Top Foods has an underfunded pension plan. The pension expense is $58 million. This amount includes a $60 million service cost, a $40 million interest cost, a $45 million reduction for the expected return on plan assets, and a $3 million amortization of a prior service cost. Required: Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record Top’s pension expense.

What is the main purpose of the Map step in MapReduce?

Which statement about XML Schema (XSD) is TRUE?

Which of the following returns all faculty IDs that appear either in the Faculty table for the History department or in the Class table for room H221, without duplicates?

What is the main challenge in integrating XML or JSON data with relational databases?

Quiz: Normalization and De-Normalization 1. Which of the following best describes the goal of normalization?

Which NoSQL model is most suitable for highly connected, network-like data?

Which of the following is a disadvantage of a highly normalized schema?

What is the default HDFS block size mentioned in the slides?

EZ, Incorporated, reports pretax accounting income of $400,000, but due to a single temporary difference, taxable income is $500,000. At the beginning of the year, no temporary differences existed. EZ is subject to a tax rate of 25%. Required: Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record EZ’s income taxes. Note: If no entry is required for a transaction or event, select “No journal entry required” in the first account field.