AVMG 4200 - Exam 1 Questions and
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Goods will move from areas of surplus to areas of shortage as if by a mysterious "Invisible
Hand" as long as three fundamental conditions are met; among these are ______. - Answer✔-
The "Value Proposition" is met (change in total value is greater than change in total cost)
- Government does not prohibit or impede movement through regulation or taxes.
Utility or Value in an economic system created by the "physical transformation of materials
from raw to finished product" is called ______ value. - Answer✔Form
The explosion in international trade at the end of World War II that continues to this day is a
direct result of three main factors; among them are ______. - Answer✔- Governments have
enacted "laissez faire" economic policies for importation of foreign products.
- Transportation over great distances has become easy, cheap, and ubiquitous.
"Yield (or Revenue) Management" pricing strategy attempts to sell each ticket or waybill
______. - Answer✔For the maximum price possible.
Federal transportation regulations fall under two primary domains or categories: ______ and
______ . - Answer✔- Safety
- Economic
The focus on "Fixed" vs. "Variable" costs that uses time as the basis of categorization is the
______ approach. - Answer✔Cost Accounting
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The cost per passenger (or pound) for a flight is literally impossible to calculate in advance
because ______. - Answer✔The costs are fixed but demand varies.
A modern Supply/Value "Chain" is actually a network of ______ connected by ______ . -
Answer✔Fixed nodes; transportation arcs
In a modern Supply/Value Chain, ______. - Answer✔- Value is created only by Marketing,
Manufacturing, and Transportation.
- Cost is generated by every single activity.
The "Value Proposition of Transportation" is founded on the principle of ______. -
Answer✔Moving a product to a different context can increase its value.
Under the modern Supply/Value Chain concept, the ______ pays for all the costs of the entire
process. - Answer✔Retail Consumer
Air Freight Forwarders are classified as ______. - Answer✔Middlemen
______ is used primarily for the long-distance carriage of low-value goods. - Answer✔Rail
"Combination Carriers" in air freight carry both ______ and ______. - Answer✔- Passengers
- Cargo
The "first filter" the transportation services buyer must apply to a shipment is known as
______. - Answer✔Freight Eligibility
Product types that represent the market for air freight include items that are ______. -
Answer✔- Sensitive to environmental extremes
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