The Internal Auditing Staff of a Local Manufacturing Company Performs

question 47

Multiple Choice

The internal auditing staff of a local manufacturing company performs a sample audit each quarter to estimate the proportion of accounts that are delinquent more than 90 days overdue.The historical records of the company show that over the past 8 years 14 percent of the accounts are delinquent.For this quarter,the auditing staff randomly selected 250 customer accounts.What are the mean and the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of ?

• A)14 and 250
• B).14 and .1204
• C)35 and 5.486
• D).14 and .0219
• E)35 and 30.1

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Definitions:

Profit Maximization

The process or strategy aimed at achieving the highest possible profit where total revenue exceeds total costs.

Average Total Cost

The total cost of production divided by the number of goods produced, indicating the per unit cost of production.

Marginal Cost

The cost of producing one additional unit of a good or service.

Marginal Cost Curve

A graphical representation showing how the cost of producing one additional unit of a good changes as the production level varies.