Amy reported using three-point moving average

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An international distribution company of containers has operated a 5.8-million unit capacity warehouse in Manila to service customers between the Asian continent and the North American continent for the past four years. Liann Able, VP of logistics, sent the quarterly time series, which are the number of units in thousands serviced through the warehouse, to three of her analysts and asked them to bring forecasts to the next planning meeting for discussion. Liann convened the meeting and asked each analyst to report.

Q1 . Q2 Q3 . Q4

Year 1 3542 5698 2002 1078

Year 2 3634 5846 2054 1106

Year 3 3726 5994 2106 1134

year 4 3818 6142 2158 1162

Question 1. Amy assumed a stationary time series with only a random component. Amy reported using a three-point moving average. What did Amy report as the forecast in thousands for the first quarter of year five?

(A) 3154 (B) 3910 (C) 4002 (D) 3680 (E) none of the above

Question 2. Bob assumed a stationary time series with seasonal and random components.

What did Bob report as the forecast in thousands for the first quarter of year five?

(A) 3154 (B) 3910 (C) 4002 (D) 3680 (E) none of the above

Question 3. Carl assumed a non-stationary time series with linear trend, seasonal, and random components. What did Carl report as the forecast in thousands for the first quarter of year six?

(A) 3154 (B) 3910 (C) 4002 (D) 3680 (E) none of the above

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