NO.70 A music executive is trying to determine the effect that advertising expenditures (in dollars) have on digital music sales. After gathering sales data from the previous 12 quarters, the executive finds the effect that advertising expenditures have on digital music sales can be described by the following equation:
Digital music sales = 9,500 + 0.15*(advertising expenditures)
Based on this equation, which of the statements below is correct?

NO.71 In which situation would it be appropriate to use time-series data?

NO.72 Which of the following options is the measure of how long it takes from the time a business has to pay for inventory from a supplier until it collects cash from the customer from a sale?

NO.73 A student wants to know the probability of getting a value less than -0.76 in a standard normal distribution (=0, =1). The student finds that the area under the curve to the left of positive 0.76 is 0.7764. What is the probability of getting a value less than -0.76?

NO.74 Below is a partial regression output table showing the relationship between a team’s point differential and its winning percentage.(Point differential is defined as the difference between the average number of points a team scores per game and the average number of points per game scored against that team.)

Assuming a significance level of 0.01, which of the following p-values would indicate a significant relationship between the two variables?

NO.75 The owner of a t-shirt store on a beach sells 200 shirts per month in the summer for a price of $15.00. During the winter months, the owner reduces the price to $9.00 and sells 100
shirts per month. The store must be leased in one-year increments at $400 per month in rent. The cost of labor, materials, and utilities are an additional $600 a month. Should the store remain open during the winter months?

NO.76 A DVD manufacturer is considering shutting down its production facility and only selling its movies through digital downloads. The company has signed a contract to pay $3,000 a month for its production facility for the next three years. If the company continues to sell its movies as DVDs, it is projected to earn $8,500 in revenue and spend $3,500 in variable costs each month. Variable costs for the digital downloads are 0. Under what circumstances should the company switch to selling digital downloads?

NO.77 A company reported the following information for 2013:

During 2013, the company purchased new inventory of $160,000. What amount should the company report as cost of goods sold on its 2013 income statement?

NO.78 What is the approximate poverty rate for the outlier in the scatterplot below?

NO.79 A high school teacher believes that the poverty rate in each U.S. state can be explained by the percentage of the population who do not have a high school diploma or equivalent. The teacher collects data from each of the 50 U.S. states; a portion of the data is given below.

Which of the following Excel dialog boxes correctly runs the regression described? A)

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NO.80 A company is considering a project to develop a nascent technology to harness energy from ocean waves but wants to determine its economic viability. This 10-year project will cost the company $10 million in research and development costs and $25 million to build infrastructure. Each megawatt of energy costs $60 to produce, but the government offers a subsidy of $5 permegawatt. The price per megawatt of energy will be $56 for the next five years, and the company expects to produce 1 million megawatts per year. Ignoring the time value of money (i.e. assuming cash flows across different years are directly comparable), if costs, output, and subsidies remain constant, what will the market price of a megawatt of energy need to be in years six through ten to make this project economically viable?

NO.81 An individual is considering whether to fly or take the train for an upcoming trip. This individual works remotely for $10/hour, but will not be able to work while on the airplane or train. The flight would take two hours and cost $125; the train would take eight hours and cost $50. What are the respective total economic costs of taking the flight and taking the train?

NO.82 Which of the following histograms, each with nine observations, has a median of five? A)

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NO.83 A landlocked student believes that people would prefer to live near the ocean if they could afford the additional expense. To test this, the student wants to see whether states bordering an ocean are more likely to have a larger percent of wealthy families than states without an ocean coast. The student collects data from the 50 U.S. states on the percent of families making over $200,000 a year along with whether the state has an ocean coast (where 1 means the state has an ocean coast).

Based on the regression results given below, what can be said at the 95% confidence level?

NO.84 If an analyst looks at a start-up’s statement of cash flows for the past three years, it is MOST likely that the analyst will find:

NO.85 In Dec. of 2013, a company signed a promissory note and recorded a note payable of $150,000. This note is payable in three equal annual installments beginning from Dec. of 2014. How should the company report the note payable on its Dec. 31, 2013 balance sheet?

NO.86 Which of the following scatterplots shows the strongest positive linear relationship? A)

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NO.87 Company A has a Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) of 12 percent. They are evaluating four different projects/investments with financial flows as described below. Available funds are limited, so they can only pursue one of the investment alternatives. Each project/investment involves an initial outflow of $1,000,000 and has an eight year life.

Which project should they select?

NO.88 A heavily populated town with many gas stations has an average price of $3.25 for a gallon of gasoline. However, one gas station charges $3.60 for a gallon of gasoline and remains very competitive in the market. Which of the following situations could NOT explain this gas station’s success?

NO.89 A new technological improvement is invented for the production of coffee. At the same time, the price of tea (a substitute for coffee) decreases, and the price of sugar (a complement to both coffee and tea) increases. What is the known result for the new equilibrium for coffee?

NO.90 Which of the following transactions is presented in the above journal entry?

NO.91 Analysts at a technology company predict that the company will be able to increase the price for its new product after it has been on the market for one year. Which of the following conditions would BEST explain this prediction?

NO.92 Which of the following activities will NOT cause net cash provided by investing activities to increase under US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)?

NO.93 A restaurant that sells hamburgers is considering lowering prices to gain market share. The restaurant pays $3,000 a month for the building it occupies, and ingredients and labor cost $2.50 per hamburger. If the restaurant expects to sell 2,000 hamburgers a month, what is the minimum price it could charge?

NO.94 Company A is projecting a 10 percent increase in revenue for the next quarter with no significant changes to their operations. Which of the following accounting elements is the LEAST likely to mirror that increase?