52. Wages and other benefits, provided to assembly line workers and operators of machine are classified under

A) work in process costs
B) finished costs
C) direct manufacturing labour costs
D) indirect manufacturing labour costs
βœ… ANSWER: D
Wages and other benefits, provided to assembly line workers and operators of machine are classified under indirect manufacturing labour costs. Indirect manufacturing costs are production costs that cannot be directly associated with a produced unit.

53. Who markets personal pension products?

A) Employers
B) IRDA
C) General Insurers
D) Life Insurers
βœ… ANSWER: D
Life Insurers markets personal pension products. Personal pensions (also known as β€œprivate pensions”) are long-term savings products that individuals contribute to on a voluntary basis, complementing state and workplace pensions. They have a role to play in linking long-term savers with long-term investment opportunities.

55. What is the use of physical characteristics β€” such as your fingerprint, the blood vessels in the retina of your eye, the sound of your voice, or perhaps even your breath β€” to provide identification?

A) Backup
B) Anti‐virus
C) Firewall
D) Biometrics
βœ… ANSWER: D
Biometrics is the use of physical characteristics β€” such as your fingerprint, the blood vessels in the retina of your eye, the sound of your voice, or perhaps even your breath β€” to provide identification.

57. An annual estimated costs of assets uses up every year are included

A) depreciation and amortization
B) net sales
C) net profit
D) net income
βœ… ANSWER: A
An annual estimated costs of assets uses up every year are included depreciation and amortization. Depreciation represents the cost of capital assets on the balance sheet being used over time, and amortization is the similar cost of using intangible assets like goodwill over time.

58. Discriminating monopoly is possible if two markets have

A) Rising cost curves
B) Rising and declining cost curves
C) Different elasticity of demand
D) Equal elasticity of demand
βœ… ANSWER: C
Discriminating monopoly is possible if two markets have different elasticity of demand. Price discrimination is possible only when the buyers from different sub-markets are willing to purchase the same product at different prices. If the elasticity of demand is the same, then the effect of the price change on the buyer will be identical too.

59. In case of perfect competition in the market

A) Marginal revenue curve always slopes upward
B) Marginal revenue curve always slopes downwards
C) Marginal revenue is always equal to average revenue
D) Marginal revenue is always less than average revenue
βœ… ANSWER: C
In case of perfect competition in the market marginal revenue is always equal to average revenue. They coincide because marginal revenue is equal to average revenue at every output quantity. The equality between marginal revenue and average revenue is the result of perfect competition.