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specific performance
stare decisis
private markets
rule of law
2. Which of the following is the path through which contractionary monetary policy
works?
Money down implies interest rate up implies investment up implies income down
Money down implies interest rate up implies investment down implies income down
Money down implies interest rate down implies investment down implies income down
Money down implies interest rate down implies investment up implies income down
4. _____ is the process of converting meaning into messages composed of words and
nonverbal signals.
Translating
Decoding
Encoding
Filtering
5. Sam, a marketing manager, often makes ethical decisions based on what others feel
about those decisions. He often considers opinions from other managers and
employees. Which of the following ethical systems do Sams decisions follow?
Consequentialism
Utilitarianism
Relativism
Egoism
For a sample size n < 30, the sampling distribution of the sample mean is normally
distributed.
For a sample size n > 30, the sampling distribution of the sample mean is normally
distributed.
For any sample size n, the sampling distribution of the sample mean is normally
distributed.
For a sample size n < 50, the sampling distribution of the sample mean is normally
distributed.
the activity for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that
benefit its customers, the organization, its stakeholders, and society at large
the process of identifying target market segments for a product or service
the activity involved in getting a product or service from the manufacturer to ultimate
consumers and organizational buyers
the production of products or services that will generate the highest return on investment
10. Lori is using secondary research to develop a business report. How can she write
her report in a way that demonstrates originality in thought?
11. Annie, an employee who often attributes her team failures to bad luck, attributes
other teams failures to personal shortcomings. Which of the following cognitive
biases do Annies attributions exemplify?
Self-deception bias
Belief bias
In-group bias
Hindsight bias
Cyclical unemployment
Natural unemployment
Structural unemployment
Frictional unemployment
15. Federal law and business leaders alike favor ____________ as a means of governing
private business ethics.
Self-regulation by companies
Establishment of federal regulators in all private companies to establish and enforce
ethical standards.
Giving the federal government exclusive jurisdiction regarding ethics and ethics violation
enforcement.
Creating uniform statutes of business ethics.
It requires employers to give notice to an at will employee that he/she is being fired.
It requires employers to give notice of a scheduled mass layoff.
It requires employers to give notice to employees that they are being subjected to
polygraph tests.
It requires employers to give notice to employees that an unscheduled drug test will be
conducted for all employees.
17. Alex is playing his music at full volume in his dorm room. The other people living on
his floor found this to be a nuisance, but Alex doesnt care. Alexs music playing is
an example of:
positive externality
normative externality
negative externality
Pareto externality
18. According to the Ajzen model, the strongest predictor of an employees behavior
is/are__________.
social norms
the employees values
management dynamics
management theory
organizational behavior
organizational dynamics
20. Regarding using personality testing as part of the hiring process, experts have
concluded that:
There are many valid instruments available to managers to test for personality types.
Only the Big Five should be used as predictors of job performance.
The typical personality test is not a valid predictor of job performance.
The effects of personality on job performance are so large it cannot be ignored by
managers.
21. In the context of developing persuasive messages, which of the following is most
likely to help you demonstrate a voice of competence?
Speak at your normal, regular pace instead of speaking slowly as this may be viewed as
disrespectful.
Determine a person's level of communication proficiency within the first few moments of
your interactions with them.
Use slang and jargon instead of literal language as much as possible.
Allow those with limited English ability enough time to process their thoughts into
English.
24. Joyce finds that the members of the project team to which she has been assignment
in her management class are all athletes on the colleges football and basketball
teams. She immediately considers dropping the class because she thinks her
experience with that team will be negative. Joyce is likely reacting to a__________.
semantic memory
negativity bias
stereotype
self-serving bias
25. According to the Classical growth model, an economy that increases its saving will
grow:
Quickly since the increase in saving will permit more rapid technological progress.
Slowly because interest rates will fall, causing investment to decline.
Slowly because consumption and aggregate demand will be reduced.
Quickly since the increase in saving will permit greater investment.