At the Beginning of the Year, Andrew Company Initiated a Quality

question 1

Multiple Choice

At the beginning of the year, Andrew Company initiated a quality improvement program. The program was successful in reducing scrap and rework costs. To help assess the impact of the quality improvement program, the following data were collected for the current and preceding years: If quality costs had been reduced to 2.5 percent of sales in the current year, profits would have increased by

• A) £110,000.
• B) £108,400.
• C) £103,200.
• D) £100,200.

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Definitions:

Fluid Intelligence

As identified by Raymond Cattell, a type of innate intelligence.

Cattell's Idea

Refers to the psychological theories developed by Raymond Cattell, which include the concepts of fluid and crystallized intelligence as components of human cognitive ability.

Thurstone's Model

A theory of intelligence that proposes seven primary mental abilities as the basis of intelligence.

Primary Abilities

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