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Midterm 2 Flashcards

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Mitchelle works in the HR department at a large retailers. Part of her job involves determining the number of people needed in 1 year and estimating people currently employed at the retailer to fill various jobs. This part of her job i called

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Supply forecasting

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Ashley just got hired at Lulu Lemondate. Part of her training consists of learning how to use the machinery required to make different drinks. What type of on the job training is this

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Job orientation

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Fred is looking to hire a manager in the customer service department at Green Plant Company. He posts the job on Indeed. He is hiring from

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The external labor market

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Benefits…

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can be mixed and matched, dependant on the firm to allow for customizable coverage

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Anne works at a company selling potato chips. She recently has a meeting with her manager where they compared her actual performance with expected performance. After which they described compensation and possible job changes

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A performance appraisal

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___ and ____ can impact an employee’s pay

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Position in the company and salaries paid by competition

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Maxime just got a new job in sales. Her salary starts at $40,000 with an additional 3$ on any sales past $50,000 of product sold. This is an example of

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Base pay and commission

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Union membership has _____ over the past three decades

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Decreased

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If Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream has a goal of investing 2 percent of their after-tax profits in the charitable contribution that goal:

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Helps to define corporate culture

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What company’s hiring process exhibits how they want their employees to treat their customers

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Ritz- Carlton

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Meghan is reading a job posting to be a financial analyst intern. The section of the posting she is reading describes the task and the responsibilities mandatory for the role. She is reading the ____ qualifications

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Job description

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Chart

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This is a PERT chart that shows that “install windows”, “install roof”, and “install exterior” take 18 days to be be completed

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Maria is an executive for a manufacturing company. For the company to become more competitive, they need to streamline how they make their products. They can do this by

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Automating their factories, focusing on quality-control techniques, and developing new production processes

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Layout is…

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All of the above

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For manufacturers to continually improve efficiency they must

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Fine-tune their production processes to focus on quality, hold down the cost of material and labor, eliminate all costs that add no value to the finished product

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The Canadian economy has changed from a goods producer to a service producer over the last ___ years

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60

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Tamera works in an engineering firm and wants to digitally test a product that she has been designing. What software/system is she using?

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Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

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Frankenstein is an operations manager. He ensures that the final product made is of good quality and will be beneficial to customers. He is focused on the utility of

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Form

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____ accounting supports the decisions of internal clients while ____ accounting provides information to external users such as shareholders, banks, and the government

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Managerial; financial

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What is sallys equity?

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+$5250

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Which of the following is categorized as a current asset?

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Accounts Receivable

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Tori wants to use ratios to see how well-positioned Wallymart is to pay bills in the near future. She should use..

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Liquidity Ratio

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Ryan is interested in investing a mining company. He is calculating their earnings per share and notices is has a value of $4.25 in 2018 and $4.75 in 2019. This indicates that

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It has a profit of 12%

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When calculating the return on owners equity, the net income figure comes from the ___ and the owner’s equity figure comes from the ___

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Income statement, balance sheet

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What is the return on equity for a perfect poster if net income is $12,585 and total owner’s equity is $111,155? Is this good or bad?

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11.3% can’t tell

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When calculating the return on sales, the net income figure comes from the ___, and the sales revenue figure comes from the ____

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Income statement, income statement

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What is the return on sales if net income is $12,585 and sales revenue is $256,585? Is this good or bad?

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4.9% can’t tell

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When calculating the current ratio, we divide ___ by __ and both these figures are found on the ___

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current assets, current liabilities, balance sheet

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If the current assets for perfect posters inc are $57,210 and the current liabilities are $21, 935 then the current ratio is____ . Is this good or bad>

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2.61, this is good

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If the current assets for perfect posters inc are $57,210 and the current liabilities are $21, 935, the working capital for this company is? And working capital is defined as ___

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$35,275, money available to put towards daily operations

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When calculating the age of receivables, age of payables, & age of inventory, receiveable payables, and inventory figures are found in the ____, while costs figure is found in the

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Balance Sheet, Income Statement

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Hayley is looking into investing in an energy company. She is calculating their debt to equity ratio and notices it has a value of 0.6. This means that

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They have invested more into the business than they have borrowed as the number is less than 1

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Which statement best fits into the alternative evaluation step of the purchase decision process?

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I can’t decide b/w a designer box, convenience pack

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What is marketing?

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process includes meeting customer needs, includes identifying customer needs

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Anna was reviewing a job offer she got for Emerald Engineering. The details included a $70,000 base salary as well as health insurance and 14-days of vacation time. The health insurance and 14-days of vacation time is an example of:

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Indirect Pay

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______ and _______ training are the two ways that employees can be trained.

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On-the-job; off-the-job

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Wallymart Company is currently in a human resource shortage. They decide to act on this by…

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Hiring new staff, Paying current employees’ overtime, and Subcontracting

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Marley just got hired as a graphic designer. While she was going through the hiring process, she was able to negotiate her own salary and benefits. Marley is…

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Not part of union

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The main steps of the Human Resource Management process are:

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Hiring, Developing, and Evaluating

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Liam applied for a job at a Real Estate Investment Trust. He has filled out an application, submitted his resume, and had a phone call with a member of their HR team. They recently sent him a personality test to complete. He is currently in which part of the employee recruitment process?

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Employment Testing

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Starbucks unique strategy was dependant on:

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Offering health benefits to part-time workers, Offering stock ownership to part-time workers, focusing on experiential marketing

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Job specification…

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Contains the skills, knowledge, and abilities a person must have to fill a job

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There are ____ sources of job applicants.

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2

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KPMG developed ________ to guide employees and establish consistency worldwide.

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A code of conduct

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A job analysis is a study of the _____ required to do a job well. This information is used to specify the ________ required for the job.

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Tasks; essential skills, knowledge, and abilities

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Ryan works construction and is part of a union. He has a complaint about the health and safety at one of his job sites. Ryan wants to reach out to his union to let them know about this issue. He should reach out to:

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A shop steward

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Martino applied for a job at a large accounting firm. He has currently filled out an application, submitted his resume, and had a phone call with a member of their HR team. He is currently in which part of the employee recruitment process?

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Initial Screening

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Monika was reviewing a job offer she got for Sapphire Engineering. The details included a $70,000 base salary as well as health insurance and 14-days of vacation time. The $70,000 base salary is an example of:

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Direct Pay

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Robert works for the City of Guelph. He does not personally dispute his pay, hours, or working conditions. Robert is…

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Part of a union

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Burger King redesigned their facilities to accommodate the needs of their customers while keeping costs low by…

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Wrapping their Whoppers in paper instead of cardboard boxes that took up more space

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A critical path is…

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The path that took the longest amount of time

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Accounting is defined as…

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The process of measuring and summarizing business activities, interpreting financial information, and communicating the results to management and other decision-makers

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Management accounting…

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Provides information that is intended for use by people who perform a wide variety of jobs

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Brittany is looking at the financial statements for her business. She wants to find out how much her total cost of goods is. What financial statement should she look at and what is the term for what she’s looking for?

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Income Statement; Cost of Goods Sold

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Andrew wants to use ratios to see how much borrowing Wallymart has done in order to finance the operations of the business. He would use…

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Debt ratios

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Financial accounting…

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Adheres to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

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What statement is this? sales, Cogs, Gross profit

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Income Statement

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Tori wants to use ratios to see how well-positioned Wallymart is to pay bills in the near future. She would use…

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Liquidity ratios

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Accounting is valued because…

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It communicates a company’s financial performance, It interprets financial information, It measures and summarizes financial activities, and It helps stakeholders make better business decisions

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Earnings Per Share is an example of a(n)…

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Profitability ratio

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Accounting and financial reporting is important for investors as…

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It allows them to assess a company’s performance and make a smart investment decision

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Deb is looking at Pear’s financial statements from previous years and is making yearly comparisons. This is commonly referred to as a..

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Horizontal analysis

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Cash flow reports cash in what distinct areas of business?

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Cash from operations, cash from investing, cash from financing

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The difference between a publicly traded company and a private company is…

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Publicly traded companies are traded on the stock exchange and privately traded companies are not, Publicly traded companies release their financial statements to the general public and private companies do not

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Nathan is thinking of investing in Spencer’s Shrimp Shack. He wants to know how much cash is coming in and going out of the company. What statement should he look at?

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Statement of Cash Flows

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What ratio measures the degree to which a company is financing their operations through their own funds versus debt?

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Debt to equity ratio

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Five influences can have an impact on a consumer’s purchase decision process, which are purchase task, social surrounds, physical surroundings, temporal effects, and antecedent states. These are referred to as

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Situational Influences

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All of the following are functions of marketing except

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manufacturing the product

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What need (s) does this commercial target on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

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Self-actualization, personal needs, social needs, safety needs, and psychological needs

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Which table is longer

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both

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Large corporation Coca-Cola makes soda at their factory and sells it to its large department store Wallymart to sell under their in-house brand “Greatest value”. This branding strategy is known as

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Private Branding

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__________ is an important aspect of marketing that involves moving the product or service to a different part of a consumers mind

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Repositioning

73
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Jessica works at the Crabby Patty burger company. Her boss has asked her to determine what type of package might work well for a new product. Which element of the SWOT analysis should Jessica look to?

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The weaknesses inside her company

74
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This gum brand is trying to reposition its product as a :

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Specialty good

75
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In retail settings, it is common for vendors to offer a product that is priced below its maximum profit margin in order to attract customers to

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True

76
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About a decade ago, Tropicana decided to change its packaging to something customers did not like. This resulted in 35 million wasted after having to change back to the original design. This failure can be attributed to a lack of assessment of the

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External environment

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Which the following BEST defines the term “shopping goods”

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Items for which the consumer compares several alternatives on criteria such as price, quality, or style

78
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Which of the following is LEAST likely to be an example of a consumer good

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Food Preservation

79
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What are the constraints that you should seek to understand when setting your price?

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Demand for your product or service, product costs, and competitor pricing

80
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We can use the PERT chart to tell us where we can gain efficiency by…

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Improving our performance on one or more of the activities along the critical path

81
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Education is moving towards which production process?

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Just-in-time production

82
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Total Quality Management (TQM) is also known as:

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Quality Assurance

83
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Zante works in a manufacturing plant that needs a software/system that can control the functions of their industrial robots. These robots are used to perform repetitive tasks that may be difficult/dangerous for human workers to perform. What software/system should she use?

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Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)

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anufactured goods are often _________. Services are often ______________.

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Standardized; Customized

85
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Shows completed work and work to be completed

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This is a Gantt chart that shows that “sew and stuff fur” and “sew accessories” begin on the same day

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A Gantt Chart…

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Is an easy-to-use graphical tool that helps determine the status of projects

87
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Mark is a consumer. As a consumer he demands…

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High quality at reasonable prices

88
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Noor is doing operations planning and control for her company. She is currently looking to see if there are other manufacturers in her industry in the area. She is checking what?

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The manufacturing environment

89
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A critical path is…

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The path that took the longest amount of time

90
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Hailey is doing operations planning and control for her company. She is currently evaluating how the facility location will affect their ability to serve their customers and which location will give them the best competitive advantage with their customers. She is checking what?

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Marketing factors

91
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Nearly every type of business organization needs to find the most __________ and ________ methods of producing the goods or services it sells to its customers.

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Efficient; Effective

92
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Tia works in an engineering firm and has just finished testing her new design and needs to link CAD to the manufacturing process. What software/system should she use?

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Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)

93
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The four main types of utility are:

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Time, ownership, form, place

94
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What percentage of ROI would a company be aiming for by expecting $20,000 profit on a $200,000 investment?

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10%

95
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The act of satisfying customer needs while meeting organizational goals is known as:

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The Marketing Concept

96
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The music, lighting, layout, and smell of a store are all examples of:

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Situational Influences

97
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Rebecca works for a company whose laundry detergent product has entered into the decline stage of the PLC. They have decided to gradually reduce money spent on the product, including investment and marketing costs. Their goal in reducing costs is to increase profits from the product until the inventory has run out. What type of strategy is Rebecca’s company using?

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Harvesting strategy

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You are in the market to purchase a vehicle. As of this moment, you are unsure of which car you would like but are interested in four-door sedans. Which of the following factors would help influence your purchase decision?

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Environmental and marketing factors, The situation, Psychological factors, Family and culture

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Abominable Snowman Ice Cream Co. is looking to create a new flavour, but first, they must conduct primary research to find out what flavours their audience would enjoy. They have determined their target market and questions but now must decide what methods to use in conducting this research. Which of the following options should Abominable Snowman Ice Cream Co. use?

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Focus Groups - to get a wide variety of info, Personal Interviews - to gain personal insight, Surveys - to easily obtain info (all of the above)

100
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Tropical fish food brand Tetra caters to a very select group of customers, those with tropical fish. They are enlisting a _________ by becoming the most popular brand in that specific market:

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Niche Marketing strategy

101
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College and university students can be defined as a _________ due to the similarities in interests, behaviours, and nuances within a group of people. For example, the vast majority of college students know what it’s like to be on a budget, cram for an exam, or experience school spirit at a sports game.

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Subculture

102
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The Marketing Mix can be defined as:

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Product, Place, Price, Promotion

103
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Sarah and her family are taking a trip to Saudi Arabia during reading week. Sarah and her mother were told they must be covered up at all times, as this is what the women of Saudi Arabia do. What is this an example of?

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Culture

104
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Mickey works at Dynasty International, a company that purchases large quantities of products from producers. Dynasty stores the products and breaks them down into smaller cases and quantities. Other companies then purchase these broken-down quantities of products in amounts they are comfortable selling. What type of company is Dynasty International?

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Wholesaler

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A company’s macro environment includes which of the following factors:

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Economic, demographic, social, political/legal, technological

106
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An organizations brand name, distribution channels, reputation for great service, and financial liquidity can be found in the _______ section of a SWOT analysis:

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Strengths

107
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The need to feel safe and be sheltered from harm is the first and most basic level of human need in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid.

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False

108
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Factors such as high interest rates, poor economic conditions, and an ageing population can be found in the _____ section of a SWOT analysis:

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Threats

109
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A longtime friend of yours is put under review at work for financial irregularities. Unfortunately you being their boss had to fire them. A few days later they ask you to write them a letter of reference. Which paradigm does this situation best fit into?

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Truth vs. Loyalty

110
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According to Carol Gilligan’s study how do people who identify as male or female differ or relate in moral thinking?

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Male identities focus on ethics of justice whereas female identities focus on ethics of care

111
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When testing for right versus wrong issues the various tests include all of the following except:

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The Grandmother Test

112
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Lawrence Kohlberg highlighted the six stages of moral judgement in respect to age and level of reasoning. In which stage(s) do children pay attention to expectations and stereotypes of ‘good’ or ‘bad’?

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Stage three

113
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Which of the following entities would NOT be a stakeholder of a bank?

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All of the above are examples of bank stakeholders.

114
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When testing for right versus wrong issues the various tests include all of the following except:

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The Neighbour Test

115
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Which is NOT a title given by Lawrence Kohlberg to the six stages of moral judgement?

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Developmental

116
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What is the first step/checkpoint for dealing with ethical issues?

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Recognize that there is a moral issue

117
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Dante and Grace two financial analysts decide to “cook the books” resulting in their company appearing more profitable. They did this so they would receive the year-end bonus. Which of the following reasons best describes why they would make this unethical decision?

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Pressure to succeed

118
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________ refers to ethical or unethical behaviours by a manager or employee of an organization.

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Business ethics

119
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Which of the following is NOT an option in the arrangement of the Prisoner’s Dilemma?

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These are all option in the prisoner’s dilemma.

120
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Which of the following is a stakeholder of Nike?

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Customers, Managers, the environment

121
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What is the “Golden Rule?”

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Do to others what you would like them to do to you.

122
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This ethical principle that asks you to test your actions by putting yourself in another person’s shoes and imagining how it would feel if you were the recipient rather than the perpetrator of your actions.

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Care-based thinking

123
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How are legal and ethical compliance different?

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Legal compliance is the extent to which a company conducts its operations in accordance with applicable laws while ethical compliance is the idea that if we violate standards we are subject to the associated punishments.

124
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Mary wants to hire a summer student for her roofing company. However, she doesn’t know what a good pay level for this intern should be. To determine this, she compares wages with her competitors. This is an example of

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External Influence

125
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On-the-Job training

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Is a combination of a formal orientation about the company as well as job orientation

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Performance planning and appraisal process

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Incorporates feedback into the process

127
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Green Plant Co. is currently in a human resources surplus. They decide to act on this by

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reassigning employees, laying off employees, and terminating employees

128
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Eddie wants to hire a summer student for his landscaping company, however he wants to ensure that his summer students doing landscaping and book keeping gets paid the same. This is an example of

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Pay structure and internal influence

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According to a study on job satisfaction conduced by SAP, ___ was the most important element of job satisfaction

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Competitive Compensation

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A marketing company turned a large profit during the last fiscal year. Due to this, at the end of the year the company gave out money to all employees. This is an example of

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Profit Sharing

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A Gantt Chart

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Is an easy-to-use graphical tool that helps determine the status of a projects something something

132
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Elizabeth works in production. Her company finds out exactly what the customer wants and then manufacturers the goods using efficient production methods to hold down costs. This is an example of which production process

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Mass Customization

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Milly is doing operations planning and control for herr company. She is currently checking the availability of raw materials, parts, equipment, and available manpower for each site that is under consideration. She is checking what?

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The availability of production inputs

134
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PERT CHART

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This is a pert chart that shows “install sheetrock” and “install exterior” can happen at the same time

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The critical parth in this chart is

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B, D, and, A,C,E are both critical paths

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Gannt chart

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This is a gannt chart that shows “sew clothes” starts on day 3

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The 3 basic types of processes or methods for production are

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Make to order, mass production, and mass customization

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We can use a PERT chart to tell us where we can gain efficiency by

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improving our performance no one or more of the activities along the critical path

139
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Two critical tasks for controlling production and operations efficiency are

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routing and scheduling

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Location of a factory or service office is a big decision that must be made early in is the production and operations planning because

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all of the above

141
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Accounting is important for

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owners, management, investors

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Ayla is looking at Pear’s financial statements and is calculating ratios as a percent of a larger figure. This is commonly referred to as

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Vertical Analysis

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The main fields of accounting are

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financial and management

144
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The current ratio is an example of a(n)

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Liquidity Ratios

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Victoria is looking into investing in an energy company. She is calculating their current ratio and notices that it has a value of 0.8. This means that

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They are not in good shape to pay their short-term obligations as their current ratio is UNDER 1

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What ratio examines the relationship between a company’s current assets and liabilities and is used to measure a company’s ability to pay short-term obligations

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Current Ratio

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Calculate the debt to equity ratio

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1.66

148
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Accounting is often referred to as

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the language of business

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What’s included in calculating the current ratio

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current assets and current liabilities

150
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The four-step process which includes situational analysis, marketing objectives, marketing strategy, and marketing tactics is known as the

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Strategic Planning Process

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The process of combining consumer’s lifestyle traits and personality styles in an analysis of their attitudes, activities, and values to determine groups of consumers with similar characteristics is known as

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Psychographics

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The notion that consumers buy products that will make them closer to their “ideal self” is called

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self-concept

153
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Automaker Volkswagen is known for owning a large portion of automobile brands globally. Brands including Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, and Bugatti all belong to the Volkswagen Group. This branding strategy is known as

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Manufacturer Branding

154
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Marketing isn’t just advertising and selling. It includes everything organizations do to meet and satisfy customer needs. True or False

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True

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The Polaris company, a sunglass manufacturer, is looking to expand its operations in China. The company begins to analyze regulations, competitors, technology, and the Chinese economy. The Polaris company is conducting which portion of the strategic planning analysis.

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The external environment

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A company’s microenvironment includes which of the following factors:

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Competitors, suppliers, marketing intermediaries, the public, and customers

157
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After receiving coupons in the mail from Kellogg’s Jessica goes to the store and purchases multiple boxes of cereal as per the coupon discount. Jessica is engaging with Kellogg’s ___ by purchasing the cereal

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Market penetration strategies

158
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Sean is an entrepreneur who owns a speciality hat business. His most popular product is a propeller hat, whose sales have steadily declined and have reached a plateau level. Along with a decrease in sales, there are now many competitors in the market, At which stage is seans product

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The maturity Stage

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Media that is a form of paid, non-personal communication, and designed to create awareness of a product of the company is known as

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Advertising

160
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Which of the following are characteristics of culture

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All of the above

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Technological ethical theories

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Hold that the rightness of actions is determined solely by the amount of good consequences they produce

162
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How do all stakeholders benefit from a manager’s ethical conduct?

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Ethical conduct increases a business’s goodwill and in turn, supports profitability

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The following are examples of Right versus wrong right paradigms with the exception of

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Legal vs ethical

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Deontological ethical theories include all of the following descriptions with the exception of:

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Hold that the rightness of actions is determined solely by the amount of good consequences they produce

165
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 increased the number of compliance officers within corporations to inform managers of wrongs and urge respect. In theory, which of the three wrongs does this Act, help rectify

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Violation of Law

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Which is NOT a test for right-versus-wrong issues

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The moral test

167
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The maxim “Do whatever produces the greatest good for the greatest number” is most associated with which of the three principles

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Ends-Based Thinking

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Hannah and Rebecca are discussing what to do when they find the test bank for their MGMT*1000 midterm online. While Hannah believes they should let the professor known as it’s the “right” thing to do and so students don’t use it to cheat Rebecca believes that they shouldn’t say anything to the professor and share it with their friends so they can all do well on the test. Hannah’s mindset is reflective of which of the following

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Rule-Based Thinking

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There are many methods used when assessing how we should behave. Specifically philosophy follow a __ approach while science takes a __ perspective

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Normative; descriptive

170
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Define Morality

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Defining what is right and wrong for an individual or a community

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What is business ethics?

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The study of business situations, activities, and decisions where issues of right and wrong are addressed

172
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The agency problem occurs when

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Management and shareholders both value profits

173
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What large-scale business today is governed using a partnership model?

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KPMG, Deloitte, and Ben & Jerry’s

174
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Which of the following CEO’S will best help a company be profitable and successful in the long run?

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A CEO who considers stakeholders when making business decisions

175
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Ethics consists of

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the standards of behavior to which we hold ourselves in our personal

176
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The ethical principle is best known by what Kant obtusely called the categorical imperative. Kant stated it this way “Act on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law

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Rule-Based Thinking

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Grace found $20 outside of Mac Hall on her way to class. After class, she was having a conversation with some of the MGMT 1000 TA’s where she discovered that Emily lost $20 earlier that day. Not knowing for sure it belonged to Emily, Grace decided to not say anything and keep the money. This situation can be described as :

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Unethical but legal

Introduction to Business (MGMT*1000) (9 decks)

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