Basic Business Management MCQ
1. The affordability of health care is one of the most important _____ issues of our time?
Social
Economic
Personal
Business
Financial.
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2. The ________________ requires employers with more than 50 employees to provide health insurance
2008 health care reform legislation
2010 health care reform legislation
2012 health care reform legislation
2016 health care reform legislation
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Correct Answer:
2010 health care reform legislation
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3. The majority of private sector employment in the u.s. economy is in the _______ sector.
Services
Form
Process Layout
Product
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4. Government bonds can vary in denomination, but most corporate bonds are issued in ___________.
$1000 denominations
$10,000 denominations
$100,000 denominations
$1000,000 denominations
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Correct Answer:
$1000 denominations
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5. ________ emphasizes motivating the worker through the characteristics of the job itself.
Scientific management
Automation
Job enrichment
Job engineering
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Correct Answer:
Job enrichment
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6. _______ is defined in marketing terms as the basic problem-solving benefits consumers are seeking.
The perceived value
Augmentation
The core customer value
Equity
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The core customer value
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7. Enacting changes in response to reported problems is called ________.
Change control
Reactive change management
Change control
All of the above
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Reactive change management
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8. The danger of trade dependency is that ________.
Political turmoils in a country might affect all dependent countries.
In support of the predictions of the mercantilist theory.
Low income and middle income nations
Living standards of its people.
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Correct Answer:
Political turmoils in a country might affect all dependent countries.
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9. Internal auditing is an example of a(n) _____ control.
Feedforward
Feedback
Vertical
Horizontal
Identical
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10. The average u.s. worker, today, is _____ than ever.
Older
Race
Elderly
Younger
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11. John flynn works at stutz toyota and is paid a(n) __________ against his earned commissions.
Bonus to one's salary
Salary
Draw
Amount that is never paid back
None of these
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12. In closed loop recycling ________.
The product is made from another type of material and discarded after use
The product is reused to produce a similar product.
A material is recycled into a different product
Materials are incinerated without first recovering what is recyclable
Materials are recycled an infinite number of times
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The product is reused to produce a similar product.
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13. In a(n) _____, people use communication primarily to exchange facts and information.
Power culture
Informational culture
High-context culture
Mid-context culture
Low-context culture
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Low-context culture
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14. People who tend to be sociable, outgoing, and friendly are low in _____.
Extraversion.
Introversion.
Openness to experience.
Affiliation.
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Extraversion.
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15. In recruiting employees, entrepreneurs tent to focus on ________.
Large base salaries without learning opportunities
short-term employees who can be easily replaced
Using traditional HRM practices
Matching the person to the job requirements
Matching the person to the organization
Answer
Correct Answer:
Matching the person to the organization
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16. In dblc, the phase after the database initial study is _____.
Operation
Database design
Database initial study
Implementation and loading
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Database design
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17. The book publishing and motion-picture industries are both examples of ______.
Monopolies
Oligopolies
O&Os
Limited competition
None of the options are correct.
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Oligopolies
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18. In the hierarchy of effects, the stage between interest and trial is known as __________.
Purchase
Awareness
Adoption pilot
Evaluation
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Evaluation
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19. In simple terms, the aida model is also known as the __________ model.
Intention, action, interest
Want, need, desire
Stop, look, listen
Think, feel, do
Inform, persuade, act
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Think, feel, do
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20. In developing advertising strategies, marketers must make decisions regarding ___________________.
Objectives and media
Budget and audience
Organizing the advertising function; adaptation to international markets
Budget and message
Audience and media
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Organizing the advertising function; adaptation to international markets
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21. The board of governors of the federal reserve system is solely responsible for _______.
Determining the reserve requirements for depository institutions
Stabilize the financial system
Electronic funds transfer (EFT)
Federal Reserve System
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Correct Answer:
Determining the reserve requirements for depository institutions
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22. The best-known nonlinear presentation software is _______________.
Prezi.
Covariation
Surcharge
Linear
Indirect
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23. In windows, __________ controls access to network resources, such as servers or printers.
File level access
Share level access
Icacls.exe
Principle of least privilege.
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Correct Answer:
Share level access
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24. The ceo, president, and top executive officers are responsible for ________ in the strategic plan.
Developing the details of the pricing strategy
Designing ad campaigns
Operational planning
Defining the firm's purpose
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Defining the firm's purpose
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25. Increases in import spending _____________________, ceteris paribus.
Raise GDP
Lower GDP
Are always equal to decreases in exports
May raise or lower GDP
Answer
Correct Answer:
Lower GDP
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26. The bedrock principle of business is that it should ________.
Continually improve
Please its customers
Earn a profit
Advertise better than its competitors
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Earn a profit
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27. The basis of an xp plan is a set of ____ that users develop.
Planning a series of iterations
Scenarios
User stories
Use case specifications
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User stories
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28. The basic star schema has four components: facts, _____, attributes, and attribute hierarchies.
Dimensions
Dimensionality
Measurement
Metrics
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Dimensions
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29. The average life for an sba-guaranteed business loan is ____ years.
Twenty-five.
Eighteen.
Fifteen.
Twelve.
Eight.
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Twenty-five.
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30. The average cost of employee benefits is about ____ percent of total compensation.
False
Key personnel along with possible replacements within the firm.
30
True
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31. Regional strategies are more appropriate than global strategies for firms that operate in ________.
Trading industries
Multi-domestic industries
Licensing
Sheltered industries
Answer
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Multi-domestic industries
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32. Regional economic integration is also referred to as ________.
Cultural imperialism
Globalism
Holism
Regionalism
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Regionalism
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33. Refer to academic standard, inc. jonathan suggested that the company ____ part of production.
Databases
Outsource
Market.
Production schedule.
Answer
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Outsource
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34. Price controls can cause _____.
Shortages or surpluses
Efficiency, or shortages
Equilibrium prices or surpluses
None of these
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Shortages or surpluses
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35. The best way to prepare to be an investor is to learn all the _____ that you can.
Spreadsheet
Accounting
Bookkeeping
Stock market tips.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Accounting
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36. The equal protection clause became part of the constitution as a result of ________.
Affirmative action
The Fourteenth Amendment
Intermediate scrutiny
Strict scrutiny
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The Fourteenth Amendment
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37. The downtime metric, ____________________, is also referred to as maximum acceptable data loss.
CPMT
After-action review
Statement of indemnification
Recovery Time Objectives
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Correct Answer:
Recovery Time Objectives
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38. Jonathan speaks four languages fluently. he is likely to have a high level of _______ intelligence.
Naturalist
Linguistic
Multiple
Emotional
Interpersonal
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Naturalist
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39. Jason, a manager, chooses to behave unethically. jason can be described as a(n) ____ manager.
Lmoral
Amoral
Immoral
Theory
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40. Intuition is based on _____, but lacking in _____.
Conscious thought; practicality
Experience; applicability
A solid analysis; applicability
Experience; conscious thought
Thought-process; guts
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Conscious thought; practicality
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41. Inflation in the united states has ________ since 1950.
Been stationary
Been below 3%
Been above 10%
Varied over time
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Varied over time
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42. In the shadowing approach to mentoring, the protg _____.
Follows the mentor around for a stated period of time
Stays out of the spotlight so he or she can learn
Keeps others in the dark about his or her developmental opportunities
Alternates between two or three mentors for a defined time period
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Follows the mentor around for a stated period of time
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43. In the needs assessment process, organizational analysis deals with identifying _____.
The training resources that are available
Employees' personal characteristics
The conditions under which tasks are performed
The employees who require training
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The training resources that are available
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44. In the context of argument making, what do we mean by the word claim? a claim is ________.
Rules procedures that are applied to all stakeholders
The fallacy of false classification
Jury ought to ask the judge for guidance
The statement the maker of the argument is seeking to show to be true or probably true
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Correct Answer:
The statement the maker of the argument is seeking to show to be true or probably true
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45. In our macro circular flow, the households are choosing to spend _________ billion dollars.
5000
3500
1000
500
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46. In most engines, the head of the intake valve is _______ the head of the exhaust valve.
Much smaller than
A different shape than
Slightly larger than
The same size as
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Slightly larger than
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47. Parkinson's disease ________, but huntington's disease ________.
Is characterized by a poverty of movement; is characterized by uncontrollable movement.
The presence of misfolded proteins within brain cells
There is no current treatment for this disorder.
HD is a hereditary disorder involving chromosome 4.
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Is characterized by a poverty of movement; is characterized by uncontrollable movement.
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48. _____ began to create independent agencies in the late 1800s.
They advise the President on policy matters.
They are appointed by the president and approved by the Senate
Congress
World war 2
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49. The success of common stock investments depends on the success of _________.
Derivative securities
Fixed-income securities
The firm and its real assets
Government methods of allocating capital
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The firm and its real assets
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50. To print a mailing label, tap or click the labels button on the mailings tab in the ____ group.
Cell
CREATE
CTRL + TAB
ENTER`
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51. When you analyze and fully understand the need your proposal meets, you understand its ______.
Purpose.
Presentation
Formal report
Memo
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52. Facility exteriors and interiors are part of ________.
Disintermediation.
The servicescape.
The core service.
Place marketing
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The servicescape.
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53. The fundamental limitation of a matrix structure is that it ________.
Sacrificed the ability to respond to local market structures and consumer preferences
Focusing on and specializing in specific markets
The advantages of this organizational form are market concentration, innovation, and responsiveness to new opportunities in a particular environment.
Institutes a dual hierarchy that violates the unity-of-command principle
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Institutes a dual hierarchy that violates the unity-of-command principle
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54. The government allows some ________ companies to operate as regulated monopolies.
Three to five years
The overall economy
Utility
Market
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55. If a current vendor does not meet dole's needs, dole will likely initiate _____.
The B2B buying process
The B2C buying process
The C2B buying process
The C2C buying process
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The B2B buying process
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56. Workers in the millennial generation prefer ________.
Inclusion and acceptance
Fairness and integration
Teamwork and connection
None of the above
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Teamwork and connection
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57. In a pert chart, the _______ path is the most time-consuming set of tasks in a project.
Critical
Crucial
Sequential
Optimal
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58. If demand bounces around when prices change, its _______.
Elastic
Stable
Absolute
Unreliable
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59. If a company does not have ________ it will fail.
Cash
A business plan
Advisors
Advertising
Property
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60. If a change in price barely effects demand, that means the demand is _______.
Supplied
Inelastic
Unstable
Relative
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Inelastic
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61. Identifying and taking action to resolve problems is called __________.
Problem solving
Information competency
Information management
Inquiring
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Problem solving
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62. Historically, there was ________ a central bank in the u.s.
Very little resistance to
Disinterest in
Insufficient funding of
Resistance to
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Resistance to
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63. Governments impose currency restrictions in their countries to ________.
Encourage future investment outflows
Indirectly reduce imports and exports
Protect currencies from speculators
Exhaust their reserve of hard currencies
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Protect currencies from speculators
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64. Good management strives for ________.
Low efficiency and high effectiveness
High efficiency and low effectiveness
High efficiency and high effectiveness
Moderate efficiency and moderate effectiveness
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High efficiency and high effectiveness
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65. All meetings must have a(n) _____ and intended outcome.
Agenda
Purpose
Desire
All of these
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66. Align technology uses a ________ approach to produce clear plastic removable aligners.
Product focus
Process focus
Repetitive focus
Crossover
Mass customization
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Mass customization
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67. After outsourcing to global suppliers, __________ is not simple.
Integration
Unionization
Back-shoring
Computerization
Just-in-time
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Back-shoring
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68. A(n) _____ is a set of activities or steps that combine inputs to create a good or service.
Process
Service
Servicescape
Good
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Servicescape
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69. Examples of the balanced scorecards customer measurement criteria are ___________.
Brand image and reputation
Enterprise application integration
Service level agreements
Experience and stability
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Brand image and reputation
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70. A common advantage of a promotion is that ______.
You will have longer hours
Your relationships with your peers will change
You will receive better pay
You may have to learn to do new tasks
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You will receive better pay
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71. _________ data includes sentiment mining in social media and tracking shopper behavior in stores.
Internal secondary data
Observational
Personal interviews
Data mining
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Observational
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72. 802.11i works in ________ mode.
Pre-shared key
Enterprise
Both A and B
Neither A nor B
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Both A and B
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73. __________ tries to create desired perceptions in the eyes of others.
Self-serving bias
Selective perception
Impression management
Projection
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Impression management
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74. Capacity requirements planning helps managers reconcile __________ with __________.
What is needed; what has been done
What is needed; what is possible
What has been done; who will be doing it
What needs to be done; where it will be done
What has been done; how much what needs to be done will cost
Answer
Correct Answer:
What is needed; what is possible
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75. Bill inmon and chuck kelley created a set of 12 rules to define a(n) _____.
Data warehouse
Multidimensional cube
OLAP tool
Star schema
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Data warehouse
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76. As a major tariff barrier, a(n) ____ is a tax imposed on imports.
Import tariff
Deadweight costs
Export tariff
NTBs
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Import tariff
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77. As a group, the children in hard times by charles dickens are depicted as being _____.
Uninterested
Privileged
Rebellious
Powerless
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Rebellious
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78. An organization's _____ is the work process that is directly related to the organization's mission.
Core technology
Mediating technology
Long-linked technology
Noncore technology
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Core technology
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79. An nlp system provides a question-and-answer setting that is particularly useful with _____.
Turing machines
Simulations
Databases
Virtual terminals
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Databases
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80. A learning organization requires employees to ________.
Encode information to prevent competitors from stealing ideas
Collaborate with competitors
Make all ideas public
Share information and collaborate with one another
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Share information and collaborate with one another
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81. ________ prevents a single employee from getting conflicting orders from two different superiors.
Line authority
Unity of command
Staff authority
Chain of command
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Unity of command
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82. A company that is looking to maximize its market share would do well to follow ________ pricing.
Markup
Market-penetration
Market-skimming
Survival
Target-return
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Market-penetration
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83. A main difference between english gothic and french gothic is _____.
Rounded arches
The English were not as concerned with height
Lack of breadth and openness
S-curved flamelike tracery
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The English were not as concerned with height
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84. A 2009 national endowment for the arts (nea) study reported that _____.
They were less expensive and could cover topical issues immediately
Of the cheap machine-made pulp paper they were printed on
It allows for higher royalty rates for authors
For the first time since 1982, the overall rate at which adults read literature had gone up
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For the first time since 1982, the overall rate at which adults read literature had gone up
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85. A _______ is a marine organism that swims throughout the water column.
Octopus
Marine
Nekton
Nutrients
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86. Complete the equation: monosaccharide + monosaccharide ______ + water
Disaccharide
Polypeptide
Polysaccharide
Fat
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Disaccharide
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87. Groupware is intended mainly for _____.
Promotion
Decision support
Teamwork
Committee session
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88. Boundaryless organizations try to eliminate ________ within their organization.
Horizontal specialization and vertical hierarchy
Horizontal specialization only
Vertical hierarchy only
Vertical specialization only
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Horizontal specialization and vertical hierarchy
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89. An approach to the sdlc where the phases overlap is often referred to as the _______ approach.
Modified waterfall
Modified predictive
Waterfall
Spiral
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Modified waterfall
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90. There are four categories of __________ brands: premium, generic, copycat and exclusive co-brands.
Private-label
National
Co-branding
Franchising
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Private-label
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91. The xyz clothing company wants to create and build brand awareness. it would use _____ advertising.
Informative
Reminder
Institutional
Persuasive
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Informative
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92. The unit of purchase of transit advertising is known as a _____.
It is a process through which a seller ascertains and satisfies the needs of a buyer.
Showing
Rebate
None of these
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93. The ultimate goal of any marketing communication is to drive the receiver to ______.
Desire
Action
Advertising
Promotion
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94. In 2008, companies spent ______ a year advertising to children.
$650 million
$4 billion
$17 billion
$100 million
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$17 billion
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95. Historically, one controversial use of the association principle in advertising is ______.
Large corporations trying to pretend they are smaller, friendlier companies
Women being portrayed as stereotyped caricatures
The use of celebrities to sell products
Commercials playing on the insecurities of consumers to make them think a product can reduce that anxiety
The placement of brand-name products in television programs and movies
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Women being portrayed as stereotyped caricatures
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96. Brand __________ refers to the linking of a brand to other favorable images, such as a celebrity.
Association
Loyalty
Awareness
Insistence
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Association
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97. Blue ginger multi-grain blue rice chips are in the _________ stage of the product life cycle.
Decline
Maturity
Introduction
Product advertisement
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Product advertisement
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98. At its core, successful promotion is all about effective _____.
Salesmanship
Communication
Publicity
Advertising
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Communication
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99. An advertisement designed to sell soda to a young, hip audience would be called ______ advertising.
Targeted
Zoned
Rated
Contracted
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100. Advertising, sales promotion, public relations, and buzz building activities are all ________.
Channels that should be integrated under the concept of integrated marketing communications
Channels focused more on interactive marketing than traditional marketing
Promotional tools used for push strategies but not pull strategies
Promotional tools used for pull strategies but not push strategies
Promotional tools adapted for use in mass marketing
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Channels that should be integrated under the concept of integrated marketing communications
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101. Abercrombie and fitch, a nationwide clothing store, in a(n) _____.
Independent retailer
Department store
Discount store
Chain retailer
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Chain retailer
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102. A lock arising from a select...for update command will be released when ____.
A COMMIT command is executed
A ROLLBACK command is executed
An implicit commit occurs
All of the above
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A COMMIT command is executed
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103. A ________ is a promise or statement of fact by the seller about a product.
Sales warranty
Sales contract
Copyright
Contractual capacity
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Sales warranty
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104. The term _____________ describes circumstances where a country's imports exceed its exports.
Trade deficit
Balance of trade
Trade surplus
Aggregate demand
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Trade surplus
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105. A person who satisfices fails to ________.
Maximize his or her decision
Understand his or her position
Accept the truth of a situation
Make any kind of decision
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Maximize his or her decision
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106. A low self-monitoring individual would not tend to pursue a career as ________.
An actor
A scientist
An accountant
An engineer
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107. When a manufacturer like exxonmobil refines crude oil, that corporation is using a(n) ____ process.
Analytical
Extraction
Manufacturing
Refining
Synthetic
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Analytical
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108. There are more than _____ amusement parks in the united states.
400
800
1,000
1,200
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109. The ____ outlines the specific vehicle to be purchased and all charges for the purchase.
An open-end
Buyer's order
Promissory note
The actual seller
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Buyer's order
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110. Special consideration should be paid to your tutors___________when selecting a tutor.
Cost, schedule and credentials
Credentials and cost only
Schedule and cost only
Schedule, credentials and job
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Cost, schedule and credentials
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111. A prerequisite condition for job rotation is the ________.
Presence of high level of autonomy among workers
Presence of high need for affiliation among workers
Presence of employees with similar skill sets and requirements
Presence of alternative work arrangements for employees to avail
Presence of employee involvement programs
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Presence of employees with similar skill sets and requirements
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112. Water and soil pollution from oil and gas drilling is primarily related to ____.
Consumer relations
Sustainability issues
Community relations
None of these
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Sustainability issues
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113. Unlike most other concepts of health, holistic health considers _____ to be part of overall health.
Spiritual
Intellectual and spiritual dimensions
Emotional dimension
Is receiving behavioral and drug therapy.
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Intellectual and spiritual dimensions
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114. Tape storage requires ______ access, which refers to reading or writing data consecutively.
Continuous
Successive
Sequential
Normal
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Sequential
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115. Under the net method of handling credit and debit card payments, the ________.
Net amount of the sale is credited to the Sales Revenue account on the date of sale
Credit to the sales revenue is selling price less the transaction fee
Business writes a check to the third-party processor for the processing fee
Processing fee is debited to the Credit Card Expense account on the date of sale
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Net amount of the sale is credited to the Sales Revenue account on the date of sale
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116. The world bank classifies countries' economic development according to ________.
GNI
GNP
HDI
PPP
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117. The __________ layer of the bull's-eye model receives attention last.
Policies
Networks
Systems
Applications
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Applications
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118. To reduce the sting of an unpleasant thought, _____.
Employ active voice
Use second person pronoun
State ideas using positive language
Avoid using the subjunctive mood
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Employ active voice
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119. The _____ process involves a series of steps taking corrective action on nonperformance issues.
Employee empowerment
Career development
Implied contract
Progressive discipline
Criteria development
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Employee empowerment
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120. Conceptually, modernization theory is an outgrowth of _____ theory.
Conflict
Functionalist
Symbolic interactionist
Social control
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Functionalist
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121. For the most part, ________ are involved in hr decisions within their own department or unit.
Very few managers
Some managers
Most managers
All managers
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All managers
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122. Foundersuite, quirky and unassumer are web sites that provide access to ________.
Feedback on business ideas
Landing pages
Surveys
Prototyping
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123. For minor or routine scenarios, the ___________ approach is nearly always best.
Indirect
Direct
Informal
Targeted
Specific and more
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124. Companies generally try to minimize turnover that is ________.
Unavoidable, voluntary, and functional
Voluntary and functional
Voluntary, dysfunctional, and avoidable
Dysfunctional and involuntary
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Voluntary, dysfunctional, and avoidable
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125. An asset allocation of 95% stocks and 5% bonds is considered ________ risk.
Aggressive high
Diversification
Growth stock
Income stock
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Aggressive high
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126. According to the text, ____ typically amount to more than 90 percent of employees' salaries.
Contribution margins
Turnover costs
Product obsolescence and employee pilferage
Training costs
Cafeteria benefit plans
Answer
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Turnover costs
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127. Fundamentally, group insurance is ____________ insurance.
Term
Whole life
Ordinary life
Permanent
Universal life
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128. Generally, industries are more attractive when the threat of substitutes is ________.
High
Low
Neutral (neither high or low)
High for manufacturing firms and low for service firms
High for service firms and low for manufacturing firms
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129. Chinese immigrants utilized the minority group response of __________ when they formed chinatowns.
Segregation
Expulsion
Xenophobia
Rebellion
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Segregation
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130. Compounding interest means interest accrues _____.
More quickly than simple interest
At the same rate as simple interest
More slowly than simple interest
At variable rates throughout the term
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More quickly than simple interest
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131. Google provides a measure of ________ through its adwords system using a quality score.
Impressions
Relevance
Reach
Frequency
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Relevance
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132. Frito-lay increased its emphasis on _____ customers online to build its brand image.
Interacting with
Negotiating with
Grouping with
Persuading
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Interacting with
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133. While the global economy continued to grow robustly until 2007, economic performance ______.
Was sluggish then stopped in 2009
Was advancing at an equal pace.
Cutstripped the global economy.
Continued gradually
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Was sluggish then stopped in 2009
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134. When delegating a task, it is important to _______.
Give away the most difficult things on your task list
Go over everything quickly and return to your own work
Keep the responsibility for getting the tasks done
Report everything that is expected of the person please select the best answer from the choices provided
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Correct Answer:
Give away the most difficult things on your task list
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135. When a country lacks hard currency, it must use _____ to complete international trade.
Countertrade
Trade surplus.
Samsung
Protect national security
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Countertrade
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136. Unions were originally formed ________________.
To make certain that there were an equal number of non-management and management-level employees within the company
Is the process of establishing and maintaining contacts with key managers in one own's organization and other organizations
Corporate managers who supervise, coach, and guide lower-level employees and serve as their organizational sponsors are called
Labor unions were largely responsible for
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To make certain that there were an equal number of non-management and management-level employees within the company
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137. The type of utility on which production and operations management focuses is ____
Place
Time
Form
Possession
Need.
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138. The two broad categories of buying behavior are ____ and ____.
Psychological; social
Consumer; business
Consumer; person-specific
Government; industrial
Consumer; reseller
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Consumer; business
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139. The amount of money that a worker's compensation claimant can recover is ________.
Preset as established by statute or regulations
Dependent on whether the employer carried worker's compensation insurance
Fixed at the federal level
Dependent on how quickly the claim was filed
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Dependent on whether the employer carried worker's compensation insurance
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140. The 25 in 50/100/25 refers to ____________ coverage.
Collision
Bodily injury liability
Comprehensive physical damage
Medical payments
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Collision
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141. The __________ style is the best approach for drafting website content.
Self-contained
Wireframe
Inverted pyramid
Localizing
Summary
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Inverted pyramid
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142. The ________ product of a fast food meal is the sandwich, side dish, and drink.
Augmented
Value
Core
Actual
Perceived
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143. The ________ allows the group to meet formally, but it does not allow members free discussion.
Nominal group technique
Multiple advocacy approach
Delphi technique
Devil's advocacy approach
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Nominal group technique
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144. The ____ factor affecting ethical behavior includes one's moral values and central attitudes.
Individual
Social
Opportunity
Moral
Ethical
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Individual
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145. Technology best supports whistle blowers by ________
Enabling distribution of business codes of conduct on the Internet
Making it possible for people to report a business's ethical violations safely and easily
Wiretapping phones of employees or executives who are suspected of being unethical
Making it difficult to violate employee privacy through electronic monitoring
Making public the
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Enabling distribution of business codes of conduct on the Internet
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146. Shopping bots use ________ software for searching the internet.
Web 2.0
Web 3.0
Intelligent agent
Comparison
SEO
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Comparison
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147. Setting queue priorities is a type of _____ decision at the operational management level.
Intelligence
Unstructured
Design
Semistructured
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Unstructured
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148. Return on stockholders' equity is equal to____times times____ .
Net profit margin; fixed asset turnover; equity multiplier
Gross profit margin; total asset turnover; equity multiplier
Net profit margin; total asset turnover; equity multiplier
Net profit margin; total asset turnover; debt-to-equity ratio
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Correct Answer:
Net profit margin; fixed asset turnover; equity multiplier
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149. In a manufacturing enterprise resource planning (erp) system, demand management _______.
Determines detailed production schedule
Determines the amount and timing for placing raw material orders with suppliers
Refines a production plan by determining the amount of weekly or daily production needed to meet the demand for individual products
Creates sales forecasts based on historical data
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Refines a production plan by determining the amount of weekly or daily production needed to meet the demand for individual products
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150. In a _____ system, the distinction blurs between input, output, and the interface itself.
User-centered
Topology-centered
System-centered
Network-centered
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User-centered
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151. Improving your skill-related components of fitness will help you perform ______ in an activity.
Comfortably
Better
Smarter
Evenly
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152. If you were at a neighborhood party, _______ would be very much like networking.
Mingling
Interrogating
Hosting
Toasting
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153. If you show defensiveness, people are more likely to _____.
Confront you about your problems
Critique your performance
Close their communication
Check your goals
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Close their communication
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154. If you have both wpa and wep available to you, your system will be most secure if you use ____.
WPA only
WEP only
Both a and b
Neither a nor b
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155. If the price of butter increases, then the demand for margarine will likely _____.
Remain same
Steak
Increases
Decreases
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Increases
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156. If the national incomes of our trading partners increase, then our aggregate demand _____.
Decreases because consumption decreases
Increases because consumption increases
Decreases because net exports decrease
Increases because net exports increase
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Increases because net exports increase
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157. If the correctness of a response is essential for a job, then a(n) ________ test should be used.
Essay
Speed
Power
Objective
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158. If ted wants to buy a house and believes that interest rates will rise, he should __________.
Apply for a fixed-rate mortgage
Apply for an adjustable-rate mortgage
Use his credit card
Wait until a better time
Answer
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Apply for a fixed-rate mortgage
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159. If portugal sends out 30 units of wine, it will get back ________ units of cloth.
10
25
45
60
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160. If one wishes to override an act passed by the legislature, they would sign a(n) _____.
Initiative
Referendum
English (US)
United States
Company
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Referendum
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161. Highlighting a benefit to the reader should be done in the _________ of the message.
Close
Opening
Body
Salutation
Post script
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162. Hewlett-packard uses _____ reasoning to assist users of its printers.
Reactivity
Case-based
Robots
Heuristics
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Case-based
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163. Globalization is a controversial subject for many people because ________.
It allows U.S. companies to import and export goods from anywhere in the world
It results in the closing of some U.S. manufacturing facilities
It increases the cost of goods and services in the United States
It stabilizes the value of the U.S. dollar
Answer
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It results in the closing of some U.S. manufacturing facilities
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164. For your speech to be effective, you must carefully consider what your specific _____________ is.
Purpose
Audience
Thesis
Research
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165. Fms allows a company to combine ____ into a single system.
People and robotics
Robots and digital personal computers
Robotics and computer-integrated manufacturing
People and materials
Robots and materials
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Correct Answer:
Robotics and computer-integrated manufacturing
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166. Flowcharting is a quality improvement technique used for ______.
Cause-effect analysis
Process mapping
Process analysis
Geographical mapping
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Process mapping
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167. Concerning the relative ages of the granite and sandstone, ________.
The granite must be older, according to the principle of superposition
The sandstone must be older, according to the principle of superposition
The granite must be older, according to the principle of components
Their relative ages cannot be determined from the information given
Answer
Correct Answer:
Their relative ages cannot be determined from the information given
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168. Cindy is hired to replace a well-liked leader. as a result cindy is likely to _____.
Be well accepted immediately
Experience lower turnover in the group
Have some difficulty exerting authority
Experience higher productivity
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Have some difficulty exerting authority
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169. Cbt or wbt for those preparing for certification exams are ____ courses.
Offline tutorial
Premium support
Online tutorial
None of the above
Answer
Correct Answer:
Online tutorial
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170. Categorical data use either the ______ or ______ scale of measurement.
Nominal; ordinal
Nominal; interval
Ordinal; interval
Interval; ratio
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Nominal; ordinal
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171. Cartels for natural resources tend to be ______ than cartels for manufactured goods.
More cumbersome
Less cumbersome
More successful
Less successful
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More successful
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172. Businesses assume an _________ demand when they increase prices to raise total revenue.
Unitary elastic
Inelastic
Elastic
None of the above
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Inelastic
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173. Business start-up cost information can be obtained from ________.
Advisors
Quotations from vendors
Industry data
All of the above
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All of the above
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174. Business rules are derived from ____.
A detailed description of an organization's operations
Standards and practices developed over the years
Managers' recommendations
Governmental oversight organization standards
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A detailed description of an organization's operations
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175. Business continuity planning is interested in __________ disasters if possible.
Avoiding
Recognizing
Reacting to
Planning
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176. Business case arguments based on fear are dependent on ________.
The belief that implementing the new information system can have significant positive consequences for the firm
Beliefs about organizational strategy, competitive advantage, industry forces, customer perceptions, market share, and so on
Data, quantitative analysis, and/or indisputable factors
The notion that if the system is not implemented, the firm will lose out to the competition or go out of business
The results of a qualitative analysis of employee responses to the new information system
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The notion that if the system is not implemented, the firm will lose out to the competition or go out of business
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177. Being "on time" in business situations generally means being about ________________.
About thirty minutes late
About five minutes early
At the time of the appointment
Within 15 minutes after
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About five minutes early
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178. Because their employer is the government, public employees receive ___________ protections.
Few
Extra
No
Special
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179. Because application letters are ________ messages, the aida approach is ideally suited for them.
Positive
Negative
Persuasive
Routine
Answer
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Persuasive
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180. At the lowest price for a tv, producers will supply the _____ televisions.
Least
Preference
Complement
Substitute
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181. As a result of liberal policies, jvs have ____ and acquisitions have ____ in emerging economies.
Declined, declined
Declined, increased
Increased, declined
Increased, increased
Answer
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Declined, increased
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182. Approval clauses require that the ________ approve any assignment of a contract.
Obligee
Obligor
Assignor
Assignee
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183. Antarctica has been continuously glaciated for the last __________ years.
5 million
10 million
15 million
20 million
Answer
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15 million
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184. An increase in investment __________
Lowers interest rates
Increases current consumption
Expands the productive capacity of the economy
Leads to inflation
Answer
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Lowers interest rates
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185. An expense is entered as a _____ in a financial ledger.
Balance
Credit
Debit
Savings
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186. An artwork can be described as non-objective if its subject matter is ________.
Animals
Difficult
Recognizable
Unrecognizable
Three-dimensional
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Unrecognizable
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187. An advertising campaign that attempts to reposition its product is an example of ________.
Creating a new vision
Creating an image
Brand awareness
Inform and persuade
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Creating a new vision
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188. Among the contextual factors that contribute to team effectiveness, we find _____________.
Adequate
Resources
Trust
Rewards
All of these
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All of these
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189. Among retail stores, _____ is a larger problem than customer shoplifting.
Poor stock performance
Weak leadership
Internal employee theft
Misuse of merchandise
Employee dissatisfaction
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Internal employee theft
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190. Among larger nations, the piracy rate in _____ is one of the highest in the world.
United States
Russia
China
India
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191. Amazon.com represents the classic ____ firm.
B2B
B2C
C2C
Online auction
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192. Although anorexics feel a(n) __________ over eating, bulimics feel a _____________.
Sense of control; lack of control
Vomiting; dieting
Lack of control; Sense of control
None of these
Answer
Correct Answer:
Sense of control; lack of control
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193. Alpha-gamma coactivation causes __________.
The muscle spindle to remain active during skeletal muscle contraction
Contraction of a motor unit and inhibition of the muscle spindle
The relaxation of both intrafusal and extrafusal fibers
Contraction of a muscle spindle and relaxation of a motor unit
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Correct Answer:
The muscle spindle to remain active during skeletal muscle contraction
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194. All of the following except ________ pertain to the scope of a business message.
The range of information that is presented
The sequence in which the information is presented
The overall length of the message
The level of detail presented in the message
Answer
Correct Answer:
The sequence in which the information is presented
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195. All of the following are factors affecting mass wasting except for ________.
Slope angle
Gravity
Water
Geologic age
Answer
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Geologic age
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196. Advocates argue that _____ increase competition between public and private schools.
Standardized tests
Vouchers
Parents
Common Core standards
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197. Administrative oversight given to self-managed teams does not typically include _____.
Planning
Scheduling work
Staffing
Monitoring performance
Initiating change
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Initiating change
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198. Acknowledging a buyer's expressed concern is important because doing so ____.
Demonstrates understanding
Gives the salesperson time to begin assessing the resistance
Paves the way for telling the customer he or she is wrong
Both A and B
None of the above is correct
Answer
Correct Answer:
Both A and B
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199. According to your course, two benefits of a cloud-based system are _____ and _____.
Offline storage; easy etiquette
Data backup; online meetings
Video conferencing; social media
Data backup; collaboration
Answer
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Data backup; collaboration
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200. According to the lesson, texas ranks _____ highest in the country for unemployment rate.
6th
7th
8th
9th
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201. According to the laffer curve, _____.
A low tax rate will produce a higher revenue
A high tax rate will produce a higher revenue
The tax rate does not affect the amount of revenue
Both a high and low tax rate can produce the same revenues
Answer
Correct Answer:
A high tax rate will produce a higher revenue
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202. According to the bpmn standard, a solid line with an arrow head indicates ________.
A swim lane
A repository
A process
The next action to perform in a process
A data flow
Answer
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The next action to perform in a process
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203. According to the bpmn standard, a circle with a thick border is the symbol for ________.
The start of a business process
Information
Efficiency
Sequence flow
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The start of a business process
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204. According to the 1980 revisions to the copyright act of 1976, _____.
Copyright holders can perform a copyrighted work by means of digital audio transmission
Copyright protection extends to original works of authorship in architectural fields
Both people and organizations can be held liable for unauthorized duplication and use of copyrighted programs
The owner of a copyrighted program is allowed to make multiple copies or adaptations for use on other computers
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Both people and organizations can be held liable for unauthorized duplication and use of copyrighted programs
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205. According to the _____ ethics tradition, people act out of habit than out of deliberations.
Kantian
Virtue
Utilitarian
Principle-based
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206. According to herzberg, favorable hygiene factors can cause an employee to feel ________.
Satisfied
Not dissatisfied
Dissatisfied
None of these
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Not dissatisfied
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207. Accompany your rsum with ________ when you're responding to an identified job opening.
A message of inquiry
An unsolicited follow-up letter
A solicited application letter
A letter of intent
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A solicited application letter
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208. A(n) _____ indicator helps economists predict the duration of an economic upturn or downturn.
Coincident.
Inflationary.
Lagging
Leading.
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Coincident.
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209. A risk management pm is also sometimes called a(n) ________________.
Risk management coordinator
Key stakeholder
Scope maintenance manager
None of these
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Risk management coordinator
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210. A legal obligation that involves repaying a debt is called a _____.
Liability
Sales
Payroll
Education
Answer
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Liability
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211. A cvs/pharmacy store is an example of a ________ business.
Service
National
Productivity
Company
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212. A business message that primarily relies on the _____ shows that the message is self-centered.
You-voice
We-voice
I-voice
Impersonal voice
Other-oriented voice
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213. A _________ value in xn can pose a problem for an economy over the longer term.
Growing
Income
Transfer Payments
Large Negative
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Large Negative
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214. A _________ is used to prevent attenuation when packets are traveling long distances.
Repeater
Hub
Switch
Router
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215. __________ is a condition in which the price increases are slowing.
Disinflation
Perfect Competition
Cyclical
Frictional
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Disinflation
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216. __________ currently provides for regulating international banking and finance practices.
The Federal Reserve System
The World Bank
The International Monetary Fund
No organization
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No organization
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217. ________ groups are those groups we would like to belong to but do not.
Motivational
Reference
Aspirational
Membership
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Aspirational
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218. ________ defined as the basic convictions about right and wrong decisions and behavior.
Beliefs are
Principles are
Ethics is
Values are
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Values are
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219. ________ benefits are advantages your audience directly receives from complying with your request.
Internal
External
Peripheral
Superficial
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220. ________ bargaining is negotiation that seeks to divide a fixed amount of goods or services.
Distributive
Integrative
Reflective
Affective
Conjunctive
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Distributive
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221. _____ tools focus on the strategic and tactical use of information.
Business
Relational database management
Business intelligence
Networking
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Business intelligence
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222. _____ refers to the ability to identify the symbols, rituals, and taboos in other cultures.
Skill
Responsiveness
Knowledge
Awareness
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Knowledge
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223. _____ of nearly 200 erp implementations worldwide were judged to be failures.
Twice
Half
Quarter
Four times
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224. _____ means that jobs are restructured or redesigned by adding higher levels of responsibility.
Job enrichment
Task identity
Task significance
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Job enrichment
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225. _____ is the psychological bonding that occurs between people and their ideas.
Association
Perception
Formation
Reflection
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Association
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226. _____ is part of the new social contract for employees.
Job security
A cog in the machine
Knowing
Employability, personal responsibility
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Employability, personal responsibility
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227. _____ is considered a type of interorganizational system (ios).
A Modem
An Intranet
The Internet
An Extranet
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An Extranet
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228. _____ is a structure for allocating scarce resources
Dynamical system
Credit system
Economic system
Accounting system
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Economic system
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229. ____ is the largest video site on the internet.
Pinterest
Facebook
YouTube
Blog
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230. ____ is one of the disadvantages associated with the use of work teams.
Social loafing
Team diversity
Norm
Bureaucratic immunity
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Social loafing
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231. When the bargaining power of suppliers and buyers is high, companies in the industry will ____.
Find it more difficult to be profitable
Nonsubstitutable
Low resource similarity
Defender
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Find it more difficult to be profitable
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232. The first step in preparing successful marketing and sales messages is ____________________.
Logical
Marketing
Benefits
Emotional
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Emotional
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233. Secondary stakeholders are important to a company because ____.
Customers in the camden neighborhood.
The u.s. sentencing commission guidelines.
The company is endangered by a termination of their relationship.
They can affect public perceptions and opinions.
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They can affect public perceptions and opinions.
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234. Under the ucc, value has not been given if the holder ________.
Performs the agreed-on promise
Acquires a security interest in or lien on the instrument
Takes the instrument in payment of or as security for an antecedent claim
Gives a negotiable instrument as payment
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Performs the agreed-on promise
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235. There is a ________ association between inflation and the growth rate of money ________.
Positive; demand
Positive; supply
Negative; demand
Negative; supply
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Positive; supply
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236. A trend line is _____.
a trough on a graph
a reflection of an external shock
a hypothetical graph line
a peak on a graph.
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a hypothetical graph line
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237. Transborder data flow (tdf) comprises national laws and international agreements on _____.
Ethical standards
Software licenses
Intellectual properties
Privacy protection
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Ethical standards
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238. Sticking to a decision despite evidence that it is a mistake is called ________.
Escalation of commitment
Escalation of rationality
Satisficing commitment
Error enhancement
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Escalation of commitment
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239. ______ minimizes the number of disk reads necessary to retrieve a row of data.
Column-oriented database
Row-centric storage
Column-family database
Column-centric storage
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Row-centric storage
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240. Willard may be able to forecast his asset needs using the ____________ technique.
Objective-and-task
Competitive-parity
Competition-oriented
Percentage-of-sales
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Percentage-of-sales
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241. Once long-term goals and objectives have been determined, middle management generates ________.
Strategic plans
Short-term targets
Tactical plans
Resource evaluations
Incentive program
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Tactical plans
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242. The view no one will ever know about it is a way of __________ unethical behavior.
Subsidizing
Rationalizing
Minimizing
Downsizing
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Rationalizing
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243. The process of shipping fresh flowers from california to texas gives ____ utility to the flowers.
Place
Time
Form
Possessione.
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244. The ___________ styles are inappropriate when the issue is important to you.
Avoiding and obliging
Dominating and integrating
Integrating and compromising
Obliging and dominating
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Avoiding and obliging
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245. To ensure that a calculated control displays as currency, change the ____ property.
Caption
Format
Back style
None of these
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246. To create a numbered list, you use the numbering button in the ____ group.
Paragraphb
Fontc
Clipboardd
Styles
Answer
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Paragraphb
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247. Like the autofilter query technique, the ____ command displays a subset of the table.
Advanced Filter.
Conditional
Extracting
Outlining
Answer
Correct Answer:
Advanced Filter.
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248. The processor market for desktop and laptop computers is dominated by ________.
IBM
Microsoft
Intel
Apple.
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249. With _____, resources are wasted because they are not used efficiently.
A monopoly
Perfect competition
All markets
Non eof these
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A monopoly
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250. When applying for a position, you can make a positive impression by _____.
Acting confident
Being prepared
Communicating effectively
All of the above
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All of the above
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251. The utility created by converting production inputs into finished products is called ____ utility.
Place
Production
Possession
Time
Form
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252. Sound your horn __________________.
To have fun
To demand the right-of-way
When necessary to avoid collisions
To give other drivers a piece of your mind
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When necessary to avoid collisions
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253. In _______ e-commerce, the sellers and buyers are organizations.
Government-to-citizen
Consumer-to-consumer
Business-to-business
Business-to-consumer
Consumer-to-business
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Business-to-business
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254. Wholesalers that perform the entire range of wholesaler functions are _____ wholesalers.
Full-service
General merchandise
Limited-line
None of these
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Full-service
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255. To qualify as a small business, a manufacturing plant can employ no more than ____ people.
2,000
1,000
500
3,000
3,500
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256. The world market is approximately ____________.
1 billion potential customers
300 million potential customers
30 billion potential customers
7 billion potential customers
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7 billion potential customers
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257. The united states is a member of the ____, which is the successor to gatt.
International Court Of Justice
International Monetary Fund
World Trade Organization
North American Free Trade Agreement
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World Trade Organization
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258. The thomas register of american manufacturers lists companies that specialize in creating ________.
Copyrights
Products
Prototypes
None of these
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Prototypes
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259. In _____, police and military are not allowed to vote.
Croatia
Iran
Bolivia
Saudi Arabia
Peru
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260. In _____, direct and indirect materials in one industry are purchased on an as-needed basis.
Horizontal exchanges
Vertical exchanges
Buy-side marketplaces
Functional exchanges
Sell-side marketplaces
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Vertical exchanges
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261. If susan wants to obtain information in the least expensive way, she should use ________.
Secondary market research
Consumer panels
Structured interviews
Large focus groups followed by surveys
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Secondary market research
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262. Carnival cruise lines lowers its taxes by all of the following except ________.
Hiring host-country nationals who pay no taxes
Taking advantage of taxation laws in foreign countries
Sailing in international waters outside countries' tax jurisdiction
Paying substantial port fees instead of taxes during stopovers
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Correct Answer:
Hiring host-country nationals who pay no taxes
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263. Capitalism is founded on ________.
The idea that 80 percent of the nation's wealth should be owned by no more than 20 percent of the people
The idea that the government must own all factors of production
The social changes that followed the Industrial Revolution
The belief that competition among business firms best serves the needs of society
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The belief that competition among business firms best serves the needs of society
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264. Buying an existing business _____.
Is beneficial because an established business always has a good reputation
Is not recommended because there are too many disadvantages
Allows the owner to build upon the goodwill of previous customers
Is a high risk because successful businesses are usually not sold
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Correct Answer:
Allows the owner to build upon the goodwill of previous customers
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265. Businesses that engage in electronic data interchange with each other are called _____.
Institutional partners
Channel partners
Commodity partners
Trading partners
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Trading partners
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266. Business portfolio analysis is defined as the process in which management ________.
Studies the products and strategies of competitors to improve the company's own products
Analyzes consumer feedback in order to better position the company's brand image
Assesses the attractiveness of an SBU's market and the strength of its position in the market
Segments the company's markets to reach target consumers effectively
Conducts marketing research to evaluate the company's marketing strategy
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Correct Answer:
Assesses the attractiveness of an SBU's market and the strength of its position in the market
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267. Business leaders create wealth by ________.
Hiring employees in order to sell more units and generate more profit
Reducing their gross margins
Charging high prices to customers
Avoiding the cost of hiring employees
Putting competitors out of business
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Correct Answer:
Hiring employees in order to sell more units and generate more profit
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268. Business intelligence software can help managers ________.
Report, plan, and forecast workforce performance
Identify which factors are the greatest contributors to bad debt
Forecast their business's stock performance during the next fiscal year
Gain access to private information about a business's competitors
Design innovative products for consumer use
Answer
Correct Answer:
Identify which factors are the greatest contributors to bad debt
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269. Before the wto was created, ____ governed international trade.
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Dramatic growth in world trade
The Council of European Union
Increasing trade and decreasing consumer prices
Answer
Correct Answer:
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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270. Because it restricts the transferability of its stock, generation now is a _____ corporation.
Imited
Classified
Publicly
Private
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271. Average gross profit per customer is ________.
Average sale per customer minus average cost of sale per customer
Average cost of tangible product minus average cost of intangible product
Average sale per consumer plus average sale per wholesaler
Average cost of sale minus average sale per customer
Average cost of sale multiplied by average sale per customer
Answer
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Average sale per customer minus average cost of sale per customer
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272. At the heart of any marketing program is the firm's ________, its tangible offering to the market.
Strategy
Product
Brand
Value
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273. As you hire employees, you will need to become aware of laws and taxes, including ________.
Fair Labor Standards Act and The Equal Pay Act of 1963
Antidiscrimination laws
Payroll taxes
All of the above
None of the above
Answer
Correct Answer:
All of the above
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274. As gatt/wto membership has _____ over the years, international trade has _____.
Increased; increased
Decreased; increased
Increased; decreased
Decreased; decreased
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Increased; increased
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275. As computers gained popularity, the ____ typewriters decreased along with the price.
Demand for
Supply of
Equilibrium of
Productivity of
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Demand for
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276. As a result of _____, the central american common market collapsed in 1969.
War between Honduras and El Salvador after a riot at a soccer match between teams from the two countries
It involves the free flow of products and factors of production among member countries
Draft legislation from the European Commission can become EU law only if the council agrees
Implied loss of national sovereignty to the European Central Bank
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War between Honduras and El Salvador after a riot at a soccer match between teams from the two countries
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277. Appropriability theory refers to ________.
Denying rivals access to competitive resources such as management know-how
Categorizing the appropriateness of a firm's foreign investments in terms of host country objectives
Explaining an investing firm's choice of partner in a joint venture
Predicting the general pattern of direct investment locations
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Denying rivals access to competitive resources such as management know-how
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278. Appliances, men's suits, and ____ are examples of shopping products.
Bicycles process
Material schewing
Gumsoft
Drinkscranes
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Correct Answer:
Bicycles process
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279. An offset agreement differs from a counterpurchase agreement in that an offset agreement ________.
Fails to specify the type of product that must be purchased
Fails to specify the amount that will be spent on the purchase
Fails to give a business greater freedom in fulfilling its end of a countertrade deal
Fails to make a hard-currency purchase of any product from that nation in the future
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Fails to specify the type of product that must be purchased
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280. An expatriate is someone who ____.
Claims dual citizenship
Lives and works outside of his or her own country
Believes strongly in nationalization
None ogf the above
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Lives and works outside of his or her own country
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281. An ethnocentric attitude stems from ________.
Nationalism
Parochialism
Polycentrism
Geocentrism
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Parochialism
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282. All of the following contribute to accelerating globalization except ________.
A growing role for developing nations
A rise in non-U.S. foreign direct investment
An increase in democratization
A rise in multinational enterprises
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An increase in democratization
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283. All of the following are perceptions of brand except brand ________.
Price
Packaging
Promotion
License
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284. Advertising, commissions, download fees, licensing, and product sale are examples of ________.
Revenue streams
Basis of differentiation
Key assets
Channels
Cost structure
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Revenue streams
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285. Advantages of ________ include reduced start-up fees and no territory restrictions.
Multiple sector franchising
Fast-food franchising
International franchising
Online franchising
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Correct Answer:
Online franchising
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286. Advance payment is commonly used for export/import financing when ________.
Two parties are unfamiliar with each other
The buyer has obtained credit for the transaction
The transaction is for a relatively high amount
The buyer has good credit rating at banks
Answer
Correct Answer:
Two parties are unfamiliar with each other
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287. According to the u.s. department of commerce, a ________ of small businesses export their goods.
Small percentage
Large percentage
Decreasing number
Decreasing percentage
Answer
Correct Answer:
Small percentage
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288. According to the hofstede framework, china's culture ranks high on_______________.
Imperialism
Collectivism
Distance
Economies
Answer
Correct Answer:
Collectivism
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289. According to the cage model, if countries share a common currency, ______ distance will be ______.
Administrative; smaller
FDI; but not FPI
Agriculture; increased
Easier; treat the world as a single market
Answer
Correct Answer:
Administrative; smaller
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290. About ___% of the events market is corporate events.
Private party
Corporate
Special event
Convention
Answer
Correct Answer:
Special event
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291. With one exception, all presidents have been ___________.
Hispanic
Republican
White
Smith
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292. Insurance is a tool that can lessen ____ risk.
Social
Mental
Economic
Accident
Exposure
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293. The definition of marketing implies that ____ should receive benefits from exchange relationships.
Only customers
Only businesses
Company management
Both customers and businesses
Only the most important customers
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Both customers and businesses
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294. The creation of domestic jobs by foreign employers is called __________.
Insourcing
Outsourcing
International operations
Strategic alliances
Answer
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Insourcing
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295. The convergence in buyer preferences in countries around the world is referred to as ________.
Globalization of markets
International Monetary Fund
Globalization of production
Globalization
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Globalization of markets
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296. The color of a new vehicle is an example of a ______ quality.
Credence
Experience
Search
Product
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297. Itunes is an example of a _______ technology.
Incremental
Radical
Mission
Disruptive
Answer
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Incremental
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298. In the u.s. starbucks does not franchise. it has a(n) ____ agreement with barnes and noble.
Importing
Exporting
Strategic
Global sourcing
Direct investment
Answer
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Strategic
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299. Issues regarding potential threat from substitute products in a market are addressed in ________.
Security analysis
Technical analysis
Product fit analysis
Competitor analysis
Answer
Correct Answer:
Competitor analysis
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300. In a(n) ______ arrangement, one partner in a jv assumes primary responsibility for running it.
Assigned
Shared management
Delegated
Public-private
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301. In the ________ form of ownership, the business itself pays income taxes.
Proprietorship
Corporation
Partnership
All of the above
Answer
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Corporation
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302. In retailing, a just-in-time delivery system is called a(n) _______ system.
Quick response (QR)
Lead time
EDI
UPC
Cross-docking
Answer
Correct Answer:
Quick response (QR)
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303. In marketing research, the research objectives are the __________ goals of the decision maker.
Specific
Measurable
Both specific and measurable
None of the above
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Both specific and measurable
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304. In general, the rate of diffusion can be postulated as negatively related to _____.
Relative advantage
Compatibility
Trialability
Complexity
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Complexity
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305. Otto, the previous ceo at idle time gaming, relied on a(n) ___________ style of management.
Autocratic
Restructuring
Limited partnership
Entrepreneur
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Autocratic
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306. Opponents argue that globalization ________.
Eliminates manufacturing jobs in developed nations
Generates labor market flexibility in developed nations
Brings an end to practices like outsourcing
Slows down the employment rate in developing nations
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Eliminates manufacturing jobs in developed nations
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307. One problem with business-to-business e-procurement is that it _______.
Reduces purchasing efficiency
Increases the time between order and delivery
Increases paperwork requirements
Can erode long-standing customer-supplier relationships
Increases transaction costs
Answer
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Can erode long-standing customer-supplier relationships
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308. One problem typical of __________ is when governmental bureaucracy bogs down the effort.
Joint venture.
Increases
Depends on the type of coverage
Stays the same
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Joint venture.
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309. When managers pursue a multidomestic strategy, they most likely use a _________________ strategy.
Market
Customer
Globalgeographic
Globaltransitional.
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Globalgeographic
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310. When a threat succeeds in causing harm to a business, this is called a ________.
Breach
Compromise
Incident
All of the above
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All of the above
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311. When a template is created, dummy ____ is/are used to verify the formulas in the template.
Formulas
Data
Formatting
Page layout.
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312. When a person engages in _______, sexual arousal is obtained by _______.
Frotteurism; rubbing one's genitals against someone without consent
People are sexual aroused in response to unusual stimuli
Increases if his victim shows shock
Person repeatedly cross dresses to achieve sexual arousal or gratification
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Frotteurism; rubbing one's genitals against someone without consent
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313. When a company expands by entering new business areas, it is called growth through __________.
Diversification
Vertical integration
Retrenchment
Globalization
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Diversification
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314. Typically, operational control is accomplished through reports issued _____.
Weekly
Daily
Monthly
Annually
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315. Today approximately ____ percent of american workers are employed in service industries.
28
47
87
90
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316. The _____ tells managers that what works in one organizational situation might not work in others.
Effectiveness
Controlling
Contingency view
Classical perspective
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Contingency view
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317. The _____ is the field's largest professional human resources association.
Human Resource Professionals' Association
National Labor Relations Board
National Human Resource Management Association
Society for Human Resource Management
Human Resource Certification Institute
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Society for Human Resource Management
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318. The _____ is purchase orders divided by customer inquiries.
Current ratio
Inventory turnover ratio
Conversion ratio
Profit margin on sales
None of these
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Current ratio
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319. Technology makes it easier to stay connected but ________.
There is always the risk of security breaches and the theft of information necessary for good time management practices
It raises expectations on the part of those to whom we are connected
Technology fails, batteries lose power, and their effectiveness wanes
It also presents constant distractions, making it difficult to stay on task
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It also presents constant distractions, making it difficult to stay on task
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320. Succession allows ecosystems to _______.
Recover from disruptive events
Reach a stable and sustainable point
Establish complex communities
All of the above
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All of the above
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321. Stakeholder symbiosis is in direct contrast with ________ thinking.
Scenario analysis
Zero sum
Range of distribution
Romantic
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322. Scope, time and cost goals in order of importance can be ranked on a(n) _____.
Requirements traceability matrix
Expectations management matrix
Responsibility assignment matrix
Probability matrix
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Expectations management matrix
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323. Using the internet to streamline global supply systems ________.
Creates a vertical hierarchical structure within organizations
Enhances the efficiency of the supply chain
Eliminates the reliance on local suppliers
Increases fixed costs
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Enhances the efficiency of the supply chain
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324. The _____ created a regional trading zone in europe.
Treaty Of Rome
Treaty Of Lisbon
Maastricht Treaty
Single European Act
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Maastricht Treaty
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325. The _____________ of a claim refers to the payer's decision regarding payment.
Development
Autoposting
Reconciliation
Determination
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Determination
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326. When it comes to a firm's pricing ability, foreign business law is often _______.
Confusing and difficult to adhere to
More stringent than it is in the United States
Nonexistent or ignored altogether
Less stringent than it is in the United States
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Confusing and difficult to adhere to
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327. Using marketing information to gain customer insights is of little value unless __________.
It is used to make better marketing decisions
Marketers gather as much information as possible
It is obtained as cheaply as possible
It comes exclusively from big data
It increases company profits
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It is used to make better marketing decisions
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328. Unlike marketers in the consumer market, business-to-business marketers __________.
Use a less formalized buying process
Can ignore customer needs
Respond to elastic demand for their goods
Deal with far fewer but far larger buyers
Are not concerned with creating customer value
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Deal with far fewer but far larger buyers
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329. Understanding the status and trends of an industry can be aided by ________.
Checking out the internet public library, your local Small Business Administration,
Chamber of commerce, or local business school or college library
Looking for recent articles on the industry in magazines or by using Google or other search engines
Looking on competitors' web sites
All of the above.
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All of the above.
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330. Two special methods vital to marketing researchers are __________ and __________.
Specific and measurable
Sampling and statistical inference
Defining a market problem and opportunity
A salesforce survey forecast
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Sampling and statistical inference
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331. To deliver real value to marketers, marketing information must _________.
Be quantitative
Come from big data
Be obtained inexpensively
Increase the company's profits
Provide useful customer insights
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Provide useful customer insights
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332. The __________ entail the creation of a third-party legal entity, whereas the __________ do not.
Licensing agreements; joint ventures
Strategic alliances; joint ventures
Joint ventures; strategic alliances
Franchising agreements; strategic alliances
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Joint ventures; strategic alliances
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333. The _______ step of active listening requires organizing the sounds heard into meaningful parts.
Polyphonic
Analysis
Both A and B
None of these
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334. The _______ shapes the eus political priorities and policy agendas.
Asia
European Council
Court Of Justice
Economic Union
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European Council
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335. The _____ era embraced the belief that a good product would sell itself.
Production-oriented
Market-oriented
Value-based
Sales-oriented
Consumer-demand
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Production-oriented
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336. The ____ marketing philosophy is the preferred approach for all businesses.
Product-oriented
Market-oriented
Sales-oriented
Consumer-oriented.
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Consumer-oriented.
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337. Taxes and government regulations are part of the ________________ environment of business.
Competitive
Technological
Economic & legal
Social
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Economic & legal
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338. Staples has expanded its __________ efforts to sell to companies such as wells fargo or ibm.
Consumer-to-business
Business to business
Unreachable
International
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Business to business
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339. Social media monitoring, in-depth interviews, and focus groups are all __________ research methods.
Quantitative
Structured
Syndicated marketing
Data warehousing
Qualitative
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Qualitative
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340. Small businesses have traditionally added ____ new jobs to the economy.
More than their proportional share of
Less than their proportional share of
Very few
The highest paying
The vast majority of
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More than their proportional share of
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341. The __________ stage of the product life cycle is characterized by the appearance of competitors.
Levels of service
Growth
Harvesting
Utilities
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342. Semicontrolled messages include ________.
Sponsorships of special events
Determine what products to produce and what products not to produce
Product analysis
Distribution
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Sponsorships of special events
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343. Costs that fluctuate based on production levels achieved are called _____ costs.
Cost of lumber and upholstery
Variable
None variable cost
None of these
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344. A key feature of a _____ is that its composition is always changing.
Employee boredom
Task significance
Organizatonal processes
Virtual organization
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Virtual organization
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345. A firm that needs greater flexibility should choose _____ for its decision-making.
Horizontal differentiation
Decentralization
Localization strategy
Control systems
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Decentralization
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346. A draft schedule for a project is most likely to be found in a _____.
Project buffer
Project charter
Resource breakdown structure
Project's dummy activities list
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Project charter
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347. A company cannot know what training to offer employees unless it ________.
Emulates its competitors policies and program
Assess their strengths and weaknesses
Reaches a minimum of 100 employees
Stops internal recruiting completely
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Assess their strengths and weaknesses
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348. A business ____ is a document that provides justification for investing in a project.
Case
Templates
Study
Stakeholders
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349. A "passion for the product" works as a(n) ______ motivator.
Equity
Instrinsic
Esteem
Extrinsic
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Instrinsic
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350. A ___________ chart is a histogram that can help you identify and prioritize problem areas.
Pareto
Control
Run
Scatter
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351. A ________ manages security for the organization's information systems and information.
CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)
Steering committee
Outsourcing relations department
Outsourcing advantages
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CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)
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352. A ____ is a product or service produced or provided as part of a project.
Deliverable
Product
Work package
Tangible goal
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Deliverable
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353. What is the projects budget? this is an example of a projects _____ constraint.
Scope
Time
Cost
Triple
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354. "white water" environments are ________.
White-water rapids
Muckwater
Mudwater
Calm waters
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White-water rapids
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355. "no food and/or drinks in the classroom" is an example of a _____.
Procedure
Rule
Policy
Single-use plan
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356. __________involves ensuring proper strategic controls and organizational designs.
Corporate governance
Corporate-level strategy
Strategy implementation
Business-level strategy
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Strategy implementation
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357. _______________ focuses on how to respond to events that have a positive impact on a project.
Prospect management
Risk management
Value management
Contingency management
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Risk management
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358. ________ resulted in the shifting of organizational boundaries.
Digitization
Increased emphasis on organizational ethics
Increased competitiveness
Changing security threats
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Digitization
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359. ________ is the tendency for supervisors to base judgments on readily obtainable information.
Representative heuristic
Premature decision making
Prejudgment
Escalation of commitment
Availability heuristic
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Availability heuristic
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360. ________ is not a benefit of flextime.
Reduced absenteeism
Decreased work/life balance
Increased productivity
Reduced tardiness
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Decreased work/life balance
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361. _____ refers to the fact that services are perishable and cannot be stored in inventory.
Boundary lessens
Tangible output
Intangible output
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Intangible output
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362. _____ proposes that perceptions of fairness directly impact worker motivation.
Two-factor theory
Equity theory
Expectancy theory
Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory
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Equity theory
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363. _____ project work includes collecting, measuring, and disseminating performance information.
Baseline
Change control board (CCB)
SWOT analysis
Monitoring
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Monitoring
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364. _____ is(are) most beneficial when employees have challenging jobs.
Continuous improvement
Total Quality Management
Six Sigma
Quality circles
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Quality circles
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365. _____ is the trend in recent years.
Greater work specialization
Less delegation
Wider spans of management
Narrower spans of management
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Wider spans of management
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366. _____ is the new knowledge area identified by the project management institute.
Project stakeholder management
Project communication management
Project risk management
Project procurement management
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Project stakeholder management
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367. _____ is expressed as a retailer's sales or profits divided by the number of employees.
Benefits
Employee productivity
Intrinsic parts of the job
Employee pay
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Employee productivity
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368. _____ helps employees select development activities that prepare them to meet their career goals.
Training
Policy analysis
Job sharing
Career management
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Career management
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369. _____ emphasizes identifying and monitoring the sources of new technologies for an industry.
Licensing
Differentiation
Environmental Scanning
Just-In-Time
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Environmental Scanning
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370. _____ can uncover reasons why employees leave and perhaps set the stage for some of them to return.
Under capitalization
Exit interviews
In-home interviews
Mail surveys
Answer
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Exit interviews
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371. ________ track progress from start to finish, pinpointing any deviations from the plan.
Initiating processes
Executing and coordinating processes
Planning processes
Monitoring and controlling processes
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Monitoring and controlling processes
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372. __________ is the degree to which someone uses power manipulatively.
Authoritarianism
Controlism
Machiavellianism
Locus of control
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Machiavellianism
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373. __________ involves balancing career demands with personal and family needs.
Career planning
Work-life balance
Independent contractors
Contingency workers
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Work-life balance
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374. ________ signify what an organization and its employees are trying to accomplish.
Emotions
Moods
Terminal values
Instrumental values
Attitudes
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Terminal values
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375. ________ programs help employees integrate and transition to a new job.
Onboarding
Self-efficacy
Organizational citizenship
Employee assistance
Proactive
Answer
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Onboarding
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376. _____ is a multiplicative function of motivation times ability times situational constraints.
Leadership skill
Creativity
Job performance
Valence
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Job performance
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377. A greenfield investment is the best choice when ________.
Government mandated benefits are high
Adequate facilities in the local market aren't available
The investor has a lack of capital
Sustainability is at the core of the corporate mission
there's a lack of suitable potential employees
Answer
Correct Answer:
Adequate facilities in the local market aren't available
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378. A company subscribing to ethical relativism would implement the morality of the ________.
Host country
Shareholders
Legal system
Home country
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Host country
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379. A ____________ is the share of profits or percentage of sales a franchisee pays to a franchisor.
Premium
Royalty
Co-pay
Dividend
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380. A firm is less likely to offer a standardized product globally when __________.
The benefit of serving the customers with an adapted product may outweigh the benefit of a standardized product
Guarantee a steady flow of its wood pulp
Falling barriers to trade and investment and technological innovation
Accelerate the use of technology, email, video conferencing, the Internet, and intranets
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Correct Answer:
The benefit of serving the customers with an adapted product may outweigh the benefit of a standardized product
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381. __________ is the result of optimizing operations and supplier processes.
Cost reduction
Differentiation
Productivity
Quality
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Cost reduction
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382. Aging computer systems falls under the ____________ category of business environmental pressures.
Markets
Consumerdemands
Technology
Societa
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383. Age, gender, place of residence, and income are all examples of ________.
Segmentation variables
Positioning strategies
Market fragment strategies
Psychographics
Targeting strategies
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Segmentation variables
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384. A home country encourages outflows of foreign direct investment because it ________.
Outflow of capital with a minus sign
Tends to increase the long term competitiveness of firms
Replaces jobs in the home nation
Increased market access for the host company
Answer
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Tends to increase the long term competitiveness of firms
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385. A government's seizure of a domestic or foreign company's assets is known as ____.
Nationalization
Appropriation
Diversification
Expropriation
An embargo
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Expropriation
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386. A global corporation ________.
Centralizes management in a single home country
Decentralizes management so that each local country's operation is managed locally
Decentralizes management so there is no single home location
Has two main management locations located on different sides of the globe
Answer
Correct Answer:
Centralizes management in a single home country
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387. A geographic roll-out opportunity is available in a(n) ______ industry.
Fragmented
Mature
Declining
Emerging
Regional
Answer
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Fragmented
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388. A firm's employees would be considered __________________ in the business.
Investors
Stakeholders
Customers
Stockholders
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Stakeholders
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389. A firm's ________ is determined by the number of separate items within the same category.
Sales line depth
Product option expansion
Categorical product line
Product line length
Stock units measure
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Product line length
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390. A firm's ________ describe(s) the ways in which it makes money.
Proceeds account
Break-even analysis
Revenue streams
Cash flow
Income statement
Answer
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Revenue streams
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391. A country has a good chance of selling more of its goods abroad if it ________.
Increases the value of its currency
More tourists decide to travel abroad
Sets high tariffs on imported goods
Devalues its currency
Answer
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Devalues its currency
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392. A company generally needs more than ____ employees in order to be considered large.
50
100
300
500
1,000
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393. A business-level strategy in which a company exploits economies of scale is called a ________.
Differentiation strategy
Stability strategy
Low-cost leadership strategy
Retrenchment strategy
Answer
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Low-cost leadership strategy
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394. A ________ strategy can create cost savings due to product and marketing standardization.
Retrenchment
Multidomestic
Blue ocean
Global
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395. A ____ is issued by the exporter's bank, ordering the importer's bank to pay for the merchandise.
Strategic alliance
Bill of lading
Draft
Countertrade
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396. A ____ is a form that enables stockholders to allow someone else to vote for them.
Waiver
Dividend
Proxy
Voter Registration
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397. A ____ brand type is considered the least protectable under existing trademark regulations.
Descriptive
Fanciful
Generic
Symbolic
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398. ____________ questions elicit a specific answer, such as yes or no.
Open ended
Opinion
Specific
Closed
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399. ___________ means selling goods and services to ultimate consumers over the internet.
Electronic retailing
B2B distribution
O-selling
Intercommerce
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Electronic retailing
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400. ___________ is a process used to test consumer reactions about a product among potential users.
Pro forma branding
Virtual design
Prototype
Test marketing
Answer
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Test marketing
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401. ________ is what distinguishes an entrepreneurial venture.
Innovation
Determination
Competitive advantage
Growth
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402. ________ is the most common form of international business activity.
Channel length
Joint venture
Cultural assimilation
Exporting
Answer
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Exporting
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403. ________ is prevented by quotas.
Outsourcing
Exporting
An embargo
Dumping
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404. _____ places an emphasis on a worldwide perspective.
Polycentric companies
Geocentric companies
Ethnocentric companies
Regiocentric companies
Answer
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Geocentric companies
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405. _____ capital flows through the processes of overseas investment, credit, lending, and aid.
Political
Financial
Dumping practices
None of these
Answer
Correct Answer:
Financial
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406. _____ are wealthy individuals who invest in new and growing firms.
Angel investors
Commercial lenders
Venture capitalists
Personal resources
Answer
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Angel investors
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407. _____ are preferred over currency for many transactions due to their lower risk of loss.
Bitcoins
Coins
Checks
Gold bars
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408. _____ aims to price a handful of items temporarily below cost to drive in-store traffic.
Loss leader pricing
Skimming pricing
Prestige pricing
Penetration pricing
Answer
Correct Answer:
Loss leader pricing
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409. A(n) __________ is a local operation completely owned by a foreign firm.
Franchise
Sweatshop
Foreign subsidiary
Global strategic ...
Answer
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Franchise
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410. Oli advantages refer to a firms quest for _____via fdi.
Contagion effect
Dissemination risk
Bargaining power
Ownership advantages,
Answer
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Ownership advantages,
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411. When the topic at hand is a complicated scientific issue, it is important to _________.
:understand the fundamentals
Conparison and contrast
Instrumentalist question
Electronic information services
Answer
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:understand the fundamentals
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412. The revision in 1994 of the gatt clearly defined intellectual property rights in order to ________.
Give more protection to copyrights.
Further reduce average tariffs on merchandise trade
Diversity revenue system
According to supporters of globalizati
Answer
Correct Answer:
Give more protection to copyrights.
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413. The redesign of a bicycle to improve its safety is an example of a(n) ____ modification.
Functional
Feature
Quality
None of these
Answer
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Functional
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414. The primary opportunity existing for startups in fragmented industries is to ________.
Pursue a niche strategy, which focuses on a narrow segment of the industry that might be encouraged to grow through product or process innovation
Win customers by placing an emphasis on service and process innovation
Capture a first-mover advantage
Pursue a cost reduction strategy, which is accomplished through achieving lower costs than industry incumbents through process innovation
Consolidate the industry and establish industry leadership as a result of doing so
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Consolidate the industry and establish industry leadership as a result of doing so
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415. The power of the wto that sets it apart from the gatt is its capability to ______________.
Foster trade and boost cross-border investment.
Give more protection to copyrights, trademarks, and patents
Penalize offending nations and the power to settle trade disputes
Is small or becoming saturated
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Foster trade and boost cross-border investment.
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416. The pacific alliance has removed tariffs on _____ of members' merchandise trade.
80%
90%
70%
60%
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417. The national park service has more than ________ designated parks around the country
Commercial recreation.
Adventure tourism.
Great Smokey Mountains.
Noncommercial recreation
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Noncommercial recreation
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418. The most successful strategic plans make the ________ focal.
Character.
Objectives
Mission.
Customer
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419. The most important factor in an attractive business climate is the _____.
Presence of established markets
Easy access to growing markets
High competition among companies
High political risks
Limited infrastructure
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Easy access to growing markets
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420. The most common tariffs used today are the ________ tariffs.
Ad valorem
Transit
Specific
Import
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421. The most common confidence level and corresponding z-score for marketing research is ___, ____.
95%,
1.96.
95%,
2.58.
99%,
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422. The methodical and exacting process by which a researcher measures a variable is known as ________.
Defining the problem
Operational definitions
A bowl of clumpy oatmeal
Reliability
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Operational definitions
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423. The market mechanism benefits society by ensuring that ________.
More people will want to buy more BlackBerrys
Society will maintain the current standard of living
Resources are used to increase the benefits of low-value products
Raw materials and labor flow into the production of goods with lowest demand
Scarce resources are channeled into products most desired by society
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Scarce resources are channeled into products most desired by society
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424. The majority of new small business owners rely heavily on _____ to finance their start-ups.
Personal sources, including credit cards
Develop a business plan, gain experience, educate yourself, and learn from others.
Insurance costs
Achieve an external locus of control.
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Personal sources, including credit cards
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425. The major advantage of borrowing money from friends or family to start a business is ________.
A written agreement will help reduce misunderstandings and disagreements among the partners
Limited liability companies do not have shareholders or stock
Business plan
They will not usually expect a high rate of return on their investment
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They will not usually expect a high rate of return on their investment
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426. The main drawback of a multinational strategy is that it does not allow a company to ________.
Exploits scale economies in product development and marketing
Is cost-saving due to product and marketing standardization
Takes advantage of location economies
Responds quickly and effectively to emerging buyer preferences
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Exploits scale economies in product development and marketing
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427. The loyalty of customers to a business is called _____,
Satisfaction
Goodwill
Partnership
Sole proprietorship
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428. The kof index measures the ________.
Distribution of the global workforce.
Extent of globalization.
Gross regional product of an area
None of these
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Distribution of the global workforce.
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429. The key to persuading customers to buy your products is delivering _____.
Value
The goods
Customer satisfaction
On time.
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430. The international capital market consists of the ________, ________, and ________.
Interest rates
Stock
Barter
Vehicle currency
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Vehicle currency
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431. The imf has ____.
Helped support some weaker European countries during the recent financial crisis
Describes a condition in which a nation, such as China, receives favorable trading treatment
Movement of products between countries without political or economic obstruction
Forces things to get bigger and smaller at the same time
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Helped support some weaker European countries during the recent financial crisis
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432. The group of american consumers born after 1994 is often called ________.
Millennials
Generation Y
Generation X
Busters.
Generation Z.
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Generation Z.
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433. The goal of a disaster recovery plan is to ensure ______________.
Fault tolerance
Legal implications
Business continuity
Process scheduling
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Business continuity
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434. The general agreement on tariffs and trade (gatt) ____. quizlet
Decreases both tariffs and nontariff barriers
Puts stricter limits on government subsidies
Eliminates tariffs in ten specific industries
Protects intellectual property, such as trademarks, patents, and copyright
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Decreases both tariffs and nontariff barriers
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435. The forecasting of political events that may impact foreign investments is called __________.
Currency analysis
Political-risk analysis
Analytical forecasting
International forecasting
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Political-risk analysis
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436. The first step that nutrisystem likely took in selecting a target market was ________.
Geodemography
Consumer behavior
Repositioning
Segmentation
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Segmentation
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437. The first stage in adjusting to a new culture is __________.
Irritation and anger
Honeymoon
Confusion
Reality.
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Confusion
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438. One of the most frequently measured _________ is willingness to recommend the service.
Behavioral intentions.
Customer priorities.
Preferences
None of these
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Behavioral intentions.
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439. Of the various market entry strategies, direct investment has a __________ level of risk.
Supervisory managers
Social Norms
Operational Planning
Direct Investment.
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Direct Investment.
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440. Newman's own organics is considered a socially responsible company because it ________.
Creates
Mission
Farmer wages
Donates to charity
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Donates to charity
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441. Multiple items marketed under the same brand name are called a __________.
Family brand.
Maturity stage
Growth stage
Licensing
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Family brand.
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442. Most partnerships have ____ partners.
Four
Two
Three
Five
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443. Most industrialized nations operate economies based on ________.
Planned economies
Private enterprise systems
Mixed economies
Ocialist systems
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Planned economies
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444. Most companies have used the _____ to successfully enter foreign markets.
Market echo approach
Global new venture approach
Ripple approach
Phase model of globalization
Guerrilla approach
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Phase model of globalization
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445. More than half of the world gdp growth in recent years comes from ____.
Business around the globe including international and domestic business activities
The focus on firm performance around the globe
Directly investing in, controlling, and managing value-added activities in other countries.
Emerging economies, such as BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China)
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Emerging economies, such as BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China)
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446. Money used for entertainment comes from ____ income.
Discretionary.
Gross.
Personal.
Disposable
Recreational.
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Discretionary.
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447. Marketing is not needed in a ______________ economy.
Consumer-oriented
Command
Pure subsistence
Market-directed.
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Pure subsistence
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448. Many businesses will set the ________ through their organizational leadership.
Human resource policies.
Company policies.
Morality procedures.
Ethical tone
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Ethical tone
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449. Management prioritizes the satisfaction of customers needs and wants in a __________ orientation.
Consumer.
Marketing
Marketing mix
Green marketing
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Consumer.
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450. Locating production facilities within regional markets is popular because ________.
Regional markets offer greater range of resources needed for production
Creating investment barriers to ensure domestic control of an industry
Requiring companies to divulge proprietary secrets
Allowing companies to remove profits earned in the domestic market
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Regional markets offer greater range of resources needed for production
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451. Local content regulations are primarily intended to ________.
Encourage MNEs to increase production activities in a country.
He cost of living in the country is lower than that of France.
Wealthier, westernized countries
Favor domestic companies
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Encourage MNEs to increase production activities in a country.
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452. Licensors must be careful that a licensee ________.
Franchises the brand to as many others as possible
Doesn't damage the licensing company's name
Controls every aspect of the licensor's business
Doesn't fail to pay royalties
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Doesn't damage the licensing company's name
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453. Libor is _____ the prime rate.
Approximately equal to
Considerably higher than -
Considerably lower than -
A lagging indicator of.
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Approximately equal to
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454. Land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship are ________________________ in an economic system.
Land, labor, capital and entrepreneurship.
Final goods that are used to produce other goods and services
The scarcity of resources relative to human wants
Measurements of wealth necessities for business capital expenditures
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Measurements of wealth necessities for business capital expenditures
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455. A(n) ________ is a 30-second to a 2-minute summary of your business.
Story
Advertisement
Elevator pitch
Executive summary.
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Elevator pitch
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456. A(n) _____ is utilized to get back the money invested in creating a new product offering.
Investment pricing strategy
Skimming pricing strategy
Cost- stragegy
All of this
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Investment pricing strategy
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457. A(n) _____ is automatically launched by some trigger and appears in front of the active window.
Keyword banner.
Random banner.
Pop-up ad
Non of this
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Pop-up ad
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458. A typical focus group has ________ members.
Monitor his competitors
Focus group
Focus group interviews
Focus groups
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Focus groups
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459. Globalization is the trend ___.
Of the world economy becoming a less dependent system
Of the world economy adding more independent markets
Toward one world language and culture
Of the world economy toward becoming a more interdependent system
Toward one world economy and banking system
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Of the world economy toward becoming a more interdependent system
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460. Firms pursuing ________ have between 70% and 95% of their sales in a single product market.
Dominant-business diversification
Single-business diversification
Related-constrained diversification
Related-linked diversification
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Dominant-business diversification
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461. Governments in developing countries impose fewer consumer protection laws in order to ________.
Hold down production costs and consumer prices
Enable companies to focus on profit-making exclusively
Decrease the flow of foreign direct investment into the country
Decrease the complexity of the legal procedures for foreign direct investment
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Hold down production costs and consumer prices
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462. Statistics indicate that 45 percent of all small businesses ________.
Survive ten plus years
Fail after three years
Survive five or more years
Fail after the first year
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Survive five or more years
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463. A family business constitution is sometimes labeled a _____.
Business plan
By-law guide
Family creed
Succession plan
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Family creed
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464. A person understating income or claiming personal expenses as business expenses is guilty of _____.
Bait and switch
Skimming
Scaling
Relativism
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465. A(n) __________ manager fails to consider ethics.
Moral
Amoral
Immoral
Theory X.
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466. Tactical plans support ________________ plans.
Operational
Strategic
Contingency
Short term plans
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Operational
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467. The outcomes of the changes in the laws and regulations of a society are known as _____.
Technological forces.
Political forces.
Economic forces.
None of these
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Political forces.
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468. The worlds largest spy agency is _____.
China
Cuba
Cia
Ww2
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469. In the united states, price discrimination is ________.
Q=2 : p=$18 (wrong)
Fall, rise
Entry will be blocked even if firms are earning high profits.
Encouraged (incorrect)
Maybe its permitted
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Encouraged (incorrect)
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470. A(n) _______ is an image that appears distorted unless viewed from a very specific angle.
Anamorphic projection
Linear perspective
Converge or diverge
Stereoscope
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Anamorphic projection
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471. A(n) ____________ refers to a model input that can be controlled in a spreadsheet model.
Decision variable
Outlier
Parameter
Dummy variable
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Decision variable
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472. A top-down analysis of a firm's prospects starts with an analysis of the ____.
Growth stocks; long-term bonds
Lose market share or reduce its profit margin
U.S. economy or even the global economy
Positive Demand Shock
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U.S. economy or even the global economy
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473. Strategic planning for a large firm such as disney with several sbus probably occurs ________.
At both the overall corporate level and at the individual SBU level
The number of sales calls made by a salesperson during a month
Assess the organization's internal and external environments
It doesn't tell managers the best ways to make growth happen.
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At both the overall corporate level and at the individual SBU level
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474. Many cross-border m&a deals are driven by the desire of companies to _______________.
Get a foothold in a new geographic market
Greenfield investment
Shore up balance of payments
Foreign direct investment
Market imperfections (internalization)
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Get a foothold in a new geographic market
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475. The sba's ________ program provides export-financing opportunities for small businesses.
International Monetary loan
Homeland Security funding
Small business development center
Export Express loan
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Export Express loan
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476. The process of forecasting both a company's human resource needs and its supply is called ________.
Human resource planning
Human resource accounting
Recruitment
Selection
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Human resource planning
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477. Recently, it has become important for value-oriented marketers to _____ with customers.
Ove from a transactional orientation to a transitional perspective
Reduce the number of transactions to improve relationships
Manage transactions more efficiently
Consider how they can reduce their interactions
Move toward a relational perspective from a transactional orientation
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Move toward a relational perspective from a transactional orientation
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478. Ranking questions generally produces ___________ level of measurement.
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio
None of these
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479. Public schools, charities and government agencies generally _________.
Are incorporated
Do not seek to earn a profit
Provide goods rather than services
Do not have any stakeholders
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Do not seek to earn a profit
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480. Products such as very expensive wristwatches are distributed using _____ distribution.
Exclusive
Patterned
Selective
Intentional
Intensive
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Exclusive
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481. Prizm and esris tapestry are two of the most widely used tools for _______ segmentation.
Psychographic
Cookies
Benefit
Geodemographic
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Geodemographic
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482. People with radical view toward fdi argue that _____ is an instrument of imperialist domination.
Privatization
A multinational enterprise
Nationalization
A publicly traded company
Outsourcing
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A multinational enterprise
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483. Many business experts contend that __________ will likely be the growth market of the future.
Africa
Asia
Europe
North america
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484. Intrapreneurs make use of __________ to develop and launch new products and generate new profits.
Their employer's existing human, financial, and physical resources
Deal with similar management issues that large companies face.
Is independently owned but not dominant in its industry.
None of these
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Their employer's existing human, financial, and physical resources
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485. In earlier years, leveraged buyouts became synonymous with the ____ lbo.
Bust-up
Constructing a larger enterprise to be taken public via an IPO.
LBO
None of these
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486. A good has ________ attributes that a consumers five senses can perceive.
Cognitive intelligence
Vision
Knowledge of past experiences
Five senses
Tangible attributes
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Tangible attributes
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487. When marketing researchers consider sampling techniques, they are preparing to collect ____ data.
Census
External secondary
Primary
Statistical
Internal secondary
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488. If a firm wants to know why valuable employees are leaving the company, it will conduct __________.
Recruitment
Internal
Job analysis
Exit interviews
Networking
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Exit interviews
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489. Transportation efficiency promotes __________ in the supply chain.
Intermodal demand
KPIs
Capacity
Competition
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Intermodal demand
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490. The major disadvantage of a geocentric staffing policy is its potential for ________.
Being costly due to high salaries and moving costs of managers
Host-country nationals
High costs of relocating managers
Language training
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Being costly due to high salaries and moving costs of managers
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491. Typically, project managers have authority over _____ but not over _____ assigned to it.
People; the project
The project; people
Resources; the project
People; other resources
Finances; products
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The project; people
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492. Businesses should consider twitter as a social network where the dominant focus is on ________.
Status updates
Network effect
A groundswell-organized group
None of this
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Status updates
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493. Managers should avoid satisficing in the ____ stage of the managerial decision-making process.
Selecting an alternative
Identifying the problem or opportunity
Implementing and evaluating the solution
Gatisfying the customer
Generating alternative
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Selecting an alternative
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494. Kay alden manages a department that prepares annual reports. kay works in ________.
Revenue - Expenses = Net Income
Financial accounting
Accounting
Receivable
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Financial accounting
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495. Research shows that simplified jobs lead to all the following except _____.
Low sense of accomplishment
Increased productivity
Poor mental health
Job dissatisfaction
Low personal growth
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Increased productivity
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496. ________ can be categorized as popularity, relevancy, and user satisfaction.
Mobile search SEO
Ranking factors
SERP
Web analytics.
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Mobile search SEO
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497. A mechanism of control utilized in organizational culture is ___________
Organizational goals
Socialization
Direct supervision
Management by objectives
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Socialization
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498. In the bcg matrix, ________ refer to low-growth, high-share businesses or products.
Inventory
Discounts
Opportunities
Cash cows
Threats
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Cash cows
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499. Geert hofstede's cultural dimensions concept focuses on six dimensions of __________ in a country.
The market value of goods and services produced in a country in a year.
Underlying values
Consistent with underlying cultural values in a country.
None of this
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Underlying values
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500. Ethnocentric managers believe that their native country, culture, language, and behavior _____.
Are equal to all other cultures
Are hurtful to others
Need to be changed
Are outdated
Are superior to all others
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Are superior to all others
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501. Consumers buying products online have dramatically affected the ____ variable of the marketing mix.
Promotion
Research
Product
Price
Distribution
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Distribution
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502. _____ is a form of nonstore retailing that entails the use of machines to offer goods for sale.
Direct retailing
Telemarketing
E-tailing
Automatic vending
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Automatic vending
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503. According to the research of lillian gilbreth, many employees were motivated by money and ________.
Early retirement
Health care
Job satisfaction
Time off
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Correct Answer:
Job satisfaction
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504. ________ is a very well known free voip provider
Vonage
Skype
Verizon
Comcast
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505. ________ includes a query language titled pig.
MapReduce
Hadoop
RFM Analysis
Online analytical processing (OLAP)
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506. _____ is the first step in the mbo process.
Setting goals
Developing action plans
Appraising overall performance
Reviewing progress. MBO:.
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Correct Answer:
Setting goals
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507. The uml notation for the includes relationship is a(n) _______.
A solid arrow
A dashed arrow
A straight line
A dashed line.
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A dashed arrow
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508. A supply chain driven by actual customer orders or purchases follows a ________ model.
Pull-based model
Training
Discipline
Development
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Pull-based model
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509. Enterprise resource planning systems take a(n) ______ view of the overall organization.
CHOSEN STRATEGY
FINANCIAL
BUSINESS PROCESS
SYSTEMS THINKING
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BUSINESS PROCESS
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510. According to the price equation, final price equals list price minus __________ plus extra fees.
Incentives and allowances
Price elasticity of demand.
Perceived benefits
None of this
Answer
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Incentives and allowances
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511. Airplanes, crates, and trucks represent ____ resources for federal express.
Managerial
Financial
Material
None of this
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512. _____ tells us that costs decline at a predictable rate as experience with a product increases.
Product
Experience
Predictable rate
An experience curve.
Answer
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An experience curve.
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513. A disaster recovery plan contains a _____________ that outlines the costs to support the plan.
Disaster recovery improvements
Disaster recovery cost curve
Disaster financial costs
Steering committee
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Disaster recovery cost curve
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514. In a ____ vpn, tunnels connect multiple sites on a wan.
Client-to-client
Link-to-line
Site-to-site
Site-to-clien
Answer
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Site-to-site
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515. When more efficient workers earn higher wages, this is known as a _____ pay structure.
Contemporary
Differential rate
Hugo Munsterberg
Hierarchy of human needs
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Differential rate
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516. Record keeping, payroll, and simple inventory problems are examples of _____ tasks.
Structured
Semistructured
Unstructured
Pseudostructure d
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Structured
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517. Nike, kitchenaid, and sony are all examples of the use of _____ brands.
Wholesaler
Manufacturer
Retailer
Specialty
Answer
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Manufacturer
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518. Old navy jeans are sold exclusively at old navy stores. this is an example of a(n) _________ brand.
Luxury brands
Trademark
Category killer
Private-label brand
Answer
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Private-label brand
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519. Information is considered inefficient if ________.
It is availed ahead of time
It is irrelevant to the subject
It is just barely sufficient
Its level of accuracy is too high
Answer
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It is irrelevant to the subject
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520. Vendor analysis is the examination of the _________ of purchased materials.
Function
Source
Quality
Cycle
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521. A device that assures the delivery of electric power without interruption is a(n) __________.
ESD
SOPs
Biometric
C
UPS
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522. The two types of visionary leadership are ____.
Tactical leadership and charismatic leadership
Charismatic leadership and transformational leadership
Both A and B
None of these
Answer
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Charismatic leadership and transformational leadership
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523. Ethos uses responsible research practices and fair use of appeals to establish _________________.
Credibility
False dichotomy
Fear
Slippery Slope
Answer
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Credibility
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524. Inadequate database capacity is an example of the ________ dimension of business problems.
Organizational
Culture
Inquiry
Technology
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Technology
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525. Service variability means that ________.
The evaluation of services is subjective and changes from customer to customer
Service quality depends on when, where, and how they are provided
Services cannot be stored for later sale or use
Services cannot be seen, tasted, felt, heard, or smelled before they are bought
Services can be separated from their providers
Answer
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Service quality depends on when, where, and how they are provided
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526. _____ was developed so that users could communicate with computers in human language.
Natural-language processing
Virtual language technology
Genetic Algorithms
Personal agent technology
Answer
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Natural-language processing
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527. A monopolist's goal is to maximize _____. output costs profits
Output
Costs
Profits
None of these
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528. _____ is a scripting language that allows web authors to design interactive sites.
HTML
Visual Basic
Java
JavaScript
Answer
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JavaScript
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529. A private internet that is used exclusively within an organization is called a(n) ________.
Bluetooth
Intranet
Router
Ethernet
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530. Fees associated with buying and finalizing your loan are known as _____.
Advantages to renting
Finalizing fees i think
Tax rent rent insurance pet fees
Balloon i think
Answer
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Finalizing fees i think
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531. Causal research is most useful in _____.
Managers are aware of just a small portion of the true problem; this small portion is generally the visible symptom of a bigger underlying problem.
Identify the concepts to study and measure the variables related to the research problem
Understanding which variables lead to the dependent variable
Question or observe all the members of a defined target population
Answer
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Understanding which variables lead to the dependent variable
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532. A firm's ________ is its entire range of products.
Product line
Product mix
Marketing mix
Promotional mix
Positioning strategy.
Answer
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Product mix
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533. _____________ are business customers who purchase products primarily to run the organization.
Institutions
Manufacturers
Industrial markets
None of these
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Institutions
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534. ________ is often the most difficult but most critical step in the research process.
Developing the research plan
Determining a research approach
Interpreting and reporting the findings
Engaging in secondary research
Answer
Correct Answer:
Developing the research plan
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535. A(n) ________ exports products on behalf of an indirect exporter.
Local distributor
Subsidiary
Sales representative
Export management compan
Answer
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Export management compan
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536. ________ are negative internal factors that inhibit the accomplishment of a firm's objectives.
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Answer
Correct Answer:
Weaknesses
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537. _____ in countries can distort media choice by changing the cost ratios of various media.
Advertising taxation
Language
Power distance
Cultural traits
Dialect
Answer
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Advertising taxation
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538. A(n) __________ is a small group of people brought together for an intensive discussion of a topic.
Focus group
Surveys or experiments.
Panel data
All of this
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Focus group
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539. Home nations discourage foreign direct investment outflows because it ________.
Replaces jobs in the home nation
Tends to increase the long term competitiveness of firms
Cultural motive
Balance of payments
Answer
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Replaces jobs in the home nation
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540. You can be jailed up to six months and fined up to $1,000 if you _________________.
Are convicted of being a habitual truant from school
Abandon or dump an animal on the road
Drive faster than the posted speed limit
None of the above
Answer
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Abandon or dump an animal on the road
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541. When teams have a high degree of dependence on outsiders, _____ is the best team strategy.
Probing
Informing
Liquidating
Soliciting
Parading
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542. When stock prices decline steadily, investors refer to the market as a ________ market.
Bear
Bull
Dog
Lion
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543. The ________ tier acts as the intermediary between the client applications and the database.
Presentation
Business
Logical
Middleware
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544. One key role marketing plays in a company's strategic planning is to __________.
Defining the company's mission
Designing new products from scratch
Designing strategies for reaching a unit's objective
Providing a guiding philosophy
Answer
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Providing a guiding philosophy
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545. In the context of balance sheets, patents, trademarks, and copyrights are examples of _____.
Intangible assets
Adverse
Inventory turnover ratio
None of these
Answer
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Intangible assets
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546. _________ represent a powerful force in the buying and selling of corporate securities.
Venture capital firms
Mutual banks
Institutional investors
Private shareholders
Answer
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Institutional investors
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547. _____ auctions are the most common auction model for large purchases.
Forwardb
Staticc
Reversed
Physicale
Simple
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548. Retaliation against employees that report misconduct is a problem in _____ cultures.
Diverse
Strong ethical
Weak ethical
Voluntary
Answer
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Weak ethical
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549. _____ is the offering of something of value in order to gain an illicit advantage.
Shoulder surfing
Hacking
Gift exchange
Conflicts of interest
Answer
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Shoulder surfing
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550. Customers and clients will have __________ in the outcome of the disaster recovery.
An important role.
A direct interest.
No interest.
No effect.
Answer
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A direct interest.
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551. Each additional advertisement increases customer awareness by _____________the first.
The same amount as
A lesser amount than
A greater amount than
None of these
Answer
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A lesser amount than
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552. Depicting items in contrasting colors, shapes, or sizes ______________.
Emphasizes differences
Confuses audiences
Highlights similarities
Imposes visual parallelism
Answer
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Emphasizes differences
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553. Due to increasing consumer demand, many television networks are creating ____ of their shows.
Podcasts
Wikis
Virtual realities
Digital characters
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554. A(n) _____ strategy indicates how a division intends to compete against its rivals in an industry.
Corporate-level
Business-level
Functional-level
All of these
Answer
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Business-level
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555. A(n) ________ organization consolidates decision making in the hands of a few people.
Horizontal
Flat
Circular
Vertical
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556. In the perceptual process, ____ is the process of noticing or becoming aware of particular stimuli.
Analysis
Retention
Attention
Perception
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Attention
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557. In the perceptual process, ____ is the process of attaching meaning to new knowledge.
Attention
Organization
Interpretation
Definitione
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Interpretation
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558. A disadvantage of electronic data interchange (edi) is that it ________.
The bridges between modules can be fragile
Improves supply chain performance
Tends to lock partners into their relationship
A common architecture overlays the systems to improve consistency across the modules
Answer
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Tends to lock partners into their relationship
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559. A network organization is an emerging business structure in which ________ collaborate.
A group of companies
Undertake aggressive sales tactics to
Procurement exchange
How other teams in his company were created
Answer
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A group of companies
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560. Dividing the market by purchase behaviors that have been observed is ________ segmentation.
Behavioral
Psychographic
Demographic
Geographic
Answer
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Behavioral
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561. A high-high leader in the ohio state studies achieved the highest ratings with respect to ________.
Employee performance only
Employee performance for routine tasks only
Employee satisfaction only
Both employee performance and satisfaction
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Both employee performance and satisfaction
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562. According to mcgregor, howie's views of his employees suggest he is a ____________ manager.
Theory A
Theory J
Theory X
Theory Y.
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563. The notable advantage to investing in ________ is diversification.
Municipal bonds.
Mutual funds.
Blue chip stocks.
T-bills.
Answer
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Mutual funds.
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564. For communication to be successful, meaning must be imparted and ________.
Received by the other person
Acknowledged by the receiver
Feedback must be sent back to the sender
Understood by the receiver
Answer
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Understood by the receiver
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565. In a large corporation, shareholder responsibilities include ________.
Making major business and financing decisions
Authorizing the issuance of stock
Electing corporate officers
Electing a board of directors
Answer
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Electing a board of directors
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566. Maslow's work has had an impact on the field of ________.
Music
Management
Sports
Pizza delivery
Answer
Correct Answer:
Management
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567. Maslow's theory is a hierarchy because ________.
Only when they are forced
Needs are satisfied sequentially
Fear of losing their job
Want to control their own destiny
Answer
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Needs are satisfied sequentially
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568. The glass ceiling is most closely associated with ____.
Ethnic
Racial
Gender discrimination
All of these
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All of these
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569. The gis coordination dimension requires a(n) ____ architecture for data.
Open
Decentralized
Autocratic
Centralized
Answer
Correct Answer:
Decentralized
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570. The three principles that characterize tqm are continuous improvement, teamwork, and ____.
Results-driven change
Vision-driven change
Customer focus and satisfaction
None of these
Answer
Correct Answer:
Customer focus and satisfaction
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571. For small businesses, the internet tends to blur ____ boundaries.
Industry
Geographic
Skill-dependent
Technological
Answer
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Geographic
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572. An effective feedforward strategy for dealing with employee theft is ________.
Screen workers before they are hired
Openly state the real costs of stealing
Have managers set good examples
Hire professional investigators
Answer
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Screen workers before they are hired
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573. Jargon can be very useful for communication ________.
Within a specialized, close-knit group
Between people who speak different languages
Outside of a specialized, close-knit group
Between males and females
Answer
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Within a specialized, close-knit group
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574. A global company reflects the ________.
Polycentric attitude
Geocentric attitude
Ethnocentric attitude
Regiocentric attitude
Answer
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Ethnocentric attitude
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575. A disadvantage of a written essay for employee appraisal is that it tends to be biased by ________.
The prejudice of the evaluator
Friendship between the employee and the evaluator
The writing skill of the evaluator
The writing skill of the employee
Answer
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The writing skill of the evaluator
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576. In most cases, organizations that have managers who behave ethically tend to have ________.
More productive employees
More ethical employees
Less ethical employees
Employees who are no more or less ethical than average
Answer
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More ethical employees
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577. In microsoft visual basic, use the ____ statement to create a string variable.
Var
Decl
Declare
Dim
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578. Products like brandwatch and ubervu are used by companies to ________.
Create apps for mobile devices
Generate automatic Tweets
Detect crowdsource opportunities
Perform social media monitoring
Answer
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Perform social media monitoring
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579. Job analysis is most important because managers use it to ________.
Apply talent management
Support all HRM activities
Comply with ADA requirements
Provide employment data to the government
Answer
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Support all HRM activities
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580. A dishwasher is an example of a(n) ________ good.
Convenience.
Shopping.
Specialty.
Unsought
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Shopping.
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581. _____ encourage employees to behave in a socially responsible manner.
Stakeholder claims
Conflicting interpersonal relations
Tougher selection processes
Ethical organizational cultures
Answer
Correct Answer:
Ethical organizational cultures
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582. Organizations that promote a spiritual culture ________.
Use stories for transmitting the organizational culture to the employees.
Use wide spans of control.
Recognize that people seek to find meaning and purpose in their work.
De-emphasize community differences within the organization.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Recognize that people seek to find meaning and purpose in their work.
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583. A typical industry analysis includes the ________.
Experience and qualifications of the researcher
Structure of the wholesale and retail distribution networks
Accurate forecast of unforeseen political changes in the country
History of currency fluctuations
Answer
Correct Answer:
Structure of the wholesale and retail distribution networks
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584. __________ unemployment results when the demand for labor varies during the year.
Frictional
Structural
Cyclical
Seasonal
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585. Owning ten stocks rather than two illustrates the concept of ________.
Asset allocation.
The risk return relationship.
Diversification.
None of these
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Diversification.
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586. Sole proprietorships make up over _____ of all businesses
60 percent
90 percent
70 percent
80 percent
Answer
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70 percent
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587. Job-based employees are characterized by _____.
High value and high uniqueness
High value and low uniqueness
Low value and low uniqueness
Low value and high uniqueness
Answer
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High value and high uniqueness
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588. In the _____, an organization uses e-commerce sites to sell digital products and services.
Brokerage model
Infomediary model
Mixed model
Subscription model
Answer
Correct Answer:
Subscription model
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589. When a business fails or does not make a profit, _______ have the most to lose.
TRUE
Owners
Computers
Take risks.
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590. At the first four levels of the need hierarchy, people are motivated by __________.
Deficiency
Perfume
Toothpaste
Cigars
Answer
Correct Answer:
Deficiency
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591. ___________ would not be a good product for using gender segmentation.
Nail polish
Perfume
Toothpaste
Cigars
Pregnancy tests
Answer
Correct Answer:
Toothpaste
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592. __________ shows the profitability of selling a product to a customer.
American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)
Customer lifetime value (CLV)
Customer profitability analysis (CPA
Answer
Correct Answer:
Customer profitability analysis (CPA
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593. __________ pricing tactics lower the price of a product below cost.
Fixed
Zone
Regular
Loss leader
Answer
Correct Answer:
Loss leader
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594. A ________ is a full-scale operating model of the product or service.
Prototype
Fixed
Zone
Regular
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Prototype
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595. A common criticism of the marketing system is that intermediaries ________.
Are too few in number
Mark up prices beyond the value of their services
Provide only essential services
Undervalue their service costs
Are overly protective of manufacturers' interests
Answer
Correct Answer:
Mark up prices beyond the value of their services
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596. A ________________ is a prediction of what a business's sales will be in the future?
SWOT analysis
Forecast
Market share report
Pro-forma production request
Prediction
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597. A ______ summarizes what the holder of the job does and how and why he or she does it.
Ob specification
Realistic job preview
Job description
Job analysis
Performance appraisal
Answer
Correct Answer:
Job description
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598. A _____ change is related to the organization production process.
New product
Technological
Structural
Culture/people
Answer
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Technological
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599. _______________ is the tendency for highly cohesive teams to lose their evaluative capabilities.
Decision avoidance
Communication drift
Centralized communication
Groupthink
Answer
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Groupthink
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600. _____________ is when a business uses one brand name to cover a variety of products?
Family branding
Private branding.
Rubber branding.
Generic branding
Individual product branding
Answer
Correct Answer:
Family branding
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601. ____________ is the biggest hurdle to overcome in a pay-for-performance plan.
Coping with inflation.
Family branding
Private branding.
Rubber branding
Answer
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Coping with inflation.
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602. __________ is the physical arrangement of resources in the production process.
Facility Layout
Product Layout
Fixed-Position Layout
Process Layout
Answer
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Facility Layout
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603. As the number of employees in an organization grows, structure tends to become more ________.
Specialized
Informal
Centralized
Relaxed
Answer
Correct Answer:
Specialized
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604. _____ are the broad statements of where the organization wants to be in the future.
Strategic goals
Tactical goals
Tactical plans
Operational goals
Answer
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Strategic goals
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605. In the chain of command, each person above you ________.
Has special privileges
Receives higher pay
Has line authority
Has no right to give you orders
Answer
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Has line authority
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606. A manager must ensure fairness and __________ in considering a promotion of an employee.
Safety
Openness
Nondiscrimination
Profitability
Permanence
Answer
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Nondiscrimination
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607. Alderfer referred to the needs for physical well being as _____ needs.
Physiological
Existence
Belongingness
Relatedness
Growth
Answer
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Existence
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608. In the context of motivation, persistence refers to __________.
The length of time a person sticks with a given action
The amount of effort a person puts forth
An individual's choice when presented with a number of possible alternatives
The different needs that an individual is trying to satisfy
The consequences of an individual's behavior
Answer
Correct Answer:
The length of time a person sticks with a given action
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609. Individual behavior in organizations includes ________.
Attitudes, learning, and motivation
Policies and procedures
Strategies, norms, and roles
Structure, culture, and team building
Answer
Correct Answer:
Attitudes, learning, and motivation
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610. Charismatic leaders can be most distinguished by their __________ skills.
Organization
Communication
Critical thinking
Management
Problem solving
Answer
Correct Answer:
Communication
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611. In the selection process managers use the ______________ tool.
Recruiting
Training
References
Orientation
Answer
Correct Answer:
References
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612. For options-based planning to work, the organization must _____.
Have slack resources
Inaccurate perceptions
Subjective perceptions
None of these
Answer
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Have slack resources
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613. All decisions and actions of managers are based on their _____.
Inaccurate perceptions
Subjective perceptions
None of the above
Answer
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Subjective perceptions
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614. Without appropriate ____, the leader can rarely influence the actions of group members.
Performance feedback
Vision formulation
Customer focus
Risk taking and a bias for action
Answer
Correct Answer:
Performance feedback
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615. When evaluating the assets of an existing business, the inventory ________.
Is always current and salable
Usually appreciates over time, making the business a bargain
Should be judged on the basis of its market value, not its book value
Is usually stated honestly and does not need an independent audit
Answer
Correct Answer:
Should be judged on the basis of its market value, not its book value
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616. There are two types of disruptive business models - ________ and ________.
Low-end; high-end
New-product; new-market
New-market; low-end
New-channel; high-quality
Standard; unique
Answer
Correct Answer:
Low-end; high-end
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617. The purpose of multifunctional teams is to ____.
Allow organizations to concentrate on their internal environments and ignore the external environments until they have completed the brainstorming process
Were primarily used by dot-coms and are no longer popular
Speed innovation through early identification of new ideas or problems that would typically not have been generated until much later
Do not typically use milestones because of group cohesiveness
Replace organizational structures on a typical organizational chart
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Speed innovation through early identification of new ideas or problems that would typically not have been generated until much later
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618. The key to sustaining competitive advantage is ____.
Faster computers with more memory
Using information technology to continuously improve and support the core functions of a business
The Internet
The ability of the managers to delegate
How important the company's culture perceives conceptual skills
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Using information technology to continuously improve and support the core functions of a business
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619. The hawthorne studies showed how _____ can influence work.
Organizational codes of ethics
Workers' feelings
Work quotas
Merit-based promotions
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Workers' feelings
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620. The degree of change and complexity in an organization's environment is referred to as ________.
Strategic fit.
Strategic issues.
Scenarios.
Environmental uncertainty.
Strategic factors
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Environmental uncertainty.
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621. The control management function ensures that ________ in an organization.
Goals are set.
Goals are met.
Plans are made.
Plans are realistic
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Goals are met.
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622. The basic model of ethical decision making ____
Act
Identify the constituents
Act on the situation
None of these
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623. Some people believe that creativity is ________, while others think that creativity ________.
Quickly and easily learned; is slowly learned
A genuine quality; does not really exist
Inborn; can be learned
Learned; is forgotten after childhood
Answer
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Inborn; can be learned
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624. Societies with a high assertiveness rating would tend to be ________.
Passive
Uncertain
Competitive
Excessively
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Competitive
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625. Pricing is the tactic or activity being used by uber to achieve its ________ goal.
Operational
Strategic
Routine
Executive
Comprehensive
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Strategic
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626. Planning is often called the primary management function because _____________.
It establishes the basis for all the other things managers do
First-level supervisors make the plans
senior-level managers make the overall plan for the whole organization
It is concerned first with means then with ends
It happens first
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It establishes the basis for all the other things managers do
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627. Planning gives organizations direction that primarily helps them ________.
Improve teamwork and coordinate activities
Improve their image in the business community
Improve morale of middle managers
Improve morale of all employees
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Improve teamwork and coordinate activities
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628. Operational planning is done by _____ managers.
High level
Lower level
Subordinates
Workers
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Lower level
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629. One section of the business plan that is often neglected is the ________.
Opportunity Analysis and Research
Management and Operations
Financial Projections
Marketing Plan
Executive Summary
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Opportunity Analysis and Research
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630. One result of effectively managing diversity is a(n) _____.
Reduction in turnover rates
Operational plans
Tactical Plans
Standing plans
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Reduction in turnover rates
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631. Management by objectives (mbo) is a management technique often used to develop and carry out ____.
Operational plans
Tactical Plans
Standing plans
Alternating plans
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Tactical Plans
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632. Managed services contractors have about ________ of the business and industry market
60%
70%
80%
90
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633. Make sure your business is run in an ethical manner by ________.
Keeping accurate records and using financial controls
Never taking company profits just to pay yourself
Creating an advisory board
All of the above
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All of the above
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634. In a(n) ________ organization, authority is centralized and rules are clearly specified.
Matrix.
Mechanistic.
Functional.
Divisional
Organic
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Mechanistic.
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635. In a manufacturing firm's supply chain, raw materials flow from suppliers to _____.
Manufacturers
Suppliers
Decentralization
Centralization
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Manufacturers
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636. In a highly integrated organization, the specialists work together to achieve ____.
Decentralization
Centralization
Assimilation
A common goal
Differentiation
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A common goal
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637. In a high context culture, such as italy, one would expect to find __________.
High uncertainty avoidance
Decentralization
Centralization
Assimilation
A common goal
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High uncertainty avoidance
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638. Groups made up of employees connected by some common dimension of diversity are known as ________.
Employee work councils
Employee Resource Groups
Goals describe financial objectives, and plans describe objectives related to social responsibility
Goals are important only for small companies, and plans are important only for large companies
Goals are desired outcomes, and plans describe how those outcomes will be accomplished
Answer
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Employee Resource Groups
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639. Goal displacement, satisficing, and groupthink are ____.
Advantages of group decision making
Disadvantage of individual decision making
Disadvantage of group decision making
Problems with synergy
A normal aspect of all groups
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Disadvantage of group decision making
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640. For managers, the importance of maslow's contribution is that he showed that workers _____.
Have needs beyond that of just earning a paycheck
Perform the same work as the people they manage but earn more money
Are typically involved with producing the organization's products or providing its service
Are at the top of the organizational chart
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Have needs beyond that of just earning a paycheck
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641. First-line managers are typically those who ________.
Perform the same work as the people they manage but earn more money
Are typically involved with producing the organization's products or providing its service
Are at the top of the organizational chart
Are the first persons new hires meet
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Are typically involved with producing the organization's products or providing its service
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642. Feedback can lead to stronger motivation and effort if it _____
Allows managers to offer criticism without seeming to do so.
Encourages employees to set higher, more difficult goals after the initial goals are accomplished.
Creates a direct relationship between goal congruity and higher-level needs
Does all of these.
Supports a country club style of management, which offers more freedom of action
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Encourages employees to set higher, more difficult goals after the initial goals are accomplished.
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643. Ethical dilemmas can involve all of the following except _______.
Using child labor in the production of goods
Outsourcing the bulk of jobs to workers overseas
Educating employees about the firm's credo
Using deceptive advertising to promote products
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Educating employees about the firm's credo
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644. Employees resist change for all the following reasons except _____
Faith in change agent intentions
Using child labor in the production of goods
Outsourcing the bulk of jobs to workers overseas
Educating employees about the firm's credo
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Faith in change agent intentions
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645. Employees are likely to see an adaptive change as __________.
Highly threatening.
Moderately threatening.
Somewhat threatening.
Least threatening.
Totally unacceptable
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Least threatening.
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646. Employee inventories and skills inventories are strategies for __________________.
Human resource planning
Coordinated Effort
Unity of Command
Division of Labor
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Human resource planning
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647. Early research on leadership traits ________
Sought to prove that charisma was an essential trait of leadership
Focused on behavioral traits rather than physical traits of a leader
Found consistent and unique traits that would apply to all effective leaders
Focused on characteristics that might differentiate leaders from nonleaders
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Focused on characteristics that might differentiate leaders from nonleaders
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648. Dysfunctional conflict is sometimes called ________ conflict.
Negative
Irregular
Destructive
Aggressive
Apathetic
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649. During the performing stage of team development, the group answers the question _____
Can we agree on roles and work as a team?
Why are we here?
Why are we fighting?
Can we do the job properly?
Who's in charge?
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Can we do the job properly?
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650. During the _____ stage of the problem solving process, you select a course of action.
Intelligence
Choice
Implementation
Design
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651. During the _____ stage of team development, the major emphasis is on task accomplishment.
Forming
Performing
Achieving
Norming
Storming
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Performing
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652. Diversity helps companies grow by ____.
Avoiding conflict between employee groups
Preventing discrimination
Improving marketplace understanding
Complying with federal law
Creating a homogeneous workplace
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Improving marketplace understanding
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653. Decisions that are highly __________ tend to have the least need for collaboration.
Structured
Managerial
Unstructured
Strategic
Broad in scope
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Structured
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654. Contingency theory is concerned with ______ and _______.
Styles; Situations
Traits; Situations
Leaders; Followers
Leadership; Situations
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Styles; Situations
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655. Companies use secondary data, personal experience, and word of mouth to ________.
Estimate competitors' reactions
Learn about their competitors' strengths and weaknesses
Select competitors to attack or avoid
Identify competitors' target locations
Identify competitors' target customers
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Learn about their competitors' strengths and weaknesses
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656. China is considered to have a(n) ________ culture.
Ambivalent
medium-context
high-context
low-context
Indifferent
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high-context
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657. Capital required to compete in an industry determines ________
Bargaining power of buyers
Bargaining power of suppliers
Threat of substitutes
Threat of new entrants
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Threat of new entrants
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658. Boring, tedious jobs generally reduce people's perceptions of their _____.
Self-esteem
Level of extroversion
Tolerance for pain
Self-efficacy
Anxiety
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Self-efficacy
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659. Being profitable relates to the _____ dimension of social responsibility.
Corporate citizenship
Voluntary
Ethical
The right to choose ensures that
Economic
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660. At the upper-management level in an organization, ______.
Technical skills are not important
Human skills are not important
Technical skills are more important than conceptual skills
Technical skills are less important than human skills
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Technical skills are less important than human skills
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661. Asset-based borrowing permits small businesses ________.
To obtain loans more easily but with less borrowing power than using unsecured lines of credit
To borrow up to 100 percent of the value of their inventory or their accounts receivable for the money they need for long-term goals
Access to a source of funds ideally suited for long-term financing needs
To use normally unproductive assets such as accounts receivable and inventory
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To use normally unproductive assets such as accounts receivable and inventory
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662. An innovative organization needs to tolerate risk because employees ________ the creative process.
Being in physical danger is part of
Being in physical danger is not part of
Making mistakes is not part of
Making mistakes is part of
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Making mistakes is part of
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663. An effective decision making process should include _____.
Discussion of unrealistic decisions
A team building exercise
Consideration of unlikely outcomes
An evaluation of available resources
All of the above
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An evaluation of available resources
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664. An appraisal that is based on facts and is likely to be numerical is a(n) ________ appraisal.
Trait-based
Behaviour-based
Objective
Grading
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Objective
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665. All of the following except _____ require periodically re-earning the added pay.
Cost-of-living increases
Success sharing plan
Lump-sum bonus
Profit-sharing plan
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Cost-of-living increases
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666. All of the following are major perspectives of the balanced scorecard except _____.
Financial
Customers
Learning and growth
Internal business processes
Competitors
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Competitors
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667. According to the textbook, the five forces model can be used in the following two ways: ________.
First, to help a firm determine whether it should enter an industry in an aggressive or a conservative manner, and second, to help a firm determine whether to compete in international markets in that industry.
First, to help a firm determine if it should enter a single or multiple niches in an industry, and second, to help a firm determine whether it can be competitive in that industry
First, to help a firm determine what industry it is best equipped to compete in, and second, to help a firm determine whether to compete in international markets in that industry
First, to help a firm determine what niche to enter within an industry, and second, to help a firm determine whether it can be competitive in that industry
First, to help a firm determine whether it should enter a particular industry, and second, to help a firm discern whether it can carve out an attractive position in that industry
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First, to help a firm determine whether it should enter a particular industry, and second, to help a firm discern whether it can carve out an attractive position in that industry
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668. Absenteeism, substance abuse, and poor job performance are _______ consequences to stress.
Psychological
Emotional
Physiological
Behavioral
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Behavioral
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669. A(n) ________ structure creates a division with a manager for international activities.
International division
Organizational
Designing
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International division
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670. A traditional "top down" organization is ________ organization.
A largely centralized
A largely decentralized
An absolutely decentralized
An absolutely centralized
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A largely centralized
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671. A product layout is most likely to be used in a(n) _______________ assembly.
Jet aircraft
Automobile
Gas turbine
Custom furniture
Mainframe computer
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Automobile
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672. A key ingredient to setting prices properly is to understand a company's ________.
Target market
Cost structure
Most aggressive price competitor
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Target market
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673. A functional team is also referred to as a(n) _____.
Special purpose team
Interorganizational team
Task force
Command team
Horizontal team
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Command team
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674. A corporation has a __________.
Governing body that has ultimate responsibility for decisions made in the organization
Correct performance problems
Structure an organisation
Formulate strategies
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Governing body that has ultimate responsibility for decisions made in the organization
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675. A _______ relationship exists between an employee and a supervisor.
Past
Vertical
Horizontal
Family
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676. ________ is increasing the pace of both cultural diffusion and cultural change.
Collectivism
Enculturation
Fundamentalism
Globalization
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Globalization
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677. _______ costs are those costs that increase as the level of production increases.
Fixed
Mixed
Variable
Uncontrollable
Indirect
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678. _____ is the process used to get workers and managers to change their behaviors and work practices.
Change intervention
Generational change
Dominant design
None
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Change intervention
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679. _____ is the first activity involved in a typical business-to-consumer (b2c) cycle.
Fulfillment
Information sharing
Ordering
Payment
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Information sharing
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680. _____ is primarily responsible for operational goals/plans.
Board of directors
Consultants
Top management
Lower management
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Lower management
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681. _____ is not a type of current problem that organizational development can help address.
Diversification
Technology
Team building
Product change
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Diversification
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682. All of the following are necessary for successful team structure except ________.
Well-trained team members
Team members with cross-functional skills
Team members with years of management experience
A fair and well-run team-based pay plan
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Team members with years of management experience
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683. A job description is best defined as ______.
The organization's framework for AA compliance
The organization's indicator of tasks, duties, and responsibilities required for each job
The organizations principle job training tool
The organization's performance appraisal instrument
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The organization's indicator of tasks, duties, and responsibilities required for each job
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684. A mission statement includes identification of an organization's ________.
Strengths and weaknesses
Purpose and basic philosophy
Assets and resources
Resources and strengths
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Purpose and basic philosophy
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685. A manager's use of _______________ power can harm another person within the organization.
Legitimate
Reward
Referent
Coercive
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686. A manager who wants to give his team the highest amount of autonomy should select _____.
Self-managing teams
Semi-autonomous work groups
Self-designing teams
Reciprocal work teams
Employee involvement teams
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Self-designing teams
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687. For workers to truly accept organizational goals, the workers must ____.
Respond to an autocratic management style
Trust management
Not require any more training in order to achieve the goal
Operate outside the organizational communication channel
Do none of these
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Trust management
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688. _____ are responsible for the creation of tactical plans.
Chief financial officers
First-level managers
Middle managers
Chief operating officers
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Middle managers
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689. Companies need to excel at managing ____ in order to successfully manage innovation streams.
The sources of innovation
Innovation during synergistic change
Reciprocity
Environmental design issue
Behavioral formality
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The sources of innovation
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690. Citizenship has three dimensions. legal citizenship is defined as ______.
Being well informed of issues important to your community
Being the legal resident of a particular place
Being an active member of the community
None of the above
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Being the legal resident of a particular place
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691. Ceramics were first created __________________
For urns to hold the remains of the ancient Greek rulers
As a trade materials used by ancient rulers in peace agreements
As a form of art in ancient societies, which displayed advanced culture and richness
For functional uses such as, holding water or to carry grains
Answer
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For functional uses such as, holding water or to carry grains
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692. Broad beliefs about what is appropriate behavior are called __________.
Values
Terminal values
Instrumental values
Utilitarian view
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693. After you start your vehicle, ensure that the ___________ are off.
Audio warnings
Warning lights
Headlights
Auto locks
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Warning lights
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694. A(n) ____ folder is the location where you want to move or copy a file.
End
Destination
Target
Personal
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Destination
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695. A swot analysis is _____.
Internal focus and values flexibility
Optimal structures of accountability and responsibility to execute its strategies
A graph of decisions and their possible consequences
A search for the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats affecting an organization
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A search for the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats affecting an organization
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696. A manager's job focuses on ________.
He importance of his technical skills is reduced
The impact of her department's waste on the environment
Helping others accomplish their work goals
Efficient but ineffective
Answer
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Helping others accomplish their work goals
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697. A manager who takes very little time to make a decision probably has the trait of ________.
High self-esteem
External locus of control
Low self-monitoring
High risk-taking
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High risk-taking
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698. A major part of the controlling function of management is to ________.
Formulate strategies
Set standards
Correct performance problems
None of these
Answer
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Correct performance problems
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699. ______ has been associated with success for managers and salespeople.
Extroversion
Agreeableness
Openness to experience
Emotional stability
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Extroversion
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700. ____ provide(s) an employee more control over his or her work situation.
Job enlargement
Job rotation
Job characteristics
Job enrichment
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Job enrichment
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701. _____ can be another term used for a goal.
Objective
Task
Vision
None of these
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Objective
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702. A _____ is all the products offered by an organization.
Risk
Pull
Mix
Intensive
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703. Budgets are an example of ____ planning.
Strategic
Tactical
Operational
Actionable
Single-use
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Operational
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704. A statement of what is to be accomplished through marketing activities is called _____.
A marketing objective
A marketing technique
Scenario planning
Portfolio matrix
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A marketing objective
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705. A competitor analysis should be included in the ________ section of a business plan.
Market analysis
Industry analysis
Company description
Management team and company structure
Operations plan
Answer
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Market analysis
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706. A ____ is a target, objective, or result.
Motivational drive
Goal
Mission
Need
Vision
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707. ________ are a set of activities an organization performs in order to reach their business goals.
Making decisions
Business principles
Business processes
Automating work
Estimation
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Business processes
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708. Advertising, personal selling, coupons, and sweepstakes are forms of _____.
Finance
Promotion
Production
Fund raising
Social responsibility
Answer
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Promotion
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709. _____ refers to borrowing money that has to be repaid in order to start a business.
Venture capital
Debt financing
Equity financing
None of these
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Debt financing
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710. Another name for a database server-side extension program is _____.
A database application server
A web server
Web-to-database middleware
A web application middleware
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Web-to-database middleware
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711. The first step in creativity involves ________.
Unfreezing the status quo
Demands, constraints, and opportunities
Have jobs that match their abilities
Seeing things from a unique perspective
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Seeing things from a unique perspective
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712. Setting goals definitely seems to ________.
Increase performance and motivation
Increase motivation but not performance
Decrease performance but increase motivation
Decrease motivation and performance
Answer
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Increase performance and motivation
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713. Organizational ____ is the successful implementation of creative ideas in organizations.
Deployment
Change
Innovation
Development
Creativity
Answer
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Innovation
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714. Grilled cheese is the perfect ________ to my tomato soup.
Complement
Compliment
Complicit
None of these
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Complement
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715. Goals are different from plans because ________.
Goals identify specific steps that the organization needs to achieve, and plans identify the overall mission of the organization
Goals describe financial objectives, and plans describe objectives related to social responsibility
Goals are important only for small companies, and plans are important only for large companies
Goals are desired outcomes, and plans describe how those outcomes will be accomplished
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Goals are desired outcomes, and plans describe how those outcomes will be accomplished
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716. A problem associated with traditional goal setting is that ________.
The narrowly defined goals inhibit a manager's ability to interpret them
The high degree of reliance on employees for developing goals is not suited to many situations
Clarity is lost as the goals make their way down from the top of the organization to lower levels
It promotes the growth of a flatter organizational structure and threatens organizational efficiency
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Clarity is lost as the goals make their way down from the top of the organization to lower levels
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717. _____ involves semistructured decisions.
Record keeping
Budget preparation
Hiring and firing
Research and development
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Budget preparation
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718. During the implementation phase of the systems development life cycle (sdlc), _____.
Parallel
Phased-in-phased-out
Plunge
Pilot
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Phased-in-phased-out
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719. A _____ stores information on a customer's computer.
Server-side digital wallet
Client-side digital wallet
Hardware-based digital wallet
Mobile-based digital wallet
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Server-side digital wallet
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720. If a trait theory of leadership were true, then all leaders would possess ________.
Charisma
The same traits
Different traits
Seven traits
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The same traits
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721. Because leading is one of the four basic managerial functions, ________ leaders.
All managers are
All managers should be
Some managers are
Some managers should be
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All managers should be
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722. ____ is the perceived degree to which outcomes and rewards are fairly distributed or allocated.
Procedural justice
Distributive justice
Equity
Postconventional perception
Process objectivity
Answer
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Distributive justice
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723. In microsoft access, the ____ function displays a value in lowercase letters.
REGULAR
LOWER
LCASE
SMALL
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724. Secure sockets layer is also known as ________.
Advanced Persistent Threat Layer
Transport Layer Security
Presentation Interface Layer
Network Interface Layer Security
Media Access Security
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Transport Layer Security
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725. To create successful new products, a company must _______.
Focus their new product development efforts only on consumers
Spend more on R&D that its competitors
Understand its consumers, markets, and competitors and develop products that deliver superior value
Cut costs to keep the price of new products low
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Understand its consumers, markets, and competitors and develop products that deliver superior value
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726. Your _______ should furnish enough money to live on, in an emergency, for six months.
Savings
Interest
Investments
None of these
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727. Where no specific standards apply to a workplace situation, employers must follow the ____________.
OSHA Law
Regulation 1926
General Duty Clause
1910 Clause
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728. When you buy a ____ , you are loaning money to an organization. a
Bond
Company's stock
Fund
None of these
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729. When workers make fewer mistakes and do better work, it reduces ______.
Management and waste
Waste and rework
Rework and Innovation
Innovation and Management
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Waste and rework
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730. When using a self-managed team, a manager should _____.
Provide elaborate retreats for team discussions
Control the team’s staffing and scheduling
Offer lucrative individual bonuses
Allow members to hire their own coworkers
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Allow members to hire their own coworkers
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731. Through equity financing, stockholders become _________ of the firm.
Creditors
Employees
Suppliers
Owners
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732. The overriding goal of a control system is to enable the __________ and __________ of the business.
Improvement, diversification
Process, development
Survival, long-term success
Invention, entrepreneurship
Answer
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Survival, long-term success
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733. The jurisdiction receiving mutual aid can ____________ resources if they do not meet its needs
Decline
Incline
Equalize
None of these
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734. The easiest way to convert your paper files into electronic files is by _______.
Using an electronic scanner
Typing each document by hand
Taking a digital picture of each document
Reading documents into a digital recorder
Answer
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Using an electronic scanner
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735. The best way to convince employers of your skills and abilities is to _____.
Provide a written list, such as in your resume
Offer proof by example in answering interview questions
Have the employer contact your references
None of the above
Answer
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Provide a written list, such as in your resume
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736. The annual percentage rate on a credit card determines _______.
The amount of interest you are charged on credit card purchases
The amount your credit limit can go up within a year
How many credit cards you can own
None of the above
Answer
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The amount of interest you are charged on credit card purchases
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737. The _________________ budget constraint shows the tradeoff between present and future consumption.
Inflation
Utility Maximizing
Intertemporal choice
Time-value of money
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Intertemporal choice
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738. Products that can carry the energy star logo include _______.
Appliances
Electronics
Lights
All of these
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All of these
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739. If a person attempts to read their e-mail while they are riding the bus, they are _______.
Combining tasks
Multitasking
Sequential tasking
None of these
Answer
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Combining tasks
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740. Frito-lay production personnel obtain a sample every ______ minutes.
30
40
45
50
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741. Bachelors degrees are typically earned in _____.
1-2 years
2-3 years
3-4 years
4-5 years
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3-4 years
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742. A lifelong learner is committed to ________.
Purely academic/theoretical learning
Purely applied/skills learning
Both theoretical and applied learning
None of these
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Both theoretical and applied learning
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743. The change brought about by online competition from amazon and walmart are examples of _____
Changing customer preferences
Changing buyer preferences
Both
None of these
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Changing customer preferences
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744. A litmus test for profitability is ________.
The economics of one unit (EOU)
Net profit
The business model
The business plan
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The economics of one unit (EOU)
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745. A forecast is a(n) _____.
Glimpse of what just happened
Execution of strategy and making adjustments
Projection for the future
Analysis of the past
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Projection for the future
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746. Mbo emphasizes goals that are ________.
Tangible, verifiable, and measurable
Achievable, controllable, and profitable
Inspirational, verifiable, and creative
Tangible, rewarding, and assigned
Answer
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Tangible, verifiable, and measurable
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747. _____ is an operational requirement for a global information system (gis).
Global data access
Management of global tax risk
Management of political conflicts
Strategic planning support
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Global data access
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748. High-performance work practices include all of the following except ________.
Self-managed teams
Flexible job assignments
Extensive employee involvement
Performance-based compensation
Centralized decision making
Answer
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Centralized decision making
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749. Dss and mis are also referred to as ________ systems.
Business information systems.
Business intelligence systems.
Executive support systems.
Business model systems
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Business intelligence systems.
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750. A _____ is a voluntary agreement between two or more people to jointly own a business.
General partnership
Balance sheet
Partnership
Corporation
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Partnership
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751. In general, the best persuasive messages ________ the audience's potential resistance.
Avoid mentioning
Downplay
Anticipate and address
Dismiss
Lampoon
Answer
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Anticipate and address
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752. When making a routine request, the body of your message should ________.
Put your most important request at the end
Explain and justify your request
Address multiple topics in one question
Offer apologies for any inconvenience caused
Include information about how you can be reached
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Explain and justify your request
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753. Abstract reasoning is the ability to ________.
Work with others when performing tasks
Make and manipulate models
Act quickly on a problem
Perform routine tasks
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Make and manipulate models
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754. The most successful early trait theories focused on ________.
Traits of famous leaders
Traits of followers
Traits associated with leadership
Traits with distinguish leaders from nonleaders
Answer
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Traits associated with leadership
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755. Early leadership trait research looked to find characteristics that might ________.
Distinguish ordinary leaders from great leaders
Define charisma
Identify the physical traits of leaders
Differentiate leaders from non leaders
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Differentiate leaders from non leaders
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756. A _____ is a subset of objects taken from the _____.
Population; sample
Cluster; strata
Sample; population
Sample space; experiment
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Sample; population
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757. A "company newsletter" is an example of ____________.
Media relations
Sponsorship
Corporate identity
Internal PR
Publicity
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Publicity
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758. A ________ prevents a brand from becoming generic and public property.
Private brand
Trademark
Brand extension
Knockoff
License
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Trademark
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759. A ________ is what a customer gains from the product or service feature.
Company history
Benefit
Capacity.
Executive summary
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760. In bpmn notation, a solid line with an arrow on one end represents a(n) ________.
Information flow
Process flow
Data flow
Sequence flow
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Sequence flow
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761. An organization that rewards its team members through gainsharing is ____.
All of these are reasons why teamwork can be more satisfying than traditional work.
Sharing the financial value of performance gains
Ample resources are available.
Gainsharing
Answer
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Sharing the financial value of performance gains
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762. ________ are false targets for computer criminals to attack.
Negatives
Honeypots
Cookies
Trojan horses
Answer
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Honeypots
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763. _______ is not a relationship-oriented behavior.
Political maneuvering
Consideration
Empowering leadership
Ethical leadership
Servant leadership
Answer
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Political maneuvering
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764. _____ means directing and motivating individuals to achieve organizational goals.
The marketing concept
Place marketing
Leading
Organizing
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765. _____ leadership is about creating better interpersonal processes for finding solutions.
Bridge
Pseudo transformational.
Lateral
Autocratic
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766. $0.63 + _____ = $1.00
$0.37.
$0.67.
$0.57.
$0.47
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767. _____ is the way the advertisement portrays its information.
Message execution
Appeal formation
Focus selection
Audience selection
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Message execution
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768. _____ is the primary promotional method for the sale of all business products.
Direct mail
Public relations
Advertising
Trade promotions
Personal selling
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Personal selling
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769. _____ is the personalized way we sense, interpret, and comprehend various stimuli.
Habit
Learning
Perception
Motivation
Attitude
Answer
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Perception
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770. _____ involves storing data and running applications outside the company’s firewall.
Software
Network
Intellectual property
Cloud computing
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Cloud computing
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771. Workforce diversity will be significantly affected in the next decade by ________.
Increases in the teen worker population
The aging of the U.S. population
Increases in the U.S. divorce rate
Increases in U.S. birthrates
Answer
Correct Answer:
The aging of the U.S. population
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772. Value-creation processes are sometimes called _____ processes.
Core
Support
Job enrichment
Quality circle
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773. _____ encodes a message with an algorithm that uses a single numeric key to encode and decode data.
Hash coding
Symmetric encryption
Public-key encryption
Decrypting
Answer
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Symmetric encryption
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774. The big five model of personality includes all of the following except ________.
Aptitude.
Emotional stability.
Extraversion.
Conscientiousness
Answer
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Aptitude.
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775. Business documents can include all of the following except ____
Resumes
Personal letters
Proposals
Newsletters
Answer
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Personal letters
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776. A compensating balance on a bank loan effectively ____________ the cost of the loan.
Raises
Lowers
Has no effect on
Has an indeterminate effect on
None of the above
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777. A company's financial records are a source of ________ and ________ data for marketing researchers.
Internal;primary
External;primary
External;secondary
Internal;secondary
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Internal;secondary
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778. ___________ means producing the desired result.
Effectiveness
Technology
E-production
Productivity
Answer
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Effectiveness
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779. ________ is the primary market for u.s. franchisers.
South America
Europe
Mexico
The Caribbean
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780. ________ is the financial value of a customer throughout the lifetime of the customer relationship.
Customer abandonment
The Internet of Things
Customer equity
Customer lifetime value
Answer
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Customer equity
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781. ________ is the final step in the marketing research process.
Developing the research plan
Determining a research approach
Interpreting and reporting the findings
Engaging in secondary research
Collecting and analyzing the data
Answer
Correct Answer:
Determining a research approach
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782. ________ is the amount of money charged for a product or service.
Value
A demand
Price
A wage
Salary
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783. ________ is data and responses to data that are contributed by users and sm sponsors.
Networking data
Content data
Connection data
User-generated data
Answer
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Content data
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784. ________ is an example of an in-kind benefit.
The Food Stamp program
Social Security
Unemployment insurance
Supplemental Security Income
None of the answers are correct
Answer
Correct Answer:
The Food Stamp program
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785. ________ are defined as states of felt deprivation.
Needs
Ideas
Demands
Values
Exchanges
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786. ________ are a company's decision makers.
Managers
Managerial Accounting
Treasurer
CFO, COO
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787. ________ advertising primarily maintains brand relationships and is important for mature products.
Comparative
Persuasive
Personalized
Reminder
Classified
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788. _____ is a measure of space productivity used by retailers.
Price lining
Sales per square foot
Inventory turnover
Tonnage merchandising
Answer
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Sales per square foot
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789. _____ costs do not change as output is increased or decreased.
Variable
Fixed
Both of these
None of these
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790. _____ captures how much gratification a consumer receives from consumption.
Opportunity cost
Internal rate of return
Value
Emotional contagion
Sunk cost
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791. _____ can be produced independently of the consumer and then stored and shipped.
Business
Compensation
Mutual funds
Goods
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792. _____ are the physical products, raw materials, and supplies that flow along a supply chain.
Reverse flows
Reverse logistics
Material flows
Information flows
Financial flows
Answer
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Material flows
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793. A(n) ________ is a description of how the researchers will measure the variables of interest.
Operational definition
Help ensure quality control in reporting scientific findings
Suggesting magazines that may be interested in publishing the research
Are possible to test with animal studies
One variable decreases as the other increases
Answer
Correct Answer:
Operational definition
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794. ____ forecasts are needed for planning production schedules and to assign workers to jobs.
Long-range
Intermediate-range
Short-range
None of the above
Answer
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Short-range
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795. ____ control is a method of gathering information about performance deficiencies before they occur.
Feedback
Simultaneous
Concurrent
Feedforward
Stasis
Answer
Correct Answer:
Feedforward
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796. ____ control is a method of gathering information about performance deficiencies as they occur.
Control
Stasis
Concurrent
Feedforward
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797. ____ control is a method of gathering information about performance deficiencies after they occur.
Feedback
Stasis
Concurrent
Feedforward
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798. ____ connects customers with marketers as well as other customers.
Accessibility
Addressability
Interactivity
Connectivity
Control
Answer
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Connectivity
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799. ___ is the overall goal of mbo.
Motivating employees
Controlling subordinates
Controlling costs
Increasing market share
Terminating
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Motivating employees
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800. A successful tqm program incorporates all of the following except __________.
Continuous improvement
Employment involvement
Benchmarking
Centralized decision making authority
Answer
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Centralized decision making authority
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801. Users in motion, wireless connectivity, and a cloud-based resource are the elements in a ________.
Mobile system
Nonmobile system
Client operating system
Native application
Answer
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Mobile system
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802. Managers can use overt integrity tests to _____.
Select and hire ethical employees
Assess the ethical intensity of an issue
Differentiate between the ethics of primary and secondary stakeholders
Reinforce the ethical principle of individual rights
Answer
Correct Answer:
Select and hire ethical employees
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803. Managers can use behavioral addition and behavioral substitution to ____
Create benchmarks
Assess the threats and opportunities in the internal environment
Develop new products
Locate new markets for existing products
Modify corporate culture
Answer
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Modify corporate culture
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804. Managers can motivate employees to increase their efforts by ____
Underreward and overreward
Asking employees what their needs are then matching rewards to those needs
Referents
Higher-order needs will generally not motivate people as long as lower-order needs remain unsatisfied
Answer
Correct Answer:
Asking employees what their needs are then matching rewards to those needs
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805. Managers are assumed to use ________ if they make logical and consistent choices to maximize value.
Rational decision-making
Intuitive decision making
Bounded rationality
Evidence-based management
Answer
Correct Answer:
Rational decision-making
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806. In a process design, a__________is a specific unit of work required to create an output.
Portfolio
Matrix
Task
Value chain
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807. Arab negotiators will most likely make concessions because of their interest in ________.
Saving valuable time
Preventing embarrassment
Forming long-term relationships
Creating a good first impression
Answer
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Forming long-term relationships
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808. Feedback is more likely to be destructive than constructive when it is ____.
Immediate
Judgmental
Influenced by situational contexts
Answer
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Judgmental
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809. Affirmative action programs seek to make sure that employers ________ minority groups.
Pay equal wages to
Enhance employment opportunities for
Provide unemployment benefits for
Establish training programs for
Answer
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Enhance employment opportunities for
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810. E-hubs are more ________ than private industrial networks.
Transaction-oriented
Collaborative
Independent
Supply-chain oriented
Answer
Correct Answer:
Transaction-oriented
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811. In ________, the organization gains control of its outputs by becoming its own distributor.
Backward horizontal integration
Forward horizontal integration
Backward vertical integration
Forward vertical integration
Answer
Correct Answer:
Forward vertical integration
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812. A _____ refers to an overall orderly arrangement of all the format elements of an ad.
Layout
Straight-sell
Straight announcement
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813. ________ is a technique for intercepting computer communications.
Spoofing
Phishing
Sniffing
Pretexting
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814. ________ is a major issue faced by companies when implementing enterprise systems.
The lack of a centralized database where important data such as metadata can be stored
The failure to incorporate accounting and human resource applications
The failure of applications to communicate and share data with each other
The gap between the requirements of an organization and the capabilities of an application
Answer
Correct Answer:
The gap between the requirements of an organization and the capabilities of an application
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815. According to expectancy theory, in order for people to be highly motivated, ____ must be high.
Existence
Its consequences
Expectancy
Instrumentality
Answer
Correct Answer:
Instrumentality
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816. A _____ span of control creates a _____ organization structure.
Wide; flat
Tall; flat
Moderate; narrow
Narrow; flat
Flat; moderate
Answer
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Wide; flat
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817. A _____ is primarily focused on planning and selling.
Budget
Financial analysis
Feasibility analysis
Business model
Business plan
Answer
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Business plan
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818. ________ technologies radically change the business landscape and environment.
Explosive
Inventive
Disruptive
Subversive
Divisive
Answer
Correct Answer:
Disruptive
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819. ________ is a discomfort caused by postpurchase conflict.
Selective retention
Cognitive dissonance
Selective attention
Subliminal perception
Answer
Correct Answer:
Cognitive dissonance
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820. ________ are the most common price promotion.
Rebates
Merchandising allowances
Coupons
Contests and sweepstakes
Premiums
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821. ________ are reports produced when something out of predefined bounds occurs.
Exception reports
Static reports
Dynamic reports
Subscription reports
Answer
Correct Answer:
Exception reports
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822. ________ are industrial products.
Office supplies
Unsought products
Convenience products
Product quality
Price and service
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Office supplies
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823. The use of short, direct sentences with no fluff is known as ______.
Business style
Casual style
Creative style
Direct style
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Business style
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824. The united states is considered to have a(n) ________ culture.
Ambivalent
medium-context
Indifferent
high-context
Low-context
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Low-context
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825. Transmission of data across satellites is an example of data communication through _____.
Conducted media.
Radiated media.
Induced media
Uprooted media
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Radiated media.
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826. To specify that an option button be already selected, you type ____.
Checked=yes
Value=checked
Checked=checked
Value=yes
Answer
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Checked=checked
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827. The term ________ commonly is used to refer to a string that is part of another string.
Nested string
Literal
Substring
Delimiter
Answer
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Substring
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828. Your mobile device files can be synchronized using ________.
Screen size
Sampling rate
A cloud service
USB
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A cloud service
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829. When compared to traditional commerce ________.
e-commerce transactions are more fraud prone
e-commerce transactions can save money
E-commerce transactions are more expensive
e-commerce transactions are less secure
Answer
Correct Answer:
e-commerce transactions can save money
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830. Webites, online advertising, email, online video, and blogs are all forms of ______.
Social media marketing
Traditional direct marketing
Online marketing
Telemarketing
Mobile marketing
Answer
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Online marketing
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831. The way a network is configured is called the _____.
Network index
Network orientation
Network baseline
Network topology
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Network baseline
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832. The performance of decision support systems is typically a function of decision quality and _____.
Hardware
Problem complexity
Cost
Software
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Problem complexity
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833. The hardware components of an information system will act as a(n) ________.
Bridge between computer side and human side
Actor on the computer side
Instruction on the computer side
Actor on the human side
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Actor on the computer side
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834. The four ms of resources are _____.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Manpower, machinery, materials, and money
Calendar
Automated payroll
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Manpower, machinery, materials, and money
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835. The basic input/output system is stored on a ________ chip.
ROM
CMOS
RAM
CPU
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836. The arrows in b and c point to structures that can both be described as __________.
Shoulder
Ligament
Intercarpal
Opposition
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837. The simplest level of information processing takes place at the __________.
Axon terminals
Axon hillock
Soma
Dendrites
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Axon hillock
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838. Without genetic ___________, natural selection could not occur.
Variation
Sameness
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Variation
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839. Using the scientific method, a(n) _____ must be tested as the focus of any experiment.
Hypothesis
Wash your hands.
Procedures
Observation
Answer
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Hypothesis
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840. Translation occurs in the _____.
Cytoplasm
Lysosome
Nucleus
Golgi apparatus
Nucleoplasm
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Cytoplasm
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841. The name of a binary compound ends with _____
Ine
Ary
Ed
Ide
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842. The first basic idea of evolutionary adaptation can be traced back to ________.
Ancient Greeks about 2,500 years ago
Aristotle
Lamarck
Darwin
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843. Trace elements _____.-
Are very rare on Earth
Are required in very small amounts
Enhance health but are not essential for long-term survival
Can be used as labels to trace atoms through an organism's metabolism
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Are required in very small amounts
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844. _____ is an example of a human resource indicator.
Stock price
Controllable cost
Turnover rate
Market share
Profitability
Answer
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Turnover rate
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845. _____ is understanding the role of information in generating and using business intelligence.
Information literacy
Business ability
Business mastery
Information retrieval
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Information literacy
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846. People who are motivated by strong relationships, admire belonging to groups or organizations, and are sensitive to the needs of others are known as?
Need for Achievement
Need for Affiliation
Need for Power
Both B and C
Answer
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Need for Affiliation
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847. People who are motivated by being seen as a high achiever are known as?
Need for Achievement
Need for Affiliation
Need for Power
Both A and B
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Need for Achievement
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848. Which of the following is not an element of delegation
accountability
authority
responsibility
responsibility
Answer
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responsibility
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849. Accountability means..........
Delegation
responsibility
Authority
Answerability
Answer
Correct Answer:
Answerability
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850. Delegation is................
Getting things done by others
fixing of responsibility
Assigning the task
unity of command
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Assigning the task
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851. Getting work done
Getting work done
right to get work done
being in a management position
None of these
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being in a management position
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852. The process of organising consists of...........................
division of work into job
establishing authority relationships
Both a&b
None of these
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853. organising deals with ...............
division of work
decentralising activities
centralisation activities
All of these
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division of work
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854. Formal organisation is..................
created by management
A result of social interaction
To satisfy cultural needs
None of these
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created by management
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855. Organising process involves.........
division of work
grouping of identical work
All of these
None of these
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All of these
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856. organising is.....................
A remedy for all types of problems
ensure accurate forecasting
None of these
All of these
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None of these
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857. Which among the following is not the principles of organisation?
Unity of objectives
Specialisation
Span of control
Initiative
Answer
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Initiative
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858. ................ is also known as management by result
management by subordinate
management by objectives
management by art
management by planning
Answer
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management by objectives
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859. ....................... are guides to action
strategy
planning
policies
procedure
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860. operational planning is undertaken at ..................
Top level
lower level
lower level
All of these
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lower level
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861. planning provides...............
information to outsiders
basis for recruitment and selections
purpose and direction of all persons
None of these
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purpose and direction of all persons
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862. Find the odd one out
goals
objective
polices
motivation
Answer
Correct Answer:
motivation
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863. Which among the following is not an element of co-ordination
integration
balancing
proper timing
directing
Answer
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directing
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864. Which among the following is a single use plan?
Objectives
Policies
Rules
Budget
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865. Which among the following involves in planning process?
Selection of objective
determine the way to achieve objective
both A and B
None of the above
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both A and B
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866. scientific analysis of work under scientific management requires.......
ime study
motion study
Both a&b
work study
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867. purpose of time study is.............
to remove wastage of time
to give timely assistance
to determine fair days work
watching time
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to determine fair days work
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868. unity of command implies
A subordinate should receive orders from all the superiors
individuals must sacrifice in the larger interest
be accountable to one and only one superior
None of these
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be accountable to one and only one superior
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869. Top management consists of .......
financial managers
sales manager
personnel manager
Board of Directors and chief executives
Answer
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Board of Directors and chief executives
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870. middle management ...........
consists of departmental managers
motivates lower management
Both a&b
None of these
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871. management is...............
tangible
intangible
fictitious
All of the above
Answer
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intangible
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872. Administration is.............
policy making
Active direction to get things done
executing the policy
None of these
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Correct Answer:
policy making
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873. Top management is concerned with ...................
carrying suggestions upwards
maintaining liaison with the outside world
transmitting orders downwards
none of these
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transmitting orders downwards
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874. management is need at ..............
Top level
Middle level
lower level
all levels
Answer
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all levels
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875. Who is known as the father of scientific management?
F.W. Taylor
Max Weber
Henry Fayol
S.George
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F.W. Taylor
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876. Which among the following is not a subsidiary function of management?
Decision making
Innovation
Communication
Motivation
Answer
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Motivation
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877. Management should find ' One best way ' to perform a task. Which technique of Scientific management is defined in this sentence
Time study
Motion study
Fatigue study
Method study
Answer
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Method study
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878. The principals of management are significant because of
increase in efficiency
Initiative
optimum utilisation of resources
Adaptation of changing technology
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Initiative
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879. Which of the following is Not a principle of management given by Taylor
Science, not rule of Thumb
Functional foremanship
Maximum ,not restricted output
Harmony not discord
Answer
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Functional foremanship
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880. Which of the following statement best described the principle of 'Division of work '
work should be divided into small tasks
labour should be divided
resource should be divided among jobs
it leads to specialisation
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labour should be divided
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881. Henry Fayol was a
Social scientists
Mining engineer
Accountant
Production engineer
Answer
Correct Answer:
Mining engineer
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882. How are principles of management formed
In a laboratory
By experiences of management
By experiences of customers
By propagation of social scientists
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By experiences of management
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883. Policy formulation is the function of
top level management
middle level management
operational management
All of the above
Answer
Correct Answer:
top level management
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884. Management is
an art
a science
both art and science
neither
Answer
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both art and science
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885. Which of the following is not a function of management?
planning
staffing
co-operation
controlling
Answer
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co-operation
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