If You Wanted Students to Learn How to Critically Evaluate

question 49

Multiple Choice

If you wanted students to learn how to critically evaluate what they read on Internet websites, you would be most likely to:

• A) Ask students to consider the motives of the people creating the websites
• B) Suggest that students check to see how recently the information was posted on the websites
• C) Urge students to disregard any websites that aren't sponsored by a well-respected agency or organization
• D) Tell students that websites with eye-catching graphics are usually designed by professionals and therefore offer credible information

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Definitions:

Operating Leverage

A measure of how revenue growth translates into growth in operating income, demonstrating the proportion of fixed versus variable costs a company has.

Fixed Costs

Expenses that remain constant regardless of how much is produced or sold, including rent, salaries, and insurance costs.

Accounting Break-Even

The point where total sales equal total expenses, and the company makes no profit but also incurs no loss.

Depreciation Expense

An accounting method of allocating the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life, representing how much of the asset's value has been used up over a period.