The San Gabriel Valley Chapter of the Institute of Management

question 50

Multiple Choice

The San Gabriel Valley chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants sponsors four computer seminars each year: Access, Excel, PowerPoint and QuickBooks. Participants can sign up for any or all of the seminars; pricing varies with the number of seminars and with the participant's membership and professional status. For example, a student member of the IMA can sign up for one seminar for $30, or all four for $100. A non-member of the IMA, whether a student or not, would pay $50 for one seminar or $150 for all four. Elliot receives registrations via e-mail and collects payment at the beginning of each seminar.
-A Level Zero data flow diagram of the preceding process would include ___ numbered rectangles.

• A) One.
• B) Two.
• C) Three.
• D) Some other number.

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Definitions:

Production Possibilities

The various combinations of goods and services that can be produced by an economy given its available resources and technology, illustrating potential trade-offs and efficiency.

Comparative Advantage

An economic principle that states a country should produce and export goods for which it is more efficient at producing than other countries, and import goods that it is less efficient at producing.

Terms of Trade

The ratio of an index of a country's export prices to an index of its import prices, affecting the balance of trade.

Production Possibilities

The different combinations of goods and services that an economy can produce given its available resources and technology, typically represented by a curve.