Martin Nowak,an Accountant,entered into a Written Contract with Jane Gibson

question 70

Multiple Choice

Martin Nowak,an accountant,entered into a written contract with Jane Gibson to perform certain tax services for Jane.Shortly thereafter,Jane was assessed additional taxes and she wanted to appeal the assessment.Jane was required to appeal immediately and the workpapers held by Martin were necessary to appeal.Martin refused to furnish Jane with the workpapers unless he was paid a substantially higher fee than was set forth in the contract.Jane reluctantly agreed in order to meet the filing deadline.The contract as revised is:

• A)voidable at Jane's option based on undue influence.
• B)voidable at Jane's option based on duress.
• C)void on the ground of undue influence.
• D)void on the ground of duress.

Understand the role of tone and style in business writing and how they affect message delivery.

Realize the importance of using strong, precise, and concrete words to enhance clarity and effectiveness in communication.

Evaluate messages for various elements (word choice, sentence effectiveness, paragraph coherence) excluding multimedia enhancements.

Understand the distinction between abstract and concrete terms.

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Definitions:

Marginal Products

The increase in output resulting from a one-unit increase in the quantity of a single input, keeping others constant.

Exponents

Mathematical notation indicating the number of times a number (the base) is multiplied by itself.

Production Function

A model in economics that links physical output of a production process to physical inputs or factors of production.

Returns To Scale

An economic concept describing how the output of a production process changes as the scale of inputs is increased, divided into increasing, constant, or decreasing returns to scale.