Just as You're About to Shut Down Your Computer for the Day

question 41

Multiple Choice

Just as you're about to shut down your computer for the day, you remember that you need to send an update to your boss. You dash off a quick email and press send without spell checking or proofing it. Doing so ________.

• A)is fine since this is not a formal report
• B)is the right approach, since email does not require proofreading
• C)is a poor idea, since you need to proofread and use correct grammar in all of your messages
• D)is unprofessional, since doing so means failing to counter unstated objections
• E)is unethical and may get you fired

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Definitions:

Treppe

Series of successively stronger contractions that occur when a rested muscle fiber receives closely spaced stimuli of the same strength but with a sufficient stimulus interval to allow complete relaxation of the fiber between stimuli.

Muscle Efficiency

The effectiveness with which muscles convert energy (usually biochemical, such as ATP) into work or movement.

Graded Response

A response that varies directly with the strength of the stimulus, as seen in the incremental increase in a muscle's contraction strength in relation to stimulus intensity.

Lag Phase

One of the three phases of muscle contraction; time between the application of the stimulus and the beginning of muscular contraction; also called latent phase.