MC Qu. 17 Tower Company planned to produce 3,000 units... Tower Company planned to produce 3,000 units of its single product, Titactium, during November. The standards for one unit of Titactium specify six pounds of materials at $0.30 per pound. Actual production in November was 3,100 units of Titactium. There was an unfavorable materials price variance of $380 and a favorable materials quantity variance of $120. Based on these variances, one could conclude that: Multiple Choice the actual usage of materials was less than the standard allowed. more materials were purchased than were used. more materials were used than were purchased. the actual cost per pound for materials was less than the standard cost per pound.

Afirm wants to hire a project manager (pm) at a salary of $100,000. 30% of pms have high ability, and 70% of pms have low ability. high ability pms generate $120,000 in revenue and low ability pms generate $80,000 in revenue. in addition to differences in productivity, high and low ability pms have different outside offers. if a high ability pm is not hired by the firm, she can work for another company at a salary of $80,000. if the low ability pm is not hired by the firm, she can work for another company for $70,000. high ability pms are also able to get a project management professional (pmp) certification at a cost of $1,000. low ability pms are unable to get a pmp certification (they would fail the test). the firm is not able to observe a pm’s ability, but is able to observe and verify whether or not the pm has a pmp certificate.(a) draw the extensive form of the game.expert answer