Asking a Colleague "How Was Your Weekend?" Is

question 27

Multiple Choice

Asking a colleague "How was your weekend?" is

• A) accepted in the U.S., but considered intrusive in some cultures.
• B) grounds for a lawsuit.
• C) an effective greeting in any culture.
• D) never acceptable in a business environment.

---

Definitions:

Net Operating Income

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), measuring a company's profitability from its operations.

Variable Costing

A costing method that includes only variable production costs in product costs, treating fixed costs as period expenses.

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs, both fixed and variable, in the cost of a product.

Unit Sales

The total number of individual items or units sold by a company in a specific period.