Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)The amount of earned interest kept by an investor will depend on how the interest is taxed.
• B)The equivalent after-tax interest rate is r(1 - τ).
• C)The highest interest rate,for a given horizon,is the rate paid on U.S.Treasury securities.
• D)It is important to use a discount rate that matches both the horizon and the risk of the cash flows.

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Definitions:

Units Produced

The total number of finished items or products created by a production process or manufacturing operation.

Variable Factory Overhead Controllable Variance

The difference between the actual variable overhead costs and the budgeted costs that management could control.

Standard Factory Overhead Rate

A rate used to allocate factory overhead costs to products based on expected factory activity.

Machine Hour

Refers to the total number of hours a piece of machinery or equipment is actually used in production, often used in allocating manufacturing costs based on machine hours.