The company currently has production facilities to make athletic
footwear in
a. Taiwan, India, Brazil, and Middle East.
b. North America and Asia-Pacific.
c. Asia-Pacific and Latin America.
d. the Middle East and China.
e. North America and Latin America.
Which one of the following is not a factor in determining a
company's unit sales and market share of branded footwear in a
particular geographic region?
a. The number of retailers stocking the company's footwear brand
b. The number of models/styles in the company's product line
c. Footwear features and footwear durability
d. S/Q ratings of the company's footwear
e. Expenditures for retailer support
The company's present production capability (as of Year 10) is:
a. 4 million pairs without the use of overtime and 6 million pairs with
the use of overtime.
b. 6 million pairs without the use of overtime and 7.2 million pairs
with the use of overtime.
c. 6 million pairs without the use of overtime and 6.6 million pairs
with the use of overtime.
d. 8 million pairs without the use of overtime and 10 million pairs
with the use of overtime.
e. 4 million pairs without the use of overtime and 5 million pairs with
the use of overtime.
Which of the following is/are not among the factors that affect worker
productivity?
a. Expenditures for best practices training
b. Whether plant upgrade option D has been installed
c. The percentage of newly-hired workers and the percentage use
of superior materials
d. The size of incentive payments per non-defective pair
e. Base pay increases
c. The percentage of newly-hired workers and the percentage use of
superior materials
Which one of the following does not affect the reject rates at a
company's plants?
a. The size of the incentive payment per non-defective pair produced
b. Spending for TQM/Six Sigma quality control efforts
, c. The number of models/styles comprising the company's product
line
d. The installation of plant upgrade C
e. Spending for best practices training
Which of the following are the 5 measures on which a company's
performance is judged/scored?
a. S/Q rating, revenues, EPS, ROE, and year-end cash balance
b. Quality rating, stock price, dividends, credit rating, and net profit
margin
c. Earnings per share, ROE, stock price, credit rating, and image
rating
d. Revenues, global market share, net profits, ROE, and credit rating
e. Revenues, net profit, stock price, credit rating, and global market
share
Which of the following is the most important factor in determining a
company's unit sales and market share of private-label footwear in
a particular geographic region?
a. Whether the company's private-label footwear has a higher S/Q
rating than the footwear of rival private-label manufacturers
b. The number of models/styles comprising the company's product
line
c. The appeal of the celebrities signed to endorse the company's
footwear
d. The amount of merchandising support provided to retailers
e. The company's bid price
Which the following are factors in determining a company's credit
rating?
a. Its default risk ratio, debt-asset ratio, and interest coverage ratio
b. Its times-interest-earned ratio, debt-equity ratio, and return on
investment
c. A company's current ratio, accounts payable, operating profit
margin, and the margin by which free cash flow exceeds interest
payments
d. Its loans outstanding, dividend payout ratio, debt-equity ratio,
and free cash flow
e. Its debt-equity ratio, current ratio, and gross profit margin
Which of the following best describes the materials the company
uses to make its footwear?
a. Interior lining fabrics, waterproof microfibers, rubber, cotton
shoelaces, and fiberglass thread
b. Standard and superior materials
c. Synthetic fibers, waterproof polyesters, microfibers, rubber,
high-strength threads, and metal eyelets
d. High-strength and regular-strength materials
footwear in
a. Taiwan, India, Brazil, and Middle East.
b. North America and Asia-Pacific.
c. Asia-Pacific and Latin America.
d. the Middle East and China.
e. North America and Latin America.
Which one of the following is not a factor in determining a
company's unit sales and market share of branded footwear in a
particular geographic region?
a. The number of retailers stocking the company's footwear brand
b. The number of models/styles in the company's product line
c. Footwear features and footwear durability
d. S/Q ratings of the company's footwear
e. Expenditures for retailer support
The company's present production capability (as of Year 10) is:
a. 4 million pairs without the use of overtime and 6 million pairs with
the use of overtime.
b. 6 million pairs without the use of overtime and 7.2 million pairs
with the use of overtime.
c. 6 million pairs without the use of overtime and 6.6 million pairs
with the use of overtime.
d. 8 million pairs without the use of overtime and 10 million pairs
with the use of overtime.
e. 4 million pairs without the use of overtime and 5 million pairs with
the use of overtime.
Which of the following is/are not among the factors that affect worker
productivity?
a. Expenditures for best practices training
b. Whether plant upgrade option D has been installed
c. The percentage of newly-hired workers and the percentage use
of superior materials
d. The size of incentive payments per non-defective pair
e. Base pay increases
c. The percentage of newly-hired workers and the percentage use of
superior materials
Which one of the following does not affect the reject rates at a
company's plants?
a. The size of the incentive payment per non-defective pair produced
b. Spending for TQM/Six Sigma quality control efforts
, c. The number of models/styles comprising the company's product
line
d. The installation of plant upgrade C
e. Spending for best practices training
Which of the following are the 5 measures on which a company's
performance is judged/scored?
a. S/Q rating, revenues, EPS, ROE, and year-end cash balance
b. Quality rating, stock price, dividends, credit rating, and net profit
margin
c. Earnings per share, ROE, stock price, credit rating, and image
rating
d. Revenues, global market share, net profits, ROE, and credit rating
e. Revenues, net profit, stock price, credit rating, and global market
share
Which of the following is the most important factor in determining a
company's unit sales and market share of private-label footwear in
a particular geographic region?
a. Whether the company's private-label footwear has a higher S/Q
rating than the footwear of rival private-label manufacturers
b. The number of models/styles comprising the company's product
line
c. The appeal of the celebrities signed to endorse the company's
footwear
d. The amount of merchandising support provided to retailers
e. The company's bid price
Which the following are factors in determining a company's credit
rating?
a. Its default risk ratio, debt-asset ratio, and interest coverage ratio
b. Its times-interest-earned ratio, debt-equity ratio, and return on
investment
c. A company's current ratio, accounts payable, operating profit
margin, and the margin by which free cash flow exceeds interest
payments
d. Its loans outstanding, dividend payout ratio, debt-equity ratio,
and free cash flow
e. Its debt-equity ratio, current ratio, and gross profit margin
Which of the following best describes the materials the company
uses to make its footwear?
a. Interior lining fabrics, waterproof microfibers, rubber, cotton
shoelaces, and fiberglass thread
b. Standard and superior materials
c. Synthetic fibers, waterproof polyesters, microfibers, rubber,
high-strength threads, and metal eyelets
d. High-strength and regular-strength materials
