Rationalizing of Office Tasks Has Led to

question 9

Multiple Choice

Rationalizing of office tasks has led to

• A)paying higher salaries to clerical workers.
• B)hiring fewer clerical workers.
• C)the typing pool.
• D)the development of telephones.
• E)a general slowdown in business correspondence.

Grasp the process of preparing and understanding the components of a classified balance sheet.

Comprehend the concept and necessity of reversing entries in accounting.

Recognize the various steps in the accounting cycle, including journalizing and posting closing entries.

Understand the concept of the operating cycle and its importance to a company’s cash flow.

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Definitions:

Price-fixing

An illegal agreement among competitors to set prices, limit supply, or engage in other activities to maintain high prices and restrict competition.

Vertical Mergers

Mergers between companies at different stages of production within the same industry, aimed at increasing efficiency or control over the supply chain.

Interlocking Directorates

A situation where the members of a board of directors serve on the boards of multiple corporations, potentially leading to conflicts of interest.

Price-fixing

A form of market manipulation where competitors collude to set prices at a certain level, rather than allowing them to be determined naturally by market forces, which is illegal in many jurisdictions.