This depends on the answer box. The exam will tell you whether or not to enter the answer as a decimal or percentage.
The direct labor. 100,000 x .72 = 72,000 a round number.
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What is a good rate? What is a really really bad rate?
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For #10 I don’t understand why “b” could not be an option as well?
There are a few ways to do this, and every firm is different. Some allocate a certain number of hours/week for training or non-project work, some try to keep meetings short, or allow employees to bill meeting time to clients…just depends on the firm. I think it all comes down to management and efficiency of the firm/project
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I have the same question. Why is “b” not the right answer?
is the test going to intentionally give us information to confuse us. There are so many different financial formulas and I’m mixing them all up
i see this question alot: to reduce the overhead rate, the recommendation could be to move offices. however, the cost of moving is also quite high. what do you think?
A ‘good’ utilization rate is 85-90%, a ‘bad’ utilization rate might be something under 50%. Unless that person is working on a specific non-client project for the firm, this might mean the employee isn’t working on projects more than 50% of the time.
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usually decimal. at least for the exam
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I think that could work, but it’s like many other things; you need to weigh the initial cost of moving with the long-term effect of lower rent. Eventually the costs will even out, but which is more important?
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I wouldn’t say ‘intentionally’, but there are a lot of different formulas and those can get tricky. Keep practicing and quizzing yourself on when to use which equation.
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Hi, Can we invite people who are not members to these virtual tests and like to study on their own time?
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