Recently a Company Brought a Miniature Version of Its Cereal

question 130

Multiple Choice

Recently a company brought a miniature version of its cereal bars to market. The nugget-sized product was very successful because it was not messy. Another company then introduced a similar product under its own brand. Mini-cereal bars are most likely in the ________ stage of their product life cycle.

• A) introduction
• B) youth
• C) growth
• D) brand dilution
• E) extension

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Definitions:

Statoliths

Granules of loose sand or calcium carbonate found in statocysts.

Otoliths

Small calcium carbonate crystals in the saccule and utricle of the inner ear; sense gravity and are important in static equilibrium.

Stereocilia

Hairlike projections of hair cells; microvilli that contain actin filaments.

Lateral Line Organs

Specialized sense organs in aquatic vertebrates that detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water.