Which of the Following Scenarios Demonstrates General Cognitive Ability

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of the following scenarios demonstrates general cognitive ability?

• A) Sharon has the ability to sense when other people are beginning to become frustrated before they realize it.
• B) Alice scored well above average on the verbal, quantitative, and reasoning segments of a test.
• C) Jen scores poorly on a test because her parents yelled at her the previous night.
• D) Rylee does great in math, but she has difficulty reading and writing.
• E) Emmi excels at playing four completely different sports.

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Definitions:

Margin of Safety

The difference between actual or expected sales and sales at the break-even point. It measures how close a company is to not covering its fixed costs.

Break-even Sales

The amount of revenue from sales that exactly covers the fixed and variable costs of producing and selling a product, with no profit or loss.

Pretax Net Income

The amount of money a company has earned before taxes are deducted.

Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not fluctuate with the volume of production or sales, such as rent, salaries, and insurance.