If you needed to analyze the bear population in Maine and their interactions with humans located in towns and cities, what type of computer application should you use?

A. Model management

B. Expert system

C. Geographic information system

D. Multidimensional information system


C. Geographic information system

A geographic information system (GIS) is a decision support system designed specifically to analyze spatial information. Spatial information is any information that can be shown in map form, such as roads, the distribution of bald eagle population, sewer systems, the path of a hurricane, and even the shortest driving route from beginning location to destination.

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A. get right to the point. B. contain at least one joke. C. contain a phrase like "I'm honored to be here." D. contain significant details of the presentation. E. contain an unrelated story to catch the interest of the audience.

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The revenue cycle utilizes all of the following files except

a. credit memo file b. sales history file c. shipping report file d. cost data reference file

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Select the statements that challenge the idea that marketers cannot be held liable for decisions that any individual makes.

A. Any individual may choose not to buy a marketed product. B. If marketing is ineffective in influencing consumer choice, the marketers selling their services to businesses are committing fraud. C. Marketing addresses populations, not, as sales do, individuals, so no direct causal connection can be demonstrated between a marketing campaign and an individual's choices to buy a product. D. If marketing is effective and does influence consumer choices, it cannot disavow responsibility for the consequences of those choices. E. B and D. F. A and C.

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Web-based demonstrations can be an effective way to present when it is:

A) imperative that a customer see a full product demonstration B) important to meet face-to-face C) important to impress the buyer with technology D) necessary to provide factual data and research E) impossible or expensive to present in person

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