Pasture Corporation Processes All of Its Products Through a Lathe

question 48

Multiple Choice

Pasture Corporation processes all of its products through a lathe machine.The lathe is only available for 60 hours per week and is the constraint for all of the products.Data regarding Pasture Corporation's three products follows:

In what order should Pasture Corporation emphasize its products to maximize its contribution margin? (Rank the products in order from most profitable to least profitable. )

• A)Product F,Product E,Product D
• B)Product E,Product D,Product F
• C)Product D,Product E,Product F
• D)Product F,Product D,Product E

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Definitions:

Intermittent Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule in which a response is reinforced only some of the time, leading to more resilient behavior than continuous reinforcement.

Incentive

A factor, often external, that motivates or encourages an individual to act in a certain way.

Goal Object

The target or endpoint of an individual's efforts or ambitions.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule in which a reward is not provided every time the desired response is exhibited, making the response more resistant to extinction.