Critical Thinking Questions Case 7-1

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Multiple Choice

Critical Thinking Questions Case 7-1
You are the administrative assistant to the vice president of marketing for a small software company that creates manufacturing software for the automotive industry. One of your primary responsibilities is to prepare all of the marketing correspondence. The vice president asks you to suggest an economical approach for announcing the latest software update to a list of top clients. The clients' name and address information is maintained in the vice president's Outlook Contact list, to which you have access.
When you propose merging a form letter main publication with the client name and address data using Publisher 2013, the vice president asks you to explain merging. You tell her____.

• A) merging is the process of shrinking or stretching text
• B) merging is the process of combining the contents of a data source with a main publication
• C) merging is bringing in data from another application
• D) merging is the process of creating a data source

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Definitions:

Manager

An individual responsible for controlling or administering all or part of a company or similar organization.

Contracts

Legal agreements between two or more parties that are enforceable by law.

Unauthorized Acts

Actions taken without the necessary permission or authority, often violating agreements or laws.

Principal

The main party to a transaction or contract who has authorized another (an agent) to act on their behalf, or the primary sum of money owed on a loan, excluding interest.