Identify the false statement. a. The productivity increases in manufacturing sector in the USA during the industrial era can be attributed to automation, technology advances, and business process reengineering (BPR). b. In a single-queue, single-server queuing system, if the value of Mu (µ) exceeds the value of lambda (λ), then no queue will form. c. For a single-queue, single-server queuing system, the value of lambda (λ) may exceed that of Mu (µ). d. The SERVQUAL model can be used to assess customer satisfaction based on service quality gaps.

1200 100.0 20.0 F20 100 -100 A company produces school buses. The graphs of the Cost function (red) and the Revenue function (blue) are given on the figure. (You may click on the figure to see a bigger version.) The horizontal axes represents quantity in number of units. Cost and Revenue are measured in thousands of dollars. Answer the following questions. 1. What are the fixed costs? Answer: thousand dollars. 2. Suppose the current level of production is 19 buses. Should the company produce 20 th bus? Answer "yes" or "no" 3. Between 0 and 100, approximately what level of production maximizes the profit? (Or minimizes the losses if the company doesn't make any profit). Answer:

Suppose that the Travnikar Corporation manufactures widgets. Analysts that work for the company have found a function C(x) which reports the cost to produce x widgets and a function R(x) which reports the total revenue from selling x widgets. Currently, the company is producing 500 widgets, but the analysts find that R'(500)=85 and C'(500)=79. In order to maximize profits, should the analysts recommend increasing or decreasing production?

advanced microeconomics, uncertainty