A Profit Center

question 155

Multiple Choice

A profit center:

• A) Incurs costs, but does not directly generate revenues.
• B) Incurs costs and directly generates revenues.
• C) Has a manager who is evaluated solely on efficiency in controlling costs.
• D) Incurs only indirect costs and directly generates revenues.
• E) Incurs only indirect costs and generates revenues.

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Definitions:

Cerebrum

The largest part of the brain, responsible for voluntary activities, speech, sensation, vision, hearing, thought, and memory.

Reticular Formation

A network of nerve pathways in the brainstem involved in consciousness and the regulation of sleep-wake cycles.

Selectively Attending

The process by which individuals focus on specific stimuli while ignoring others, allowing them to navigate and process information in a complex environment effectively.

Pons

The larger swelling above the medulla that relays information from the cortex to the cerebellum, and that plays a part in sleep, dreaming, left–right body coordination, and arousal.