You Are Employed as a Commission-Based Sales Clerk for a Cosmetics

question 54

Multiple Choice

You are employed as a commission-based sales clerk for a cosmetics retail store. You know that on average; exactly 50 percent of the customers that enter your store will make at least one purchase. Thus far this morning, you have waited on eight customers without making a single sale. You are convinced that the next customer you wait on will buy something. This belief is known as:

• A) Aversion to ambiguity.
• B) The law of small numbers.
• C) Anchoring and adjusting.
• D) Gambler's fallacy.
• E) False consensus.

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Definitions:

Profits

The financial gain realized when the amount of revenue gained from a business activity exceeds the expenses, costs, and taxes needed to sustain the activity.

Interest Rate Volatility

The degree of variation of interest rates over time, impacting the valuation of financial instruments and the ability to forecast future rates.

Balance Sheets

Financial statements that summarize a company's financial position, including assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity at a specific point in time.

Swaps

Financial agreements to exchange or "swap" cash flows or other financial instruments between two parties, typically involving interest rates, currencies, or commodities.