Brian has been recently promoted to the position of CEO at a large company that produces a wide variety of consumer goods. Brian formerly served as the Vice President of Sales at this same company. At his sales​ position, Brian observed that successful employees tended to have an optimistic disposition. They were not often critical and tended to view even challenging circumstances in a positive way. In the previous​ position, Brian tried to hire and promote people who have this disposition. As​ CEO, he plans to use the same approach across the company. Since the personality traits of the​ company's employees have never before been​ measured, Brian's first step will be to administer a personality test to all employees. After​ that, all hiring and promotion decisions will need to take the​ employee's disposition into account. Which of the following is assumed by​ Brian's plan? a. The employees who are in leadership positions across the company are likely to have optimistic dispositions.
b. No other personality traits are likely to lead to success at the company.
c. Personality traits that are associated with success in one situation are likely to lead to success in other situations.
d. Every successful employee in the Sales Department has an optimistic disposition.
e. Efforts to reward people with specific personality types will not be met with much opposition from those with different personality types.

At a young age, ebony's coaches were confident she had the potential to be a world-class swimmer with a future coaching career. after four years on an athletic scholarship and olympic experience under her belt, she chose a different path. with her savings and personal connections, she rented a corner building in a bustling san francisco neighborhood and pursued her dream: a surf shop business. ebony's dream was rooted in which basic right of free-market capitalism?

Daniel owns 100 shares of abc corporation's common stock. abc uses the fair value option, and recent declines in the firm's credit rating have caused the value of the firm's outstanding bonds payable to drop by 10%. daniel feels this is good news, but he wants to know what you think about the situation. which of the following represents your best response? a : "this situation may be positive for you in that the change in abc's credit standing indicates that the value of the firm's assets is likely increasing. however, the drop in bond value may negate any positive effects on your bottom line, because it means your claim on the firm's assets is simultaneously decreasing." b : "actually, this is bad news all around. the drop in the value of abc's bonds payable means shareholders' claims on the firm's assets have decreased. moreover, abc's declining credit rating means that the firm's assets are probably also dropping in value, thus magnifying your losses even more." c : "on the surface, this seems like good news because it means your claim on the firm's assets has increased. however, the drop in creditworthiness may also indicate that abc's assets are declining in value, thus offsetting any gains associated with the drop in bonds payable." d : "you're right! this is good news because it means that abc's debtholders have a decreased claim on the firm's assets. as a result, the firm's existing shareholders"like you"have seen their claim on the firm's assets increase."

The relationship requirement for qualifying relative requires the potential qualifying relative to have a family relationship with the taxpayer. t or fwhich of the following is not a from agi deduction? a.standard deductionb.itemized deductionc.personal exemptiond.none of these. all of these are from agi deductions