Outsourcing Production Will

question 79

Multiple Choice

Outsourcing production will

• A) reduce fixed costs and increase variable costs.
• B) reduce variable costs and increase fixed costs.
• C) have no effect on the relative proportion of fixed and variable costs.
• D) make the company more susceptible to economic swings.

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Definitions:

Cnidarians

A phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals that includes jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones, characterized by their radial symmetry and stinging cells.

Spicules

Small, pointed structures made of silica or calcium carbonate serving as a skeletal element in sponges and other invertebrates.

Flagella

Long, slender appendages that protrude from the cell body of some bacteria, protozoa, and spermatozoa, used for locomotion.

Sponges

Simple aquatic animals with a porous body that water flows through, belonging to the phylum Porifera.