Leaper Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with the following three activity cost pools:

Activity Cost Pool Total Activity
Fabrication 30,000 machine-hours
Order processing 200 orders
Other Not applicable

The Other activity cost pool is used to accumulate costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs:

Wages and salaries $ 520,000
Depreciation 220,000
Occupancy 240,000
Total $ 980,000

The distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools is given below:

Activity Cost Pools
Fabrication Order Processing Other Total
Wages and salaries 45% 40% 15% 100%
Depreciation 10% 40% 50% 100%
Occupancy 30% 25% 45% 100%

The activity rate for the Order Processing activity cost pool is closest to:

Plastic and steel are substitutes in the production of body panels for certain automobiles. if the price of plastic increases, with other things remaining the same, we would expect: a) the demand curve for plastic to shift to the left. b) the price of steel to fall. c) the demand curve for steel to shift to the left d) nothing to happen to steel because it is only a substitute for plastic. e) the demand curve for steel to shift to the right

Which of the following is true about presentation methods for providing training? audiovisual techniques are most effective when they are used alone. mobile technologies include training methods such as on-the-job training, simulations, business games and case studies, behavior modeling, interactive video, and web-based training that require the trainee to be actively involved in learning. the typical users for teleconferencing include employees who are part of a workforce that spends most of its time traveling, visiting customers or various company locations and has limited time available to spend in traditional training activities. webcasting involves classroom instructions that are provided online through live broadcasts. classroom instruction is no longer a popular training method because of new technologies such as interactive video and computer-assisted instruction.

What are the weak points of economic costs that are part of a free enterprise economy?