A New Experimental Pesticide Is Being Tested by a Large

question 87

Multiple Choice

A new experimental pesticide is being tested by a large agricultural chemical company. An unfortunate side effect in plants treated with this new product is a decrease in NADPH production in the chloroplasts. (Interestingly, reduction of NAD⁺ to NADH in the mitochondria is unaffected.) Given this observation, which of the following would you NOT expect to observe in the chloroplasts of these plants?

• A)a decrease in 3-phosphoglycerate levels and a decrease in RuBP production
• B)an increase in 3-phosphoglycerate levels and an increase in RuBP production
• C)a decrease in glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate production
• D)a decrease in 3-phosphoglycerate production and an increase in RuBP production

Understand the categories of performance measures, including financial, customer, internal business processes, and learning and growth.

Recognize the role of incentive compensation and its link to performance measurement.

Identify various types of costs associated with quality, including prevention, appraisal, internal failure, and external failure costs.

Understand the concept and importance of lag indicators versus leading indicators in performance measurement.