Problem solving, scorekeeping, and attention directing. Each of the following activities &

is a function accountants perform.LO1

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a. Interpreting differences between actual results and budgeted amounts on a shipping manager's performance report at a Sony distribution centre b. Preparing a report showing the benefits of leasing motor vehicles versus owning them c. Preparing adjusting journal entries for amortization on the personnel manager's office equipment at Bank of Nova Scotia d. Preparing a customer's monthly statement for a Hudson's Bay store e. Processing the weekly payroll for the University of Toronto maintenance department f. Explaining the product design manager's performance report at a DaimlerChrysler division g. Analyzing the costs of several different ways to blend materials in the foundry of a General Electric plant h. Tallying sales, by branches, for the sales vice-president of Unilever i. Analyzing, for the president of RIM, the impact of a contemplated new product on net income j. Interpreting why an IBM sales district did not meet its sales quota REQUIRED Identify each of the activities in parts (a) to (i) as a problem-solving, scorekeeping, or attention- directing function.