Critical Thinking Questions Case 5-1

question 71

Multiple Choice

Critical Thinking Questions Case 5-1
You are very busy at home and at work and are concerned about finding the time to shop for a wedding gift for your cousin. A friend sends you a personal email containing a link to the Overstock website and tells you about the great deals she has found at the website. You consider taking a quick break from work to search for a gift at the website. Additionally, it is really tempting to use the company's high-speed Internet connection to search online for a gift since the Internet access you have at home is much slower.
A family member spends a lot of time sending, receiving, and reading personal email messages while at work. You suggest that she _____.

• A) is exposing her company to viruses and other security breaches
• B) is very clever to get her personal email taken care of at work
• C) should also capitalize on her company's high-speed Internet access to get most of her shopping done at work
• D) ask her supervisor to approve overtime so that she can get her tasks done; there just isn't enough time in the workday

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Definitions:

Cash Payment

A transaction in which goods or services are paid for with physical currency or through an immediate electronic funds transfer.

Firm's Assets

The economic resources owned by a business, including cash, property, equipment, and intellectual property, which are used to generate revenue.

Stock Split

A business procedure in which a corporation splits its current shares into more shares to increase the shares' marketability.

Round Lot

A standardized number of units of an asset or security, usually used as the normal trading unit in the stock market.