What Has Been the Effect of Mass Literacy and the Availability

question 71

Multiple Choice

What has been the effect of mass literacy and the availability of inexpensive printing techniques on sexually explicit material?

• A)a dramatic fall in the incidence of child pornography
• B)a gradual reduction in the pornographic content of mass-produced books and drawings
• C)a dramatic increase in demand for sexually explicit material
• D)a gradual increase in the number of laws directed at lesbian women and gay men that prohibit them from accessing to sexually explicit material

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Definitions:

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

Costs associated with manufacturing that do not vary with the level of production, such as rent, salaries of managers, and depreciation of equipment.

Absorption Costing

A costing method that includes all manufacturing costs - direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed overheads - in the cost of a unit of product.

Variable Costing

A costing method that includes only variable production costs—direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead—in the cost of goods sold and reports fixed overhead as an expense of the period.

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

Indirect production costs that remain constant regardless of the level of goods or services produced.