A Major Problem with the Rapid Expansion in the Amount

question 83

Multiple Choice

A major problem with the rapid expansion in the amount of information available to managers is that

• A) managers can become overwhelmed with too much information.
• B) information costs are skyrocketing.
• C) the capacities of computer hard drives and other storage media are no longer sufficient to store the huge volume of information being generated.
• D) the need to gather this information has resulted in greater levels of bureaucracy.

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Definitions:

Common Ancestor

The most recent individual from which all organisms in a group are directly descended.

Directional Selection

A form of natural selection where one extreme phenotype is favored over others, causing the allele frequency to shift in one direction.

Extreme Phenotype

The manifestation of traits at the extreme endpoints of a genetic expression spectrum.

Inbreeding

The breeding of closely related individuals, which increases the risk of offspring inheriting genetic defects.