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TRUE/FALSEk-kWritek'T'kifkthekstatementkisktruekandk'F'kifkthekstatementkiskfalse.
1) Inkthekfuture,kfarmkmanagerskwillkhavektokbekconcernedkaboutkthekenvironmentalkeffectskofkth
eirkpracticeskonktheirkownkfarms,kbutknotkawaykfromktheirkownkfarm.
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2) Standardizedkaccountingkpracticeskforkfarmingkoperationskwillkmakekcomparisonskwithkotherkfarmska
ndknonfarmkbusinesseskmorekmeaningful.
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3) Onekofkthekmostkimportantkareaskinkwhichkadvanceskinkelectronicskcankhelpkfarmkmanagerskis
kinkcollectingkthekrawkdatakneededktokmakekbetterkdecisions.
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4) Sincekfarmkmanagerskwillkbekmakingktheksamekbasicktypeskofkdecisionskinkthek21stkcenturykasktheykdid
kinkthekpreviouskcentury,ktheykcankrelykonkruleskofkthumbktokguidektheirkactions.
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5) Productkdifferentiationkmeanskproducingkcropskandklivestockkwithkdifferentkcharacteristicskforkspecif
ickmarkets.
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,6) Enteringkintokverticalkintegrationkallianceskhelpskfarmskorkrancheskbecomekmorekindependent.
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kChoosekthekonekalternativekthatkbestkcompleteskthekstatementkorkanswerskthekquestion.
7) OnekforcekthatkhaskhelpedkcausekfarmskinkthekUnitedkStatesktokbecomeklargerkandkfewerkis
A) competitionkfromkforeignkproducers.
B) lowerkproductionkcostskperkunitkbykspreadingkfixedkinvestmentkinktechnologykoverkmorekunits.
C) moreklaborkusedkinkagriculturalkproduction.
D) decliningknonfarmkwagekrates.
8) Improvedkdatakcollectionktechnologyksuchkasksatellitekorkdrone-
basedkphotographykwillkbekmostkhelpfulktokfarmkmanagerskfor
A) preparingkup-to-datekfinancialkstatements.
B) balancingklivestockkrations.
C) prescribingkfertilitykandkpestkcontrolkpracticeskforksmallerklandkunits.
D) producingkmorekuniformkproducts.
9) Standardizationkofkfarmkfinancialkratioskandkaccountingkpracticeskwillkhelpkfarmkmanagers
A) competekwithknonfarmkbusinesseskforkcapital.
B) summarizektheirkaccountkbookskinklessktime.
C) payklesskincomektax.
D) managekhiredkemployeeskmorekeffectively.
10) Agriculturalkprocessorskwillkprobablykwantkmorekuniformkproductskinkthekfuturekinkorderkto
A) payklowerkpricesktokproducers.
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, B) diversifyktheirkproductklines.
C) reducekenvironmentalkcontamination.
D) makekmorekefficientkusekofkprocessingkandkpackagingkequipment.
11) Bykformingkstrategickalliances,ksmallkandkmedium-sizedkfarmerskandkrancherskcan
A) increasektheirkmanagerialkfreedom.
B) achievekadvantageskofkdiversification.
C) achievekmarketingkadvantageskthatklargerkoperationskenjoy.
D) increasektheirkownkvolumekofkproduction.
12) Ankincreasekinktheknumberkofknonfarmersklivingkinkruralkareaskwillkcause
A) farmlandkvaluesktokdecrease.
B) farmersktokpaykmorekattentionktokoff-farmkeffectskofktheirkproductionkpractices.
C) lesskregulationkofkagriculturalkproductionkpractices.
D) profitkmaximizationktokbekthekonlykcriterionkforkadoptingknewktechnologies.
13) Globalizationkrefersktokthekprocesskof
A) reducingktradekbarrierskamongkcountries.
B) protectingkakcountry’skfarmerskbyktaxingkcompetingkproductskfromkotherkcountries.
C) akgradualkrisekinkthekaveragektemperaturekofkthekearth.
D) countrieskproducingkakgreaterkvarietykofkagriculturalkproductskforktheirkownkneeds.
14) Verticalkintegrationkrefersktokthekprocesskbykwhichkfarmerskorkranchers
A) growktallerkcrops.
B) growkakgreaterkvarietykofkproducts.
C) increasektheksizekofktheirkoperationkbykleasingkorkbuyingkmorekland.
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