A Company Purchases a Remote Building Site for Computer Operations

question 97

Multiple Choice

A company purchases a remote building site for computer operations.The building will be suitable for operations after some expenditures.The wiring must be replaced to computer specifications.The roof is leaky and must be replaced.All rooms must be repainted and recarpeted and there will also be some plumbing work done.Which of the following statements is true?

• A)The cost of the building will not include the repainting and recarpeting costs.
• B)The cost of the building will include the cost of replacing the roof.
• C)The cost of the building is the purchase price of the building, while the additional expenditures are all capitalized as Building Improvements.
• D)The wiring is part of the computer costs, not the building cost.

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Definitions:

Point Estimate

Single value used to estimate an unknown population parameter.

Population Parameter

A numerical value that represents a characteristic of an entire population, such as its mean or standard deviation.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, most commonly the mean; it is used to estimate the accuracy of a sample mean compared to the population mean.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is believed to contain the true value of a population parameter with a certain level of confidence.