TABLE 2-3 At a Meeting of Information Systems Officers for Regional Offices

question 94

Multiple Choice

TABLE 2-3
At a meeting of information systems officers for regional offices of a national company, a survey was taken to determine the number of employees the officers supervise in the operation of their departments, where X is the number of employees overseen by each information systems officer.

-Referring to Table 2-3, across all of the regional offices, how many total employees were supervised by those surveyed?

• A) 15
• B) 40
• C) 127
• D) 200

---

Definitions:

IRR

Internal Rate of Return; a financial metric used to estimate the profitability of potential investments.

Cost of Capital

The rate of return a firm needs to generate on its investment initiatives to preserve its market value and appeal to investors.

Cash Flows

The combined total of cash inflows and outflows in a company, significantly impacting its liquid assets.

NPV

Net Present Value (NPV) is a financial metric that calculates the difference between the present value of cash inflows and the present value of cash outflows over a period of time, used in capital budgeting to assess the profitability of an investment.