Accounting Procedures Allow a Business to Evaluate Its Inventory Costs

question 72

Multiple Choice

Accounting procedures allow a business to evaluate its inventory costs based on two methods: LIFO (Last In First Out) or FIFO (First In First Out) . A manufacturer evaluated its finished goods inventory (in $000s) for five products with the LIFO and FIFO methods. To analyze the difference, they computed (FIFO - LIFO) for each product. Based on the following results, does the LIFO method result in a lower cost of inventory than the FIFO method? What is the decision at the 5% level of significance?

• A) Fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude LIFO is more effective.
• B) Reject the null hypothesis and conclude LIFO is more effective.
• C) Reject the alternate hypothesis and conclude LIFO is more effective.
• D) Fail to reject the null hypothesis.

Explain Freud’s structural model of the psyche and its functions.

Understand the basis of personality development from a collectivist cultural perspective.

Describe the five-factor model of personality and its application in assessing personality traits.

Compare and contrast different psychological perspectives on personality development, including psychodynamic, humanistic, and social cognitive views.

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