Front end loads: a) Are disguised as 12b-1 fees b) Are paid to the mutual fund company after you have held the fund for a long time and you are ready to sell the fund to get your investment back c) Can be compared between different mutual funds by adding the expense ratio and the 12b-1 fee that you find in the prospectus d) Are paid to the mutual fund company when you first purchase the fund

Atax on the sellers of coffee will a. increase the price of coffee paid by buyers, increase the effective price of coffee received by sellers, and increase the equilibrium quantity of coffee. b. increase the price of coffee paid by buyers, increase the e ffective price of coffee received by sellers, and decrease the equilibrium quantity of coffee. c. increase the price of coffee paid by buyers, decrease the effective price of coffee received by sellers, and increase the equilibrium quantity of coffee. d. increa se the price of coffee paid by buyers, decrease the effective price of coffee received by sellers, and decrease the equilibrium quantity of coffee.

Increases in output and increases in the inflation rate have been linked to

Statistical process control charts: a. indicate to the operator the true quality of material leaving the process. b. display upper and lower limits for process variables or attributes and signal when a process is no longer in control. c. indicate to the process operator the average outgoing quality of each lot. d. display the measurements on every item being produced. e. are a graphic way of classifying problems by their level of importance, often referred to as the 80-20 rule.