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One of the biggest threats to a company's productivity is absenteeism. Studies show that companies with in -house employees who are parents than companies without such programs. Therefore, may companies could boost their productivity by starting in-house child -care programs. Which of the following , if true , most weakens the above argument?
A In-house child -care programs create distractions for nonparents that can harm their productivity.
B Absenteeism is not a serious problem for companies that impose harsh penalties on employees who miss work.
C Productivity is not an important issue for the companies.
D studies have shown that employees with children ae nore likely than those without children to remain in the same job for more than five years.
Accurate measurement of productivity in the service sector is really a complex task, For example, postal workers/often said to be more productive if more letters are delivered per postal worker, But is this really true? What if more letters are lost or delayed per worker at the same time that more are delivered? The doubt raised about in relation to measuring productivity in service sector is based on which of the following propositions?
A The quality of service is often ignored in measuring productivity
B Postal sector is perfect example of the service sector.
C An effort to measure productivity of the service workers is nothing but wastage of time.
D The delivery of letters is the primary activity of postal service
Marginal benefits- marginal cost, makes-
A efficiency
B effectiveness
C ablance
D equilibrium
Rebecca put only 'marginal' effort onto her science project. The word 'marginal' here means-
A quiet and timid
B barely good enough
C aggravating
D rapetitious
The theory suggesting that the patterns of international trade are determined by factor endowment rather than productivity was propounded by which one of the following?
A Adam Smith
B David Ricardo
C Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin
D Michael Porter
Which one is not a assumption of the theory of demand based on analysis of indifference curves?
A Given scale of preferences as between different combinations of two goods
B Diminishing marginal rate of substitution
C Constant marginal utility of money
D Consumers would always prefer more of a particular good to less of it, other things remaining the same
The assumption in the theory of bending of beams is:
A Material is homogeneous
B Material is isotropic
C Young’s modulus is same in tension as well as in compression
D All the above
The assumption, generally, made in the theory of simple bending is that
A The beam material is perfectly homogeneous and isotropic
B The beam material is stressed within its elastic limit
C The plane sections before bending remain plane after bending
D All of the above
The assumption made in Euler's column theory is that
A The failure of column occurs due to buckling alone
B The length of column is very large as compared to its cross-sectional dimensions
C The column material obeys Hooke's law
D All of the above
In a simple bending theory, one of the assumptions is that the plane sections before bending remain plane after bending. This assumption means that
A Stress is uniform throughout the beam
B Strain is uniform throughout the beam
C Stress is proportional to the distance from the neutral axis
D Strain is proportional to the distance from the neutral axis

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