Which of the following is established to give senior managers of a company the option to buy the company shares in the future at a predetermined, fixed price?

A) The Social Security system
B) A stock-option plan
C) An employee assistance plan
D) A life-cycle benefit

There are five core dimensions of jobs according to the job characteristics model, including skill variety and autonomy.

For a court to determine if a contract has been breached and to give an appropriate remedy, the offer must include terms that are at least

A) accurately precise.
B) reasonably definite.
C) unequivocally approximate.
D) vaguely uncertain.

In an attempt to reduce shooting deaths,some cities have offered money to people who turn in illegal guns.This program is an example of the government using _____ to influence behavior.

A) financial incentives
B) law
C) marginal analysis
D) the gains from trade

Graphics are important in business reports because

A) they save the writer time.
B) readers grasp meaning from visuals more quickly than from text.
C) they allow for the distortion of data.
D) written text is becoming outdated.

The biggest difference between the income statement and the balance sheet is:

A) the income statement shows incoming deposits, while the balance sheet shows account balances from the bank.
B) the income statement is submitted to the government, while the balance sheet is shown to investors.
C) the income statement is always more accurate than the balance sheet.
D) the balance sheet represents flows at a point in time, while the income statement reflects flows over a time period.