1520. The most widely used encryption standard is ______.

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Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Data Encryption Standard (DES)
Universal Encryption Standard (UES)
Optimal Encryption Standard (OES)
✅ The correct answer is A.
The most widely used encryption standard is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). The Advanced Encryption Standard, or AES, is a symmetric block cipher chosen by the U.S. government to protect classified information and is implemented in software and hardware throughout the world to encrypt sensitive data.

1519. Inter process profits are ________.

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credited to each process a/c
debited to respective process a/c
shown only in the finished stock a/c
shown in the balance sheet
✅ The correct answer is B.
Inter process profits are debited to respective process a/c. Inter process profit represents the value added to the output over its cost, while being transferred from one process to another. Since the value addition is without incurring any cost, it would amount to or result in an amount of profit equal to the value addition.

1518. Planning and control are _________ functions of an office.

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informative
administrative
public
private
✅ The correct answer is B.
Planning and control are administrative functions of an office. Organizing the office on modem lines involves performing the management functions of planning, organizing, directing and controlling. In other words, the office work must be properly planned, organized and then executed according to the plan.

1516. A technique which minimizes sum of squared vertical difference, to determine regression line is considered as

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negative square technique
positive square technique
least square technique
most square technique
✅ The correct answer is C.
A technique which minimizes sum of squared vertical difference, to determine regression line is considered as least square technique. The least squares method is a form of mathematical regression analysis that finds the line of best fit for a set of data, providing a visual demonstration of the relationship between the data points.

1515. Periodic rate if it is multiplied with per year number of compounding periods is called

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extrinsic rate of return
intrinsic rate of return
annual rate of return
nominal annual rate
✅ The correct answer is D.
Periodic rate if it is multiplied with per year number of compounding periods is called nominal annual rate. The nominal interest rate is the interest rate before taking inflation into account, in contrast to real interest rates and effective interest rates.