If the probability a firm is being embezzled is 5 percent and the estimated potential cost to the firm from embezzlement is $250,000, what is the expected cost of an audit failure?

A) $12,500
B) $25,000
C) -$15,000
D) $15,250


A) $12,500

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A. long-run aggregate supply shifting leftward B. Short-run aggregate supply shifting downward C. Aggregate demand shifting rightward D. Aggregate demand shifting leftward

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Depository institutions undertake all the following activities EXCEPT they do not ________

A) print money B) minimize the cost of monitoring borrowers C) pool risk D) create liquidity

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The increase of the real money supply by 10% by the Federal Reserve when the unemployment rate rises by 1% is an example of

A) the conduct of procyclical monetary policy. B) the utilization of feedback policy rule. C) the utilization of rigid policy rule. D) the conduct of nondiscretionary fiscal policy.

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