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Gross earning are the same as

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Marques Gilmore

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Nina McRidder became an embarrassment to her company when she joked about the ruling monarchy in England in front of a group of visiting English businesspeople. She should have known that political ridicule by a foreigner is rarely accepted. Ms. McRidder has violated what is known as a cultural

A) intelligence.

B) standard.

C) exclusive.

D) elective.

E) imperative.

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Which fiscal policy would be the most contractionary?  A. A $40 billion increase in taxes B. A $50 billion increase in government spending C. A $50 billion decrease in government spending D. A $40 billion decrease in government spending and a $10 billion decrease in taxes

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The demographic, economic, natural, technological, political, and cultural forces that affect a company's ability to serve its customers make up which of the following?

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You are a solutions architect working for a large travel company that is migrating its existing server estate to AWS. You have recommended that they use a custom Amazon VPC, and they have agreed to proceed. They will need a public subnet for their web servers and a private subnet in which to place their databases. They also require that the web servers and database servers be highly available and that there be a minimum of two web servers and two database servers each. How many subnets should you have to maintain high availability?

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 1

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X Company is in the process of going through an IPO. They have just been advised that they have entered into negotiations for a large private contract that is not yet signed. The terms of that negotiation are confidential. As its preparing to write a routine press announcement, the company should:

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Cyclical unemployment refers to select one:

a. The portion of unemployment created by job search.

b. Short-run fluctuations around the natural rate of unemployment.

c. Changes in unemployment due to changes in the natural rate of unemployment.

d. The portion of unemployment created by wages set above the equilibrium level.

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Scoring: Your score will be based on the number of correct matches minus the number of incorrect matches. There is no penalty for missing matches. The phases of the management process are listed below. Match each phase to the appropriate description. Clear All Planning Directing Controlling Improving Decision making Used by managers for continuous improvement Inherent in all management processes, management must continuually decide alternative actions Used by management to develop the organization's objectives and goals Monitoring the operating results of implemented plans and comparing actual results to expected results Process by which managers run day-to-day operations

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g Boulder Beaver Company had a $150,000 beginning balance in Accounts Receivable and a $6,000 credit balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. During the year, credit sales were $600,000 and customers' accounts collected were $590,000. Also, $4,000 in worthless accounts were written off. What was the net amount of receivables included in the current assets at the end of the year, before any provision was made for doubtful accounts

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Dawn, Garret and Josh have partnership capital account balances of $225000, $450000 and $105000, respectively. The income sharing ratio is Dawn, 50%; Garret, 40%; and Josh, 10%. Dawn desires to withdraw from the partnership and it is agreed that partnership assets of $195000 will be used to pay Dawn for her partnership interest. The balances of Garret's and Josh's Capital accounts after Dawn's withdrawal would be

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You are the vice president of engineering for a large company. For the last several years the company has experienced lower sales and higher operating costs. Your budget (for all software engineering activities) has been cut by 5% each year for the last three years. To save money you have been cutting back on maintenance projects and testing activities. Given only this information, what is most likely to happen over time

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The Long family spent $38.62 for school supplies and $215.78 for new school clothes. They paid 6 and 4/5% sales tax on their purchases. If the Long family paid $269.07 total, determine if they paid the correct amount.

a.

The Long family paid $2.63 too little for their purchases.

b.

The Long family paid the correct amount for their purchases.

c.

The Long family paid $1.61 too much for their purchases.

d.

The Long family paid $2.63 too much for their purchases.

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Eric Jones develops computer software for a major company. Eric's salary and bonuses total $82,000, but he pays $29,233 in income and Social Security taxes. If Eric's annual debt repayments are $33,620, what is his debt - to-income ratio?

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It is a fact that the federal government (1) encouraged the development of the savings and loan industry, (2) virtually forced the industry to make long-term fixed-interest-rate mortgages, and (3) forced the savings and loans to obtain most of their capital as deposits that were withdrawable on demand. a. Would the savings and loans have higher profits in a world with a "normal" or an inverted yield curve? Explain your answer. b. Would the savings and loan industry be better off if the individual institutions sold their mortgages to federal agencies and then collected servicing fees or if the institutions held the mortgages that they originated?

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An investment that you are considering promises to pay $2000 semiannually for the next two years, beginning six months from now. You have determined that the appropriate opportunity cost (discount rate is 8%, compounded quarterly. What is the value of this investment?

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