeks, the machine has broken down as indicated below. $$\begin{array}{lccccc}\text{ Number of breakdowns per week }& 0& 1& 2& 3& 4\\ \begin{array}{l}\text{ Frequency (Number of weeks that }\\ \text{ breakdowns occurred) }\end{array}& 8& 3& 5& 9& 5\end{array}$$ What is the expected number of breakdowns per week?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 6
D) 10
E) 30

The cost-output elasticity is used to measure:

A) input substitution flexibility.
B) the slope of the firm's expansion path.
C) the slope of long-run average cost.
D) the slope of long-run marginal cost.
E) economies of scale.

Adam Smith argued that a person's self-interest was determined by the government.

Because wind turbines supply no energy on windless days, and solar power is only generated when the sun is up and out, one inherent problem with both wind and solar power is the

A) government subsidy problem.
B) zero-emissions problem.
C) energy storage problem.
D) oil-complementarity problem.

How much money would be loaned out if there was no usury law?

Gomez Service Company paid its first installment on a note payable of $2,000. How will this transaction affect the accounting equation?

A) increase in liabilities (Notes Payable) and decrease in assets (Cash)
B) decrease in assets (Cash) and decrease in owner's equity (Note Payable Expense)
C) decrease in assets (Cash) and decrease in assets (Notes Receivable)
D) decrease in assets (Cash) and decrease in liabilities (Notes Payable)

What are two related aspects of the self-concept?