Questions 57-62 are based on the following. Which of the following pricing models is used by All Above Board? All Above Board is a dog kennel located in a medium-sized city that is also home to a 40,000-student O A) Premium university. The city has a median household income that is almost $10,000 higher than the United States O B) Skimming average. All Above Board retails luxury organic dog foods and treats (ODFT) as well as top-of-the-line O C) Penetration canine clothing and accessories (CCA). Its service offerings include boarding that segregates dogs by size, O D) Discriminant behavioral assessment, and salon and spa treatments. The retail unit and each of the three service areas are managed by separate individuals who share the hours of employees. Which of the following actions by All Above Board's CEO would be most effective in resolving the conflict between managers? Facilities are available for overnight stays either in private suites or in group rooms (with a movie night for the O A) Instituting a management-by-objective system for all personnel dogs). All Above Board uses only allergy-free bedding, provides a 24-hour pet taxi service, and allows O B) Holding a managers-only meeting in which all parties are free to vent their frustrations customers to monitor the facilities online or by mobile telephone. O C) Clarifying each manager's roles and responsibilities in a written job description In general, customers of All Above Board are relatively wealthy, value a dog's health and happiness highly. O D) Paying for one of the managers to earn a business degree with a concentration in human resource and believe that organic and natural products are of better quality. Several other kennels are located nearby. management and their prices tend to be 25 percent to 50 percent lower than those of All Above Board. Despite the higher prices, All Above Board has a waiting list, and it often rejects dogs whose behavioral profile might According to Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory, employees at All Above Board are most likely lacking in motivation because they are clash with that of other pets at the kennel O A) too diverse in their personality characteristics The managers of the day-care and salon areas have recently engaged in heated arguments. Both have given O B) being negatively affected by their work environment contradictory instructions to shared employees, and each frequently reverses decisions made by the other O C) not earning enough money to offset their frustration manager. All Above Board has no director of human resources, and neither manager has a business degree. O D) being given too little responsibility Employees are stressed, demotivated, and dissatisfied. High turnover rates have just come to the CEO's attention. The CEO knows that the company's good reputation depends on the quality performance of the An increase in which of the following is most likely to improve the immediate cash-flow problem for All employees. Above Board? All Above Board's financial statements for the last quarter, during which All Above Board experienced cash O A) Inventories flow problems, can be summarized as follows: O B) Trade receivables O C) Lives of depreciable assets ODFT CCA O D) Trade payables Sales $30,000 $20,000 Which of the following statements is NOT accurate with respect to the impact that operating leverage will Variable Costs ($18,000) ($10,000) have on the financial profile of All Above Board? Fixed Costs ($11,500) ($9,800) Operating Income $500 $200 O A) As operating leverage increases, a small percentage change in sales will have a larger impact on All Above Board's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT). O B) The higher the operating leverage of All Above Board, the higher the sales break-even point will be. O C) High operating leverage is evident if a greater proportion of All Above Board's cost structure is fixed O D) As operating leverage increases, a small percentage change in EBIT will have a larger impact on net income of All Above Board