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(Interviews) If the purpose of the interview is to build relationships, what kinds of notes are needed?

(Interviews) What is missing from this list?   suppliers, inputs, customers, outputs

(Surveys and Questionnaires) What should have have a colleague do as you observe them working your draft questionnaire?

(Business analysis general) According to the assigned viewing, what activity type may consume as much as 80% of the typical business analyst’s time?

(Conducting research) In the learning cycle approach to organizing research and analysis, team planning is based on identifying three categories of things. Which category will likely grow for a while as you learn more about the problem and shrink later?

(Surveys and Questionnaires) When reporting results, which is FALSE about mean, median, and mode?

(Surveys and Questionnaires) Give at least four of the tips revealed in the assigned viewing for creating good questions.

(Observations) Which is the proper set of observations to perform of a process for which the workload varies?

Dan and Murphy contributed property to a corporation in exchange for stock during the current tax year. Dan contributed $50,000 cash for 50% of the stock and Murphy contributed land held as investment property with an adjusted basis of $36,000 and fair market value of $50,000 for 50% of the stock.   Murphy had owned the property for 3 years.   What is Murphy’s holding period in his stock after this transaction and what is the corporation’s holding period in the land?

Leah transfers equipment (basis of $400,000 and fair market value of $500,000) for additional stock in Crow Corporation. After the transfer, Leah owns 80% of Crow’s stock. Associated with the equipment is § 1245 depreciation recapture potential of $70,000. As a result of the transfer: