The following describes a scientific investigation.  Please read the text and then answer the questions that follow.   A research scientist was studying lizards.  The scientist wanted to know if lizards would run faster if they consumed more glucose.  All the lizards would be the same species.  The lizards would be fed crickets that would be injected with 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, and 25% glucose.  The lizards would be fed in their housing, not while racing because you don’t want them to get sick.  The scientist made a lizard sized racetrack which included little infrared light beams connected to a computer.  When the lizards ran down the track a computer would record their time when they went through the lights.  The scientist found that lizards that ate crickets with 25% glucose ran the fastest (10 m/s).  Lizards that ate crickets with 5% glucose ran the slowest (2 m/s).  Lizards that ate crickets with 20% glucose ran (8 m/s), those that ate crickets with 15% glucose ran (6 m/s), and those that ate crickets with 10% glucose ran (4m/s).                                                                                                                                      (m/s = meters per second) A. Which is the dependent variable? B. Which is the independent (experimental) variable in this study?  

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What is the Net Present Value (NPV)?

Which of the following would be least likely to be a cost driver for a company’s human resource costs? 

What is the fixed overhead Spending Variance? 

And what is the target mark-up rate based on the manufacturing-cost in long-run pricing?

Marble Kitchens is approached by Ms. Tammy Baker, a new customer, to fulfill a large one-time-only special order for a product similar to one offered to regular customers. The following per unit data apply for sales to regular customers: Direct materials $455 Direct labor 300 Variable manufacturing support 45 Fixed manufacturing support 100 Total manufacturing costs 900 Markup (60%) 540 Targeted selling price $1440 Marble Kitchens has excess capacity. Ms. Baker wants her cabinets to have golden knobs, so direct material costs will increase by $50 per unit. For Marble Kitchens, what is the minimum acceptable price of this one-time-only special order?

The cost components of a heater include $30 for the compressor, $10 for the sheet molded compound frame, and $75 per unit for assembly. The factory machines and tools cost is $60,000. The company expects to produce 1,000 heaters in the coming year. What cost function best represents these costs?

When the purpose of cost allocation is to provide information for economic decisions or to motivate managers and employees, the best criteria are:

A manager of a profit center is responsible for all of the following EXCEPT: