In Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO)Org

question 58

Multiple Choice

In Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) Org. v. Fair Labor Relations Authority , PATCO and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) held a negotiation for a new agreement which was rejected by PATCO. Following the rejection, the parties resumed negotiation again, but when the negotiation failed to reach an agreement, PATCO went on strike against FAA. Is it illegal for PATCO to engage in a strike?

• A)No, it is not illegal for PATCO to strike as the federal employees have constitutional right to strike.
• B)Yes, it is illegal for PATCO to strike as it is a federal organization and federal employees are forbidden to strike.
• C)No, it is not illegal for PATCO to strike because PATCO had been granted special permission to strike through court order.
• D)Yes, PATCO being an exclusive collective bargaining representative has the right to strike.

Identify appropriate allocation bases for different factory overhead activities.

Determine the factory overhead to be allocated per unit under activity-based costing.

Evaluate the advantages of using multiple production department factory overhead rates over a single plantwide rate.

Apply activity-based costing to allocate indirect costs across different products or services.

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Definitions:

Precedence Diagram

A visual representation of the order in which tasks or activities must be performed in project management, highlighting dependencies and critical paths.

Theoretical Minimum

The lowest possible amount of resources, energy, or time required to achieve a particular process or operation, often used as a benchmark in process improvement.

Network Diagram

A visual representation of a project's activities and their sequence, showing the path from start to finish, including dependencies.

Cycle Time

The total time from the beginning to the end of a process, which includes both processing and waiting times.