1. which of the following is an example of a social influence on consumers

a. reference groups

b. life cycle

c. vals system

d. self-concept

e. perception



2. which of the following is not a primary research tool?

a. surveys

b. experiments

c. interviews

d. focus groups

e. using census data



3. which of the following situations is an example of a demand?

a. buying food at a grocery store

b. wearing only levi's jeans

c. switching between pepsi and coke

d. clearing bottled water from supermarket shelves before the impeding snow storm



4. psychographical influences indicate influences of a person's

a. gender

b. age

c. residency

d. lifestyle

e. occupation



5. a characteristic that you seek in your new target markets is that they can be effectively reached and served. you would like these segments to be

a. measurable

b. accessible

c. substantial

d. actionable

e. profitable

Omnidata uses the annualized income method to determine its quarterly federal income tax payments. it had $100,000, $50,000, and $90,000 of taxable income for the first, second, and third quarters, respectively ($240,000 in total through the first three quarters). what is omnidata's annual estimated taxable income for purposes of calculating the third quarter estimated payment?

What is the w-4 form used for? filing taxes with the federal government determining the amount of money an employee has paid out in taxes calculating how much tax should be withheld from a person’s paycheck calculating how much income was paid in the previous year

Alamar petroleum company offers its employees the option of contributing retirement funds up to 5% of their wages or salaries, with the contribution being matched by alamar. the company also pays 80% of medical and life insurance premiums. deductions relating to these plans and other payroll information for the first biweekly payroll period of february are listed as follows: wages and salaries $ 2,800,000 employee contribution to voluntary retirement plan 92,000 medical insurance premiums 50,000 life insurance premiums 9,800 federal income taxes to be withheld 480,000 local income taxes to be withheld 61,000 payroll taxes: federal unemployment tax rate 0.60 % state unemployment tax rate (after futa deduction) 5.40 % social security tax rate 6.20 % medicare tax rate 1.45 % required: prepare the appropriate journal entries to record salaries and wages expense and payroll tax expense for the biweekly pay period. assume that no employee's cumulative wages exceed the relevant wage bases for social security, and that all employees' cumulative wages do exceed the relevant unemployment wage bases.