For each of the following transactions, indicate whether it represents an increase in the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), and, if so, state whether it represents U.S. consumption, investment, government purchases of goods or services, or net exports. If the transaction does not change U.S. GDP explain why not?

a. Ms. Scott buys a used Honda Accordfrom her friend Danielle for $7,500.
b. You spent $12,500 on college tuition this year.
c. Pizza Hut buys 100 pounds of cheese from Wisconsin to make pizzas.
d. Mr. Luong is a Chinese citizen who works as a Chemistry teaching assistant at UC Mercedandearns $16,000 a year in salary.
e. A candy store buys $500 worth of chocolates made in Belgium.
f. Boeing produces 5 airplanes but are unable to sell them.

Answer:

a. No change in GDP.

There will be no change in GDP resulting from this transaction. Resales are considered double counting because the good had already been paid for before and so will inflate GDP.

b. GDP increase by $12,500. U.S. Consumption.

This is a consumption transaction as money is being spent to satisfy the need for education. It will therefore increase GDP by $12,500.

c. No change in GDP.

Intermediate goods to be used in production are not included in GDP to avoid double counting. Only the final value of goods and services are included. This is an intermediate good and so will not be included.

d. Increase in GDP $16,000. Government purchase of goods or services.

Mr. Luong works in a Public University which means that his salary is paid for by the government. This will increase GDP by $16,000 as it represents money spent by Government.

e. Decrease in GDP $500. Net Exports.

As this good was bought from outside the country, it is an import. Imports reduce a country's GDP because they reduce the Net exports. GDP will therefore reduce by $500.

f. Increase in GDP by plane value. Investment.

So long as the goods have already been produced in their final form, they will be part of GDP. They will increase GDP by their value and are a part of Investment.

Decisions about pricing strategies should be set in conjunction with other marketing decisions about product design, packaging, branding, distribution, and promotion. All these marketing decisions are interrelated. Prices must be related to the cost of producing the product and prices are usually set somewhere above cost. But price and cost aren't always related. There are three major approaches to pricing strategy: cost-based, demand-based (target costing), and competition-based. Other pricing strategies include skimming price strategy, penetration strategy, everyday low pricing (EDLP), high-low pricing strategy, bundling, psychological pricing, and demand-oriented pricing. Match each scenario to the strategy it best illustrates.
1. When the Mays family went to Europe, they used a travel agent who worked out a trip that included airfare, hotels, and some tours all for one price.
2. Marquis Suites shows movies in a "living room" atmosphere with comfortable chairs and food and beverage service. It deliberately charges more than other theaters for this experience.
3. Chad is a do-it-yourself guy. He shops at Home Depot because, although they don’t usually run sales, he knows the store will offer the lowest price around on the tools he needs.
4. A major national retailer charges "full retail" for most of the lines it carries but runs "special sales" during which the company lowers its price.
5. When Walmart enters a new geographic area, the company undersells its more well-established competitors and eventually raises its prices once it has a loyal customer base.
6. When Aaron was looking for mortgage lenders, he noticed that one major lender lowered their rates, and several others did the same within a few days.
7. Larry Dietzel, a real estate agent, advised his clients to price their home at $199,900 when they listed with his agency.
8. Overture Audio home theater systems can run as high as $100,000 but there are only a few companies offering the systems.
9. Toyota’s approach to entering the U.S. market was to set a certain net profit margin, then determine what price the company had to offer to get Americans to buy its cars instead of domestic cars.
A. Psychological pricing
B. Bundling
C. Target costing
D. Penetration pricing
E. High-low pricing
F. Competition-based pricing
G. Price leadership
H. Skimming price
I. Everyday low pricing (EDLP)

Use each of these key terms to best complete the following sentences. Use each term no more than once. Agreeableness
1. Neuroticism
2. Extraversion
3. Conscientiousness
4. Openness
5. Machiavellianism
6. Authoritarianism
a. Ted is willing to listen to new ideas and to change his beliefs and attitudes in response to new information. Ted is likely high in this personality trait.
b. Eduardo tends to be insecure and often has mood swings at work that make his coworkers uncomfortable. Eduardo is likely to be high in this personality trait.
c. Aidan is often late with projects and seems disorganized. He is likely low in this personality trait
d. Betty is sociable, talkative, and one of the first employees to welcome a new hire and offer to show him or her around. Betty is likely high in this personality trait.

What is travel arrangement management?​

What level of government is most closely associated with zoning?

a.local
b.interstate
c.federal
d.state

Assume an investor acquired 100% of the voting common stock of an investee on January 1, 2012 in a transaction that qualifies as a business combination. As a result of the acquisition, the investor recognized no goodwill and no bargain purchase gain in the post-acquisition consolidated financial statements (i.e., all of the resulting Acquisition Accounting Premium relates to identifiable net assets). The investor uses the equity method to account for its pre-consolidation investment in the investee. In addition, there are no intercompany transactions between the investor and investee. The following summarized pre-consolidation financial statement information is for the year ending December 31, 2019

Income Statement Investor Investee
Revenues $2,232,000 $307,200
Income from Investee 141,600 0
Expenses (1,800,000) (156,000)
Consolidated net income 573,600 151 ,200
NCI - -
Net income $573,600 $151,200
Statement of Retained Earnings
Retained earnings, January 1 $720,000 $36,000
Net income 573,600 151 ,200
Dividends declared 60,000 36,000
Retained earnings, December 31 $1,233,600 $151,200
Balance Sheet
Investment in Investee $283,200 $0
All other assets 4,598,400 384,000
Total assets $4,881,600 $384,000
Liabilities $2,880,000 $128,000
Common stock and additional paid-in capital 768,000 84,000
Retained earnings 1,233,600 151 ,200
Total liabilities and equity $4,881,600 $384,000

What amount of "expenses" will appear in the consolidated income statement for the year ending December 31, 2019?

a. $1,800,000
b. $1,956,000
c. $1,975,200
d. $1,965,600

Discuss whether the human capital and signaling models have different implications for each of the following education policies:
A. Providing financial aid to students for college.
B. Introducing a test that high school students could take to provide reliable measures of task commitment and capacity to work effectively in teams.
C. Increasing the age at which students can drop out of high school from 16 to 17.

You need an inexpensive, reliable network for about twenty-five computers, all of which will be in two rooms. It is important that the network not entirely depend on one hub or one node. However, nodes will regularly be added and removed from the network, so flexibility is essential. Which topology should you use?

a.bus
b.mesh
c.star
d.ring​

Focus groups an example of what type of research

Green Day Corporation has outstanding 500,000 shares of $10 par value common stock. The corporation declares a 70% stock dividend when the fair value of the stock is $45 per share. Prepare the journal entries for Green Day Corporation for both the date of declaration and the date of distribution.

What requires frequent safety and health inspections

. Suppose this year you buy 5% coupon rate, $100 face value bond for $90 that has 3 years left till maturity. Suppose next year market interest rates decrease to 2% and you decide to sell it your bond that year.a) Calculate the selling price of your bond next year. In another words, what price would make your bond competitive when market yields are at 2.0%?

You just took an Uber from home to campus for the first time and were willing to pay $13 for the trip. It was so much easier than driving yourself that you are willing to pay $21 for the same trip tomorrow. Determine if you have violated the law of demand based on your choices, and why or why not that is the case.

If the government places a $2 tax per bag of potato chips on the producers, what would the consumers of potato chips observe? a. There would be no change in price and the consumer would not notice. b. The government would tax individuals who bought too many potato chips. c. Consumers would pay the full $2 tax in the form of a price increase. d. The price of potato chips would rise by some amount, but by less than $2.

Air United, Inc. manufactures two products: missile range instruments and space pressure gauges. During April, 50 range instruments and 200 pressure gauges were produced, and overhead costs of $97,045 were estimated. An analysis of estimated overhead costs reveals the following activities.

Activities Cost Drivers Total Cost
1. Materials handling Number of requisitions $40,000
2. Machine setups Number of setups 21,500
3. Quality inspections Number of inspections 33,000
$94,500
The cost driver volume for each product was as follows:
Cost Drivers Instruments Gauges Total
Number of requisitions 400 600 1,000
Number of setups 200 300 500
Number of inspections 200 400 600

Required:
a. Determine the overhead rate for each activity.
b. Assign the manufacturing overhead costs for April to the two products, using activity-based costing.

For each separate case below, follow the 3-step process for adjusting the accrued expense account: Step 1: Determine what the current account balance equals. Step 2: Determine what the current account balance should equal. Step 3: Record an adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2. Assume no other adjusting entries are made during the year.

a. Salaries Payable. At year-end, salaries expense of $18,500 has been incurred by the company, but is not yet paid to employees. Interest Payable. At its December 31 year-end, the company owes $400 of interest on a line-of-credit loan. That interest will not be paid until sometime in January of the next year.
b. Interest Payable. At its December 31 year-end, the company holds a mortgage payable that has incurred $1,025 in annual interest that is neither recorded nor paid. The company intends to pay the interest on January 7 of the next year.
c. Interest Payable. At its December 31 year-end, the company holds a mortgage payable that has incurred $875 in annual interest that is neither recorded nor paid. The company intends to pay the interest on January 7 of the next year.

The Marchetti Soup Company entered into the following transactions during the month of June:

a. purchased inventory on account for $160,000 (assume Marchetti uses a perpetual inventory system)
b. paid $43,000 in salaries to employees for work performed during the month
c. sold merchandise that cost $126,000 to credit customers for $215,000
d. collected $195,000 in cash from credit customers.
e. paid suppliers of inventory $140,000.

Assume that the opening balances in each of the accounts is zero except for cash, accounts receivable, and accounts payable that had opening balances of $66,500, $46,000, and $25,000, respectively. (Enter the transaction number in the column next to the amount.) Prepare journal entries for each of the above transactions.

Decorative Concrete produces a concrete overlay for residential and commercial concrete flooring. Customers have complained that one of the products results in excessive cracking. The likelihood the company will incur a loss on this product is probable and the amount of the loss is estimated to be somewhere between $1.1 and $4 million.
1. Should this contingent liability be reported, disclosed in a note only, or both? To be reported To be disclosed Both2. What loss, if any, should Decorative Concrete report in its income statement?3. What liability, if any should Decorative Concrete report in its balance sheet?4. What entry, if any should be recorded in the journal?

Doug works as the Heavy Haul Manager for Lone Star Transportation. He is currently working on a wind farm project and deciding which drivers of his team will work on the project and which field supervisors will work on communicating with GE who is building the wind farm. He is also assigning drivers certain sections of the wind turbines to ensure that the parts are delivered in the correct order for the project. Which of the following management functions is Doug undertaking?
A. Scrutinizing.
B. Planning.
C. Organizing.
D. Envisioning.
E. Controlling.

Piekos Corporation incurred $90,000 of actual Manufacturing Overhead costs during June. During the same period, the Manufacturing Overhead applied to Work in Process was $92,000. The journal entry to record the application of Manufacturing Overhead to Work in Process would include a:

A small company wishes to set up a fund that can be used for technology purchases over the next 6 years. Their forecast is for $16,000 to be needed at the end of year 1, decreasing by $2,000 each year thereafter. The fund earns 6% per year. How much money must be deposited to the fund at the end of year 0 to just deplete the fund after the last withdrawal

Identifying various components that are at higher risks and standardizing it.

a. In Toyota's case it was certain parts across Japanese automakers which was considered as a risk for revenue and disruption of production.
b. Toyota is now sourcing of engines and transmissions in the locally.
c. Toyota brought out fix solutions to the affected vehicles which took mass media and online tools for its advantage and also teams to monitor quality issues.

Name at least 4 of the sources of ethical issues

The Clark Sports Camp operates three sports programs: basketball, lacrosse and field hockey. The camp provides a unique opportunity for boys and girls to engage in intensive summer sports activities. Parents often bring their all of children for the six week session. Due to diminishing profits in the basketball program, they are considering eliminating the basketball program. Camp owner Mikey Matheny has asked you to review the income statement, determine the impact on profit from dropping the basketball program and make a recommendation.
Clark Sports Camp Project Income Statement
Total Basketball Lacrosse Field Hockey
Camp Tuition $190,000 $75,000 $65,000 $50,000
Variable Costs $26,000 $12,000 $8,000 $6,000
for Food and Staff
Contribution Margin $ 164,000 $63,000 $57,000 $44,000
Fixed Expenses
Rent - Traceable $25,000 $10,000 $7,500 $7,500
Salaries of Sports $21,000 $10,000 $10,000 $1,000
Program Directors*
Allocated Common $90,000 $41,538 $27,692 $20,769
Fixed Expenses**
Total Fixed Expenses $136,000 $61,538 $45,192 $29,269
Net Operating Income $28,000 $1,462 $11,808 $14,731
(Loss)
*There is NO alternative work for the sports directors, if the sport program is eliminated, the sport program director will be eliminated.
**Common Fixed Costs are allocated based upon the number of campers but will remain constant.
Use the information above to answer questions 1-3.
1. What is the impact on profit if the basketball program is dropped?
2. For partial credit on the problem above, you can upload a spreadsheet here. (You will not receive full credit for the problem shown above if you do not upload a spreadsheet.)
3. Assume now that we are able to eliminate $50,000 of the allocated fixed costs if we drop the basketball program. What do you recommend? Write a memo to Mr. Matheny outlining your recommendation and your reasoning. Be sure to consider all of the stakeholders and use an appropriate decision model.

The following accounts were taken from the unadjusted trial balance of Legislative Results Inc., a congressional lobbying firm. Indicate whether or not each account would normally require an adjusting entry. If the account normally requires an adjusting entry, use the following notation to indicate the type of adjustment:To illustrate, the answer for the first account follows:________.AR—Accrued Revenue Normally requires adjustment (AR).AE—Accrued ExpenseUR—Unearned RevenuePE—Prepaid Expense

Liability Insurance Company writes a substantial amount of commercial liability insurance. A large construction company requests $100 million of liability insurance to cover its business operations. Liability Insurance has a reinsurance contract with Bermuda Re that enables the coverage to be written immediately. Under the terms of the contract, Liability Insurance pays 25 percent of the losses and retains 25 percent of the premium. Bermuda Re pays 75 percent of the losses and receives 75 percent of the premium, less a ceding commission that is paid to Liability Insurance. Based on the preceding,
A. What type of re-insurance contract best describes the re-insurance arrangement that Liability Insurance has with Bermuda Re?
B. If a $50 million covered loss occurs, how much will Bermuda Re have to pay? Explain.
C. Why does Bermuda Re pay a ceding commission to Liability Insurance?

Use the following information to answer this question.

Windswept, Inc. 2010 Income Statement ($ in millions)

Net sales $10,700
Less: Cost of goods sold 8,050
Less: Depreciation 380
Earnings before interest and taxes $2,270
Less: Interest paid 104
Taxable Income $2,166
Less: Taxes 650
Net income $1,516

Required:
What amount should be included in the financing section of the 2010 statement of cash flows for dividends paid?

Urshela Company paid four months insurance on October 1, 2017 for $13,200. Urshela originally recorded the full insurance payment in the prepaid insurance account, Urshela operates on a calendar year basis. What adjusting journal entry would Urshela be required to make at 12/31 to properly recognize insurance expense for the year

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Frances Newberry is the payroll accountant for Pack-It Services of Jackson, Arizona. The employees of Pack-It Services are paid semimonthly. An employee, Glen Riley, comes to her on November 6 and requests a pay advance of $1,650, which he will pay back in equal parts on the November 15 and December 15 paychecks. Glen is married with eight withholding allowances and is paid $58,640 per year. He contributes 3 percent of his pay to a 401(k) and has $25 per paycheck deducted for a Section 125 plan.

Required:
Compute his net pay on his November 15 paycheck.

Wang Company has established the following overhead cost pools and cost drivers for the month of May: Cost Pool Overhead Costs Cost Driver Levels Purchase orders $ 30,000 50 orders Machine setups 50,000 100 setups Electricity 10,000 10,000 kilowatt hours The following information pertains to the actual consumption of activity resources for two sample jobs completed during May. Job M1 Job M2 Number of units produced 500 1,000 Number of purchase orders 15 10 Number of setups 20 10 Number of kilowatt hours 500 1,000 What is the activity-based overhead rate per purchase ord