(a) Recall: What connections does Rodriguez draw between Addison's London and modern-day Tijuana?
(b) Recall: As a journalist, in what way must Rodriguez present the border town of Tijuana?
(c) Speculate: Because of th e parallels Rodriguez notes between him self and Tijuana, do you think he can be objective in his presentation of the city? Why or why not?

The following are nine technical accounting terms introduced or emphasized in this chapter:

$$\begin{array}{lll}\text { Responsibility margin } & \text { Transfer price } & \text { Common fixed costs } \\ \text { Contribution margin } & \text { Cost-plus transfer price } & \text { Traceable fixed costs } \\ \text { Performance margin } & \text { Product costs } & \text { Committed fixed costs }\end{array}$$

Each of the following statements may (or may not) describe one of these technical terms. For each statement, indicate the accounting term described, or answer "None" if the statement does not correctly describe any of the terms.

b. Cost to produce plus a predetermined markup.

True/False: Read design books alone will make you a great designer.

Use context clues and your knowledge of specialized vocabularies to answer the following question. Compared with black schools under apartheid, American schools are SHANGRI-LAS, with modern textbooks, school buses, computers, libraries, lunch programs and dedicated teachers. What is the most likely meaning of Shangri-Las in the essay? A flawed institutions B average schools C ideal places D suitable locales

{a) Summarize What was the Monroe Doctrine?

{b) Clarify Problems Would the United States have looked weak if it had jointly issued a warning with Britain? Explain.

In the catalytic converters fitted to modern cars, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen in the exhaust gas are converted to other substances.

a. i. Why is carbon monoxide removed?

ii. Give one harmful effect of nitrogen dioxide.

b. What is meant by a catalytic reaction?

c. In one reaction in a catalytic converter, nitrogen monoxide (NO) reacts with carbon monoxide to form nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Write a balanced equation for this reaction.

Explain the design of the type of gas container shown in the illustrations and graphs in Lesson 3.

The first bridge over the Piscataqua River, built in $1794$, was the longest bridge in the world. The modern bridge, completed in $1971$, is not the world's longest, but it is well known for its elegant symmetric design. The bridge connects Kittery, Maine with Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Does the Piscataqua River Bridge have any lines of symmetry? If so, make a simple sketch of the bridge and draw all of its lines of symmetry.

Construct a Plackett-Burman design for 10 variables containing 24 experimental runs.

Katie Vote owns a small business that rents computers to students at the local university for the 9-month school year. Katie’s typical rental contract requires the student to pay the year’s rent of $1,800 ($200 per month) in advance. When Katie prepares financial statements at the end of December, her accountant requires that Katie spread the $1,800 over the 9 months that a computer is rented. Therefore, Katie can recognize only$800 revenue (4 months) from each computer rental contract in the year the cash is collected and must defer recognition of the remaining $1,000 (5 months) to next year. Katie argues that getting students to agree to rent the computer is the most difficult part of the activity so she ought to be able to recognize all$1,800 as revenue when the cash is received from a student.

Required:

Explain why generally accepted accounting principles require the use of accrual accounting rather than cash-basis accounting for transactions like the one described here.

Listed below are nine technical accounting terms used in this chapter:

$$\begin{array}{lll}\text { Unrecorded revenue } & \text { Adjusting entries } & \text { Accrued expenses } \\ \text { Book value } & \text { Matching principle } & \text { Accumulated depreciation } \\ \text { Unearned revenue } & \text { Materiality } & \text { Prepaid expenses }\end{array}$$

Each of the following statements may (or may not) describe one of these technical terms. For each statement, indicate the accounting term described, or answer "None" if the statement does not correctly describe any of the terms.
f. A type of account credited when customers pay in advance for services to be rendered in the future.

The following situations describe decision scenarios that could use managerial accounting information:

1. The manager of High Times Restaurant wants to determine the price to charge for various lunch plates.
2. By evaluating the cost of leftover materials, the plant manager of a precision tool facility wants to determine how effectively the plant is being run.
3. The division controller of West Coast Supplies needs to determine the cost of products left in inventory.
4. The manager of the Maintenance Department of a large manufacturing company wants to plan next year's anticipated expenditures.

For each situation, discuss how managerial accounting information could be used.

Write a comparison-and-contrast essay in which you compare and contrast the character of Beowulf with that of a modern hero in a television show, video game, or other medium. In your comparison, consider the type of monster or threat each hero faces, as well as each hero's characteristics. Based on your comparison, draw a conclusion about differences between Anglo-Saxon and modern-day values. Include these elements in your essay: $\bullet$ quotations from Beowulf that support your statements $\bullet$ relevant examples from your other source $\bullet$ transitional words and phrases that clarify comparisons and contrasts. You may wish to use point-by-point organization, in which you move between your subjects as you discuss points of comparison and contrast. Alternatively, you may wish to use subject-by-subject organization, in which you compare and contrast your subjects as complete units.

How did the creation of the Fed improve our banking system?

Understanding the evolution of our banking system is important because it helps us understand the features of modern banking. Today we have a managed money supply that is accepted by everyone simply because people have faith in it. Which of the following is true about our banking system today?

a) Most of our money circulates as coins and paper currency.