Use the Information for the Question(s) Below

question 3

Multiple Choice

Use the information for the question(s) below.
Your firm needs to invest in a new delivery truck. The life expectancy of the delivery truck is five years. You can purchase a new delivery truck for an upfront cost of $200,000, or you can lease a truck from the manufacturer for five years for a monthly lease payment of $4,000 (paid at the end of each month) . Your firm can borrow at 6% APR with quarterly compounding.
-The monthly discount rate that you should use to evaluate the truck lease is closest to:

• A) 0.487%
• B) 0.512%
• C) 0.498%
• D) 0.500%

Identify key personnel policies relevant to recruitment.

Explain strategies for organizational downsizing.

Describe the challenges and solutions associated with temporary and contract workers.

Identify and describe different types of distributions (unimodal, bimodal, multimodal, normal, skewed, and flat).

---

Definitions:

Department Allocations

The process of distributing overhead costs to different departments based on relevant allocation bases.

Allocate

The process of distributing resources or assigning costs to different departments, projects, or cost centers within an organization.

Production Department

A specialized business unit focused on the creation of goods and services, often involving manufacturing processes or operations.

Proportional Usage

A method of allocating resources, costs, or expenses based on the relative use or contribution of each segment in the production process or service delivery.