ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Which of the following is not one of the benefits of current-year and cumulative
expenditures for camera/drone product R&D?. Answer: Providing ways to profitably
market new and improved camera/drone models and sell them at lower prices, thereby
enabling the company to outsell rival brands and become the market share leader in all four
geographic regions.
● Which of the following is not accurate as concerns the retailers and buyers of
action-capture cameras?. Answer: Online retailers account for the biggest percentage of
action-capture camera sales, with multi-store retailers second and small local retailers third.
● Which of the following is not accurate as concerns the online retailers of unmanned
aerial view drones and/or the buyers of unmanned aerial view drones?. Answer:
Potential buyers pay little attention to the search engine advertising they encounter when
browsing for information about UAV drones, and their decisions to ultimately purchase this or
that brand are unaffected by these ads.
● Which of the following is not a characteristic of the company's operations?. Answer:
Camera models and drone models are assembled in advance; buyer orders are promptly filled
from existing inventories of previously produced camera and drone models that are
warehoused in the facilities where they were assembled; all camera/drone orders are typically
shipped within 2-3 business days of receiving the order.
● The units sales of unmanned aerial view (UAV) drones is projected to grow:. Answer:
17%-19% per year in the Asia-Pacific region in Years 6-7 declining to 11% to 13% in Years
10-11, and to 5%-7% in Years 14-15
● Which of the following are components of the compensation package for members of
production assembly teams?. Answer: Percentage increases in the annual base wage, the
dollar-cost of a PAT member's fringe benefit package, assembly quality incentives ($ per unit
assembled divided equally among PAT members), and year-end bonus for perfect
attendance.
● Which one of the following is not a factor in determining a company's action camera
sales and market share in a particular geographic region?. Answer: The extent to which a
company's online price for its action cameras at its website in each geographic region is