Crusher Machinery Inc. sells three heavy-duty construction machines. Information on these machines is as follows:Bulldozer30% of total salesUnit contribution margin of $40 Crane50% of total salesUnit contribution margin of $45Dump truck20% of total salesUnit contribution margin of $50 Based on this information, what is the weighted-average contribution margin per unit (WACM)?

Sampson Inc. is a producer of plastic products including bottles and sandwich bags. Management decided they need to be pre-informed about the financial performance of the organization and will use data analytics. As part of their predictive analytics, they are going to use regression analysis. Which of the following is a potential reason for using this method?

You are trying to make a decision regarding your impending holiday travel plans. You have flown into the major airport in Philadelphia in the past, but have always disliked the one-hour drive to your family’s home. You have recently realized that you can fly into a local airport in Allentown, but at a somewhat higher price for the trip. You have been given the following three options for traveling home for the holidays (including all costs incurred for each option to arrive at the final total travel cost):Option 1: Nonstop flight to Philadelphia (1 hour drive)$700Option 2: Nonstop flight to Allentown (20 minute drive)$800Option 3: Flight to Allentown via Charlotte (2 hour layover)$740You have narrowed your final selection down to flying into the Allentown airport, and decide on the nonstop flight to Allentown. What is the opportunity cost associated with this decision?

Data analytics has become a very high-demand skill for employees regardless of their industry. The goal of decision makers continues to gravitate towards increasing data accessibility and usability with an overall goal of making more data-informed decisions. Within the cost accounting sphere, outcomes achieved are divided into four areas. Which of the following is a correct list of those areas?

If a company is presented with a decision to accept a special order, if it is already operating at full-capacity, and in order to accept the special order, would need to expand its capacity, which of the following will most likely to happen in the decision analysis?

Decision-making involving data analytics includes a five-step process. Which of the following best represents the correct order for these steps?

The calculation of break-even in units is determined by dividing

A public university has been evaluating its admissions policies and procedures. The university has recently seen a downturn in enrollment, and university leadership does not entirely understand why this happened. The university has not changed or updated their admissions decision-making processes in years. The current process uses an algorithm based on data available years ago to do enrollment modeling. Which of the following could be a disadvantage of not updating the process?

A company investigates what types of data it wants to gather and how they plan to collect it. They know a variety of methods can be employed, and each company will select the most cost-effective and secure option that meets their specific needs. Which of the following best represents an acceptable storage method a company could use to secure their data?

As practitioners increase their knowledge in data analytics, some companies have moved towards collecting information in new and different ways. Additionally, decision makers have taken their newly collected data and devised ways that it can benefit the organization the most. Which of the following is an example of a way that organizations use data analytics in performance evaluation?