The human resources department at a major high tech company recently conducted an employee satisfaction survey of 100 of its 3000 employees. Data were collected on such variables as age, gender, marital status, current salary, level of overall satisfaction on a scale from 1 to 5,number of years with the company, and job title. Which of the variables listed are considered to be ratio level data?A) Age and years with the companyB) Gender and marital statusC) Job titleD) None of the variables is ratio level.

The following pertains to smoke, inc.’s investment in debt securities: on december 31, year 3, smoke reclassified a security acquired during the year for $70,000. it had a $50,000 fair value when it was reclassified from trading to available-for-sale. an available-for-sale security costing $75,000, written down to $30,000 in year 2 because of an other-than-temporary impairment of fair value, had a $60,000 fair value on december 31, year 3. what is the net effect of the above items on smoke’s net income for the year ended december 31, year 3?