Which One of the Following Statements About the Patterns of a Demand

question 96

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements about the patterns of a demand series is FALSE?

• A) The five basic patterns of most business demand series are the horizontal, trend, seasonal, cyclical, and random.
• B) Estimating cyclical movement is difficult. Forecasters do not know the duration of the cycle because they cannot predict the events that cause it.
• C) The trend, over an extended period of time, always increases the average level of the series.
• D) Every demand series has at least the following two components: horizontal and random.

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