Cost item predicting cost behavior preparing financial statements
1. hamburger buns in a wendy’s restaurant.
2. advertising by a dental office.
3. apples processed and canned by del monte.
4. shipping canned apples from a del monte plant to customers.
5. insurance on a bausch & lomb factory producing contact lenses.
6. insurance on ibm’s corporate headquarters.
7. salary of a supervisor overseeing production of printers at hewlett-packard.
8. commissions paid to automobile salespersons.

Following is a list of various costs incurred in producing replacement automobile parts. with respect to the production and sale of these auto parts, classify each cost as either variable costs, fixed costs, or mixed costs. 1. oil used in manufacturing equipment 2. plastic 3. property taxes, $165,000 per year on factory building and equipment 4. salary of plant manager 5. cost of labor for hourly workers 6. packaging 7. factory cleaning costs, $6,000 per month 8. metal 9. rent on warehouse, $10,000 per month plus $25 per square foot of storage used 10. property insurance premiums, $3,600 per month plus $0.01 for each dollar of property over $1,200,000 11. straight-line depreciation on the production equipment 12. hourly wages of machine operators 13. electricity costs, $0.20 per kilowatt-hour 14. computer chip (purchased from a vendor) 15. pension cost, $1.00 per employee hour on the job

If you were running a company, what are at least two things you could do to improve its productivity.

Oliver's company is planning the launch of their hybrid cars. the company has included "never-before-seen" product benefits in the hybrid cars. which type of advertising should oliver's company use for the new cars?