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400 1,000 1,600 Question 3.3. (TCOs 3, 4, and 5) A company wants to forecast demand using the simple moving average. If the company uses three prior yearly sales values (i.e., year 2011 = 130, year 2012 = 110, and year 2013 =160), which of the following is the simple moving average forecast for year 2014? (Points : 10) 100.5 122.5 133.3 135.6 139.3 Question 4.4. (TCO 5) If a firm produced a standard item with relatively stable demand, the smoothing constant alpha (reaction rate to differences) used in an exponential smoothing forecasting model would tend to be in which of the following ranges? (Points : 10) 5% to 10% 20% to 50% 20% to 80% 60% to 120% 90% to 100% Question 5.5. (TCO 2) Various financial data for SunPath Manufacturing for 2012 and 2013 follow. What is the percentage change in the multifactor labor and raw materials productivity measure for SunPath between 2012 and 2013?