Question: According to Foucault, power is primarily:
Answer Options:
repressive
activist
fascist
productive
Answer: D (productive)
Question: Which of the following statements is true?
Answer Options:
Incremental analysis is an analytical approach that focuses only on those revenues and costs that will not change as a result of a decision.
When expressed on a per unit basis, fixed costs can mislead decision makers into thinking of them as variable costs.
To estimate what the profit will be at various levels of sales volume, multiply the number of units to be sold above or below the break-even point by the unit contribution margin.
Multiple Choice:
A. Statements 1 and 3 are true.
B. Statements 2 and 3 are true.
C. All of the statements are true.
D. None of the statements are true.
Answer: B (Statements 2 and 3 are true.)
Question: Which of the following statements is true?
Answer Options:
A shift in the sales mix from low-margin items to high-margin items will decrease total profits even though total sales increase.
A shift in the sales mix from high-margin items to low-margin items can cause total profits to decrease even though total sales may increase.
A shift in the sales mix from products with high contribution margin ratios toward products with low contribution margin ratios will raise the break-even point for the company as a whole.
Multiple Choice:
A. Statements 1 and 3 are true.
B. Statements 2 and 3 are true.
C. All of the statements are true.
D. None of the statements are true.
Answer: B (Statements 2 and 3 are true.)
Question: If the contribution margin is not sufficient to cover fixed expenses:
Answer Options:
total profit equals total expenses.
contribution margin is negative.
a loss occurs.
variable expenses equal contribution margin.
Answer: C (a loss occurs.)
Question: This multi-select question may have more than one correct answer. Please select all correct responses.
Which of the following are characteristics of 20th century modernism?
Answer Options:
Trust in logic & reason
Perception of meaning as fluid & subjective
Belief that objective knowledge is impossible
Belief in fixed, stable meaning of symbols
Questioning reason & progress as basis for analysis & judgement
Authority of independent human subjects
Answer: A, D, F (Trust in logic & reason; Belief in fixed, stable meaning of symbols; Authority of independent human subjects)
Question: This term refers to the ways that dominant beliefs, values, and assumptions tend to structure human social life in ways that are perceived as normal, natural, or “just the way things are”:
Answer Options:
Ideology
Hegemony
Repressive power
Productive power
Answer: B (Hegemony)
Question: According to Flores, employing a rhetoric of difference enables Chicanas and other marginalized groups to construct a ___________ for belonging.
Answer Options:
discursive space
monument
rhetorical border
bubble
Answer: A (discursive space)
Question: This multi-select question may have more than one correct response. Select all correct responses.
Which of the following are characteristics of postmodernism?
Answer Options:
Trust in logic & reason
Questioning reason & progress as basis for analysis & judgement
Authority of independent human subjects
Belief that objective knowledge is impossible
Belief in fixed, stable meaning of symbols
Perception of meaning as fluid & subjective
Answer: B, D, F (Questioning reason & progress as basis for analysis & judgement; Belief that objective knowledge is impossible; Perception of meaning as fluid & subjective)
Question: According to Lisa Flores, marginalized groups use _________ to reject the ways that mainstream discourse has labeled and defined them in order to build pride and solidarity within their social group:
Answer Options:
queer rhetoric
a rhetoric of difference
normativity
activism
Answer: B (a rhetoric of difference)
Question: According to Foucault, discursive power forms a ___________, which refers to a system of knowledge that enables us to make sense of the world.
Answer Options:
critical rhetoric
grid of intelligibility
rhetoric of difference
repressive hypothesis
Answer: B (grid of intelligibility)
Question: This multi-select question may have more than one correct answer. Please select all correct responses.
Which of the following are characteristics of 20th century modernism?
Answer Options:
Trust in logic & reason
Perception of meaning as fluid & subjective
Belief that objective knowledge is impossible
Belief in fixed, stable meaning of symbols
Questioning reason & progress as basis for analysis & judgement
Authority of independent human subjects
Answer: A, D, F (Trust in logic & reason; Belief in fixed, stable meaning of symbols; Authority of independent human subjects)
Question: This term refers to the ways that dominant beliefs, values, and assumptions tend to structure human social life in ways that are perceived as normal, natural, or “just the way things are”:
Answer Options:
Ideology
Hegemony
Repressive power
Productive power
Answer: B (Hegemony)