Consider the Following Short Case as You Respond to the Next

question 27

Multiple Choice

Consider the following short case as you respond to the next nine questions: ABC Consulting's employees include management, consultants and office staff.The company accepts engagements related to internal control design and evaluation, as well as enterprise risk management plans.A customer can purchase the two services independently of one another.The office staff bills clients on a monthly basis with terms of 2/10, n/30.All consulting clients must sign a contract, which is also signed by an ABC manager.One member of ABC's management team assigns at least one consultant to work with the customer until the engagement is complete.Consultants can be assigned to multiple engagements simultaneously, but every consultant must always be working on at least one engagement.Each client may have only one contract with ABC at a time.In a REA model of the case, how many boxes would you expect to see in the second column?

• A)One
• B)Two
• C)Three or four
• D)More than four

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Definitions:

Production Capacity

The maximum output that a company or economy can produce under normal conditions within a given period, often influenced by available resources and technology.

Diminishing Returns

A principle indicating that as more of a variable input is added to a fixed input, the added output from each additional unit of input will eventually decrease.

Resource Labor

The work force considered as an economic resource, emphasizing the skills and abilities workers bring to the economy.

Marginal Output

The additional quantity of output that is produced by using one more unit of a particular input, holding all other inputs constant.