Question 7 (1 point) Variable costs are Persistently rising general price levels brought about by rising input costs. Operating costs that vary directly with a change of one unit in the production volume. Increases in the price of a standardized good/service over a specific period of time. Expenses that do not vary with the production volume. Question 8 (1 point) Packing products on incoming shipments so they can be easily sorted at intermediate warehouses or for outgoing shipments based on final destination is known as: Cross docking Load-sorting Break pointing Load-splitting Question 9 (1 point) Which of the following actions can reduce overall transportation costs? Breaking up large shipments into smaller ones to the same location Making all shipments to local users bypassing warehouses Using warehouses to consolidate shipments Shipping smaller amounts Question 10 (1 point) In total quality management (TQM), primary responsibility for quality is assigned to: inspectors assigned to the production department operators of production equipment members of the material review board the corporate quality assurance department