An Optimal Decision Is One That Chooses

question 49

Multiple Choice

An optimal decision is one that chooses

• A)the most desirable alternative among the possibilities permitted by the resources available.
• B)the lowest cost method of meeting goals, without regard to quality or any other feature.
• C)among various possible goals and offends no one, so that all are equally happy.
• D)among equally important goals, and thereby avoids the "indispensable necessity" syndrome.
• E)among possible goals in such a way that spends as little money as possible.

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