1. The purpose of preparing a direct materials budget is to . a. allocate the cost of raw materials to production departments. b. estimate the manufacturing overhead. c. estimate the quantity of raw materials to be purchased. d. estimate the unit cost of direct materials to be purchased.2. In a direct materials budget, the desired ending raw materials inventory for the year is equal to the . a. beginning balance of accounts payable. b. desired ending raw materials inventory for the last period. c. total merchandise purchased during the year. d. value of raw material used during the year.

An office manager is concerned with declining productivity. despite the fact that she regularly monitors her clerical staff four times each day—at 9: 00 am, 11: 00 am, 1: 00 pm, and again at 3: 00 pm—office productivity has declined 30 percent since she assumed the helm one year ago. would you recommend that the office manager invest more time monitoring the productivity of her clerical staff? explain.

The interaction of individual choices because a type of fish is on the verge of extinction, the government imposes rules that prohibit fishing in the publicly owned spawning grounds. at first owners of fshing bouts complain about this restriction on where they can fish, but soon they notice that the number of adult fish swimming outside the protected area is much higher than it was before. with the restriction, each fishing boat ends up catching more fish than it did before the r which of the following principles of economic interaction best describes this scenario? o there is a tradeoff between equality and efficiency o markets usually lead to efficiency. o when markets do not achieve efficiency,government intervention can improve overall welfare o markets allocate goodseffectively

The – effect means tommy's – will shift because he has less purchasing power. as a result, he may choose the regular-size steak instead of the larger "hunter's portion" he prefers. the – effect means tommy may spend some of the money he saved by ordering the smaller steak to order a bigger salad.