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Engineering Economics Flashcards

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it is the analysis and evaluation of the factors that will affect the success of engineering projects to the end that a recommendation be made which will ensure the best use of capital.

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Engineering Economy

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it is an economic or a market situation in which only a single seller or producer supplies a commodity or a service.

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Monopoly

-poly = number of selllers
keyphrase: single seller or producer

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it is a market situation in which there are so few suppliers of a particular product that one supplier’s actions significantly impact prices and supply.

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Oligopoly

-poly = number of selllers
keyphrase: few suppliers

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it is a market condition in which a product is traded freely by buyers and sellers in large numbers without any individual transaction affecting the price.

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Perfect Competition

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it is an economic or market situation in which a single consumer or buyer buys a commodity or a service from suppliers.

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Monopsony

-psony = number of buyers
keyphrase: single consumer or buyer

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It is an economic or market situation in which there are many sellers or producers that supplies a commodity or a service to very few consumers.

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Oligopsony

-psony = number of buyers
keyphrase: very few consumers

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it is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods, characterized by a free competitive market and motivation by profit.

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Capitalism

keyphrase: private ownership, motivation by profit

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these are tangible things – things that you can touch –that satisfy human wants.

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Goods

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these are activities that people do for themselves or for other people to satisfy their wants.

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Services

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products or services that are required to support human life and activities, which will be purchased in somewhat the same quantity even though the price varies considerably.

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Necessities / Needs

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products or services that are desired by humans and will be purchased if money is available after the required necessities have been obtained.

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Luxuries

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the quantity of a certain commodity that is bought at a
certain price at a given place and time.

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Demand

keyphrase: commodity that is bought

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the quantity of a certain commodity that is offered for sale at a certain price at a given place and time.

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Supply

keyphrase: commodity that is offered for sale

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under conditions of perfect competition the price at which a given product will be supplied and purchased is the price that will result in the supply and the demand being equal.

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Law of Supply and Demand

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when the use of one of the factors of production is limited, either in increasing cost or by absolute quantity, a point will be reached beyond which an increase in the variable factors will result in a less that proportionate increase in output

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Law of Diminishing Returns

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interest on an investment that is calculated once per period, usually annually, on the amount of the capital alone and not on any interest already earned.

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Simple Interest

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a type of simple interest in which interest is calculated as through each month had 30 days.

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Ordinary Simple Interest

keyphrase: each month had 30 days.

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it is a type of simple interest in which interest is calculated on the basis of a year with 365 days rather than the conventional 360 days.

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Exact Simple Interest

keyphrase: basis of a year with 365 days

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is the discount of one unit of principal per unit time

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Rate of Discount

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is defined as the basic annual rate of interest.

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Nominal Rate of Interest

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is defined as the actual or exact rate of interest earned on the principal during one-year period

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Effective Interest Rate

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is defined as a series of equal payments occurring at equal interval of time.

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Annuity

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is a type of annuity where the payments are made at the end of each period beginning from the 1st period.

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Ordinary Annuity

keyphrase: end of each period

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is a type of annuity where the payments are made at the beginning of each period starting from the 1st period.

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Annuity Due

keyphrase: beginning of each period

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is the type of annuity where the first payment is made later than the first or is made several periods after the beginning of the annuity

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Deferred Annuity

keyphrase: first payment is made
later than the first

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is a series of disbursements or receipts that increases or decreases in each succeeding period by constant amount.

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Uniform Arithmetic Gradient

keyphrase: increases or decreases, constant amount

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is a series consisting of end-of-period payments, where each payment increases or decreases by a fixed percentage

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Uniform Geometric Gradient

keyphrase: increases or decreases, fixed percentage

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refers to the present worth of a property that is assumed to last forever. It is the sum of the first cost and the present costs of perpetual replacement, operation and maintenance.

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Capitalized Cost

29
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is the decrease in the value of physical property due to passage of time.

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Depreciation

30
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is a certificate of indebtedness of a corporation usually for a period not less than ten years and guaranteed by a mortgage on certain assets of the corporation or its subsidiaries

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Bonds

coporation indebtness BONDS

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written records that convey the business activities and the financial performance of a business, person, or entity

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Financial Statements

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the activity of setting up a business, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit

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Entrepreneuship

33
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the manifestation of the time value of money, and it primarily represents “rent” paid for the use of money

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Interest

34
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the number of days in a year for an Ordinary Interest

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360 days

35
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the number of days in a year for Exact Interest in a normal year

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365 days

36
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the number of days in a year for Exact Interest in a leap year

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366 days

37
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How do you identify a leap year?

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a year is a leap year if it is divisible by 4 except for century marks not divisible by 400 (1900, 2100, etc.)

38
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Which of the following is not an ordinary year?

2006
2014
2024
2200

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2024

39
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investment securities where an investor lends money to a person a company or a government for a set of period of time, in exchange for regular interest payments

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Bonds

investment securities invester lends BONDS

40
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record all of the money flowing into an account, while credits record all of the money flowing of an account

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Debits and Credits

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refers to a financial statement that reports a company’s assets, liabilities, and shareholder equity at a specific point of time

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Balance Sheet

42
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refers to a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time

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inflation

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Inflation is measured by

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CPI / Consumer Price Index

44
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a type of business that is established by just one person

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Sole Proprietorship

45
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a special corporation with a single stockholder

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One-Person Corporation / OPC

OPC single stockholder

46
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a type of business that requires two or more people who agree to contribute assets, with the intent of dividing profits among all parties involved

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Partnership

47
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a type of business comprised of many invididuals (maximum of 15) who act as single entity to advance the interest of the corporation as a whole

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Corporation

48
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an association of persons with a common bond of interest

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Cooperative

49
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a financial ratio used to calculate the benefit an investor will receive in relation to their investment cost

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Return on Investment / ROI

50
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the relationship between the quantity of a commodity that producers wish to sell at various prices and the quantity that consumers wish to buy

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Supply and Demand

51
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Law of Supply states that

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As price increases, quantity supplied increases. As price decreases, quantity supplied decreases.

52
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Law of Demand states that

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As price increases, quantity demanded decreases. As price decreases, quantity demanded increases.

53
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A series of payments paid at regular intervals, where payments are uniform, i.e., equal or constant amount

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Annuity

54
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The fundamental equation used in Break-Even Analysis

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Total Income = Total expenses

55
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an indicator showing the relationship between the relative costs and benefits of a proposed prohect, expressed in monetary or qualitative terms

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Benefit-to-Cost Ratio / BCR

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