The Marketplace for Computer Hardware

question 46

Multiple Choice

The marketplace for computer hardware:

• A)has become increasingly concentrated in top firms.
• B)has expanded to include a wide variety of start-up and mobile-computing firms.
• C)has moved significantly to Asian firms.
• D)has been decimated by mobile and cloud computing.
• E)has begun moving away from blade servers.

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Definitions:

Variable Manufacturing Cost

Direct costs associated with manufacturing, changing with the level of output, including direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead.

Production Volume

The total quantity of goods produced within a specific period by a manufacturing entity.

Engineering Approach

A detailed analysis of cost behavior based on an industrial engineer’s evaluation of the inputs that are required to carry out a particular activity and of the prices of those inputs.

Mixed Costs

Expenses that have both fixed and variable components, changing with the level of activity but having a base cost.