Sherry runs a small manufacturing business. she has a great rapport with her vendors, and manages to get the upper hand when she negotiates the terms and conditions of new contracts. sherry is therefore able to buy raw materials at reasonable prices from the vendors. which statement is true about sherry?

a. sherry is knowledgeable.
b. sherry is persuasive.
c. sherry is energetic.
d. sherry is opportunistic.

Cynthia is a hospitality worker in the lodging industry who prefers to cater to small groups of people. she might want to open a

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.

Which of the following statements are false regarding activity-based costing? non-manufacturing costs are important to include when calculating the cost of each product. costs are allocated based on a pre-determined overhead rate. transitioning from traditional costing methods to activity-based costing can be complicated and costly. activity-based costing follows the same basic calculation methods as traditional costing approaches. none of the above