Product liability is best classified as an example of

• A. internal failure costs
• B. appraisal costs
• C. prevention costs
• D. external failure costs

The type of data anarytics mat seeks to identify the best action to take in oraer to achieve a desired result is

• A. directive analytics
• B. predictive analytics
• C. prescriptive analytics
• D. diagnostic analytics

Personal Solutions manufactures nand-new personal computers and communications devices The company uses a Job-order costing system and applies manufacturing overhead to products on the oasis of machine hours The following estimates were used in preparing the predetermined overhead rate at the beginning of the year.

During the year, weak sales led to a reduction in production and a buildup or inventory Production records provided the following information.

Finished goods inventory included applied overhead of $100.000 while cost of goods sold included applied overhead of $300,000. There was no work-in-process inventory at year end how should the under-applied manufacturing overhead be handled at year end?

• A. All of the under-applied manufacturing overhead should be charged to Cost of Goods Sold for the year.
• B. $12.500 of the under-applied manufacturing overhead should be charged to finished goods inventory and S37.500 should be treated as a period cost
• C. All of the under-applied manufacturing overhead should be earned over until the subsequent year and used to adjust the estimated predetermined rate for that year
• D. $12.500 of the under-applied manufacturing overhead should be charged to finished goods inventory and S37 500 should be charged to Cost of Goods Sold

identity and explain one benefit and one limitation of outsourcing most of me payroll-related work to an outside payroll service provider.
Essay
Zhiliang Foods Inc. (ZFI) is a privately-held food distributor ZFI has two production departments' the Meat Department is labor-intensive. while the Bakery Department is highly automated ZFI applies a single overhead allocation rate, using the number of pounds produced as an allocation base for the whole company The expected annual overhead costs of ZFI for 100 million pounds produced are as follows (¥ in millions).

ZFI has one payroll administrator in its Human Resources department, but most of the payroll related work is outsourced to a payroll service provider ZFI's payroll administrator is responsible for tracking the list of current employees and maintaining the most up-to-date employee information, including bank accounts for payroll direct deposits.
Each pay period, the payroll administrator emails the information for all current employees' hours worked to the payroll service provider. The service provider then processes the payroll, makes direct deposits to employees' bank accounts, mails payroll stubs to employees' homes and emails payroll reports to ZFI's payroll administrator. The payroll administrator then makes payroll journal entries to ZFI's accounting system based on the payroll reports received ZFI's accountant prepares a bank reconciliation each month to ensure ZFI s payroll payments on ZFI's bank statement match the amounts shown on the payroll reports from the service provider.
ZFl's management is evaluating the purchase of data encryption software and human resources management software next year. The human resource management software is expected to provide various human resources and payroll-related functions.
In addition, the human resource software can generate a report to indicate the monthly employee turnover rate and the average service length of employees who have resigned. The system can also generate a report to indicate the main reasons for resignations and identify current employees who are at risk of resigning. The system will recommend actions to help retain these employees, such as more training opportunities or a pay raise.