Observable Quality Costs

question 48

Multiple Choice

Observable quality costs

• A)are costs of defects that can be seen.
• B)are those available in the accounting records.
• C)are costs of defective units that get to customers.
• D)include all costs of quality.

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Definitions:

Resource Demand

The total amount of resources (such as labor, capital, and materials) that producers require to produce goods and services at various price levels.

Elastic Demand

Product or resource demand whose price elasticity of demand is greater than 1, so that any given percentage change in price leads to a larger percentage change in quantity demanded. As a result, quantity demanded is relatively sensitive to (elastic with respect to) price.

Output Effect

The change in total output resulting from adjusting the production of one good in response to price changes, while holding utility constant.

Fixed Proportions

A production process where inputs are used in strict, unchangeable ratios.