Which of the Following Items Should Not Be Considered When

question 65

Multiple Choice

Which of the following items should not be considered when evaluating a make-or-buy decision?

• A) The reliability of the supplier's delivery schedule.
• B) Quality of the supplier's product.
• C) Net book value (NBV) of the production equipment currently used to make the item in question.
• D) Contribution margin generated by an alternative use of the production equipment.
• E) Financial stability of the supplier.

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Definitions:

Horizontal Décalage

The observation that within Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, some abilities do not appear simultaneously but develop sequentially over time.

Personal Fable

A concept in adolescent development where an individual believes that their thoughts, feelings, and experiences are unique and not understood by others.

Hypothetical-Deductive Reasoning

Piaget’s formal operational concept that adolescents have the cognitive ability to develop hypotheses about ways to solve problems and can systematically deduce which is the best path to follow in solving the problem.

Formal Operations

The stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where abstract and logical thinking is developed, usually during adolescence.