Analysts deciding between investments must consider the comparative risks. Which of the following is/are not industry-wide factors that affect the risk of business firms?
a. increased competition
b. increased government regulatory actions, such as anti-trust or clean environment policies
c. changes in technology
d. lack of availability of raw materials
e. increased inflation
E
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The standard factory overhead rate is $10 per direct labor hour ($8 for variable factory overhead and $2 for fixed factory overhead) based on 100% capacity of 30,000 direct labor hours. The standard cost and the actual cost of factory overhead for the production of 5,000 units during May were as follows: Standard: 25,000 hours at $10 $250,000 Actual: Variable factory overhead 202,500 Fixed
factory overhead 60,000 What is the amount of the factory overhead controllable variance? A) $10,000 favorable B) $2,500 unfavorable C) $10,000 unfavorable D) $2,500 favorable
Email:
a. is regarded by most people as a very insecure form of communication. b. exists in many places including the computer or electronic device of the sender and the servers involved in transmission. c. in order to be considered during a fraud investigation, must be accessible from at least two different sources to ensure authenticity. d. All of the choices are true regarding email.
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A) $4,500 B) $6,750 C) $7,500 D) $3,000 E) $2,250