Critical Thinking Questions Case 11-1 in Your New Role as a DBA

question 34

Multiple Choice

Critical Thinking Questions Case 11-1 In your new role as a DBA, you have inherited a database that has a lot of problems. Your first task, you decide, is to identify whether or not the information in your database contains the qualities of valuable information, and which quality may be missing. The manager for the eastern division sales force is upset because she wants to determine which members of her sales force need awards for high monthly sales, and which employees need remediation because they have not sold enough product during the past month. However, all of the sales information has not yet been entered into the database. What kind of information is at issue in this instance?

• A) useful information
• B) timely information
• C) accessible information
• D) verifiable information

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Definitions:

Unit Product Cost

The total cost associated with producing one unit of product, calculated by dividing total production costs by the number of units produced.

Predetermined Overhead Rate

A rate used to allocate estimated overhead costs to individual products or job orders based on a pre-selected cost driver.

Manufacturing Overhead

All indirect costs associated with the production process, including utilities, rent for the production facility, and salaries for indirect labor.

Departmental Overhead Rates

Specific overhead rates allocated to individual departments within a company, reflecting the distinct costs associated with operating each department.