Retained earnings on the balance sheet represents the ________.

A) net profit after taxes
B) amount of proceeds in excess of the par value received from the original sale of common stock
C) net profit after taxes minus preferred dividends
D) cumulative total of all earnings reinvested in the firm


D) cumulative total of all earnings reinvested in the firm

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The most common fraud committed on behalf of an organization is:

a. Vendor fraud b. Employee embezzlement c. Fraudulent financial reporting d. Customer fraud

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The point of cash receipt for revenue and cash disbursement for expenses is important under the accrual basis when determining income

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Tau b, tau c, and gamma are available to measure association between two ________-level variables

A) nomimal B) ordinal C) interval D) ratio

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A contractor finished a bridge across a lake 18 months early and received more than $6 million for the early completion. This is an example of reducing project duration caused by

A. Imposed project deadlines. B. Time to market. C. Unforeseen project delays. D. High overhead. E. Incentive contracts.

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