REVIEW QUESTION SET #1 FOR THE MIDTERM EXAM QUESTION 1 (PRODUCTIVITY) ElectroPlus manufactures electronic components. It has recorded data for the last three years as shown in the table below. ElectroPlus Productivity Data (in millions of dollars) 2009 2010 2011 Sales 220 258 248 Materials 124 146 142 Labor 56 66 56 Overhead 16 24 20 a) Calculate a measure of labor productivity for each year and comment on the pattern. b) Calculate a measure of multifactor productivity for each year using
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Edition Test Bank Chapter 1 Question 1 Type: MCSA The nurse is speaking to students about changes in maternal–newborn care. One change is that self-care has gained wide acceptance with patients‚ the healthcare community‚ and third-party payers due to research findings that suggest that it: 1. Shortens newborn length of stay. 2. Decreases use of home health agencies. 3. Reduces healthcare costs. 4. Decreases the number of emergency department visits. Correct Answer: 3 Rationale 1: Length of stay
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BLOWN TO BITS CHAPTER 1 Digital explosion Why Is It Happening‚ and What Is at Stake? A chapter REVIEW Submitted BY: Earl Von f Lapura Technology has rapidly advanced‚ affecting standards on privacy‚ telecommunications‚ and criminal law. Every day‚ we encounter unexpected consequences of data flows that could not have happened a few years ago. Due to the bits explosion‚ the world changed very suddenly. Almost everything is stored in a computer somewhere. Court records‚ grocery purchases
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Chapter 1 STUDY QUESTIONS 1. List five job titles that require textile knowledge. For each‚ state a brief description of the duties and the name of a company that would have such a position (Feel free to research any trade periodicals listed in Appendix of text). 2. Over the past two decades there has been a decrease in the quantity of woven apparel fabrics made in the United States. Why? 3. A curtain manufacturer wants to purchase 10‚000 yards of a printed chintz fabric. Explain
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Chapter 14 Financial Statement Analysis True / False Questions 1. Vertical analysis compares the results of financial information with a business in the same industry for a number of consecutive periods of time. True False 2. The quick ratio is especially useful in evaluating the liquidity of a company with fast moving inventories. True False 3. Deducting the cost of goods sold from net income gives us operating income. True False 4. The gross profit rate is
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Project management-Chapter 8 review questions 1. How does resource scheduling tie to project priority? -resource scheduling is directly tied to the project priority‚ because of the amount of available resources. The resources available will automatically go towards the project with the highest priority assigned by the organization’s objectives. 2. How does resource scheduling reduce flexibility in managing projects? -Resource scheduling will reduce the flexibility because the scheduling
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Chapter 1 What is Economics? Definition of Economics • • • • • • • All economic questions arise because we want more than we can get. Scarcity is our inability to satisfy all our wants. Faced with scarcity we must make choices. Economics is the social science that studies the choices that individuals‚ businesses‚ governments‚ and entire societies make as they cope with scarcity and the incentives that influence and reconcile those choices. Economics divides into Microeconomics
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Chapter 3 1. What is the relationship among property right‚ corruption‚ and economic progress? How important are anticorruption efforts in the efforts to improve a country’s level of economic development? Corruption can reduce growth but also how it can increase growth‚ for example‚ by avoiding bureaucratic delays. The results of cross-country empirical literature on the effect of corruption on growth are mixed. Since corruption is an incendiary topic that elicits much anger‚ it is also important
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. Which of the following is true about 1 bit? A. Can represent decimal values 0 through 9 B. Can be used to represent one character in the lowercase English alphabet C. Represents one binary digit (Answer) D. Represents four binary digits 2. Which of the following terms means approximately 106 bytes? A. Terabyte B. Megabyte (answer) C. Gigabyte D. Kilobyte 3. Which answer lists the correct number of bits associated with each term? A. 8 bits per double word
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Wesley Scott February 12‚ 2011 M/W 2:30-3:45 Chapter 17 review questions 1. How did the enlightenment change basic Western attitudes toward the reform‚ faith‚ and reason? First it changed faith because it allowed people to worship anyway they please. The enlightenment set the stage for most of the ideas that are among us today. It also had the thinkers to attempt to discover the ration behind European government. What were the major formative influences on the philosophers? They had a strong
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