Refer to Table 11.1. If the interest rate is 20%, Nashbar Bicycle should

A) fund only the purchase of new tablet computers for its sales staff.
B) fund all of the projects except for the purchase of new tablet computers for its sales staff.
C) fund all of the projects.
D) not fund any of the projects.

ABC Corporation measures its own services and practices against the recognized leaders in the industry in order to identify areas for improvement. What is this process called?

A) benchmarking
B) strategic imitation
C) modelling
D) environmental analysis

The following jobs are waiting to be processed at your work centre, which cleans valve body castings. Job numbers are assigned sequentially upon arrival in the facility (a missing number means that job does not require your work centre). All dates are specified as days from Today.
$$\begin{array}{ccc}\text{ Job }& \text{ Due Date }& \begin{array}{c}\text{ Duration }\\ \text{ (days) }\end{array}\\ 101& 43& 10\\ 102& 34& 12\\ 104& 37& 11\\ 107& 32& 7\\ 108& 37& 15\end{array}$$ a. In what sequence should the jobs be processed according to the FCFS scheduling rule?
b. In what sequence should the jobs be processed according to the EDD scheduling rule?
c. In what sequence should the jobs be processed according to the SPT scheduling rule?
d. In what sequence should the jobs be processed according to the LPT scheduling rule?
e. In what sequence should the jobs be processed according to the critical ratio scheduling rule?

Roy is a director of Sales Inc. Sales enters into a contract with TeleCenter Corporation in which Roy has a personal interest. Roy must

A) apply the "don't ask, don't tell" rule of personal conduct.
B) use the situation to his personal advantage.
C) make a full disclosure of the conflict of interest.
D) none of the choices.

LBC Corporation makes and sells a product called Product WZ. Each unit of Product WZ requires 2.3 hours of direct labor at the rate of $19.00 per direct labor-hour. Management would like you to prepare a Direct Labor Budget for June.The budgeted direct labor cost per unit of Product WZ would be:

A) $43.70
B) $5.60
C) $19.00
D) $20.10

The larger the variance, the greater the risk of the investment.

Use your basic knowledge and your understanding of market structures to answer this question.Which of the following companies most closely approximates a differentiated oligopolist in a highly concentrated industry?

A) Subway Sandwiches.
B) Pittsburgh Plate Glass.
C) Ford Motor Company.
D) Kaiser Aluminum.