The New Fly-Catching Club Elects Wilberforce, a Hard-Working but Now

question 19

Multiple Choice

The new fly-catching club elects Wilberforce, a hard-working but now retired sociology professor, as their first president. Marina, a sensible and experienced fly-catcher, who has always been unemployed, would have liked that job but knew that she had little chance. The members' decision was probably a case of:

• A) groupthink on the election process.
• B) Wilberforce's specific task relevant characteristics.
• C) personal preference concerning the personalities of these two.
• D) diffuse status characteristics being generalised to a specific task.

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Definitions:

Batches

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Activity-Based Costing

A costing method that assigns overhead and indirect costs to related products and services based on their usage of the resources.

Supporting Assembly

A group of components or parts assembled to support the functioning of a main product or system.

Processing Orders

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