What Would Be Most Likely to Occur in the Year

question 68

Multiple Choice

What would be most likely to occur in the year when companies have to depreciate equipment over longer lives? Assume that sales,other operating costs,and tax rates are not affected,and the same depreciation method is used for tax and shareholder reporting purposes.

• A)Companies' NOPAT would decline.
• B)Companies' physical stocks of fixed assets would increase.
• C)Companies' net cash flows would increase.
• D)Companies' cash positions would decline.

Evaluate the quality of experimental designs and suggest improvements.

Understand placebo effects and their control in experiments.

Analyze the limitations of observational studies in establishing causality.

Apply the concept of random assignment to improve experimental validity.

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