The sales team had been meeting and arguing for over an hour. Roger could feel the group’s tension rising, so he attempted to break the stress by infusing a lame joke. Everyone laughed, more because the joke was so bad, but it did clear the air. According to Gouran and Hirokawa, Roger’s joke is an example of ______.
A. brainstorm
B. decision criterion
C. dramatizing message
D. function
D. function
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A. delayed B. message-focused C. low-monitored D. person-focused
Which of the following statements characterizes the growing ethnic markets in the United States today?
A. Marketers are modifying products to appeal to different ethnicities B. The United States is becoming a multicultural society C. The United States is moving away from being a society dominated by whites and rooted in Western culture D. The percentage of whites in the United States' population will decline relative to other minority groups E. All of the statements characterize the demographic transition in the United States today
Some of the CDs produced by a manufacturer are defective. From the production line, 5 CDs are selected and inspected. How many sample points exist in this experiment?
a. 10 b. 25 c. 30 d. 32
If your company factors its accounts receivable, it:
A. will use major national credit cards to allow its customers to pay for goods. B. will engage in aggressive hounding of its clients to pay their bills. C. will focus its collection activities on only the largest Accounts Receivable balances. D. sells outstanding receivables to another company.