A Large Restaurant Contracts with a Local Laundry to Wash

question 72

Multiple Choice

A large restaurant contracts with a local laundry to wash white napkins. The laundry returns the napkins in bundles of 100 napkins. The restaurant randomly samples 10 napkins from each bundle to make sure that the napkins are clean with no stains or other defects. By sampling only 10 of the napkins,the restaurant may conclude that all of the napkins are clean and use the bundle,even when the napkins are actually dirty and should not be used. This sampling risk is called ________.

• A)producer's risk
• B)uncertainty
• C)consumer's risk
• D)inspection risk

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Definitions:

Foraging Tactic

Strategies employed by animals to locate, capture, and consume food, which can vary widely among species based on ecological niches and food availability.

Optimal

The most favorable or desirable condition or outcome, especially from the standpoint of biology, where it often refers to the most efficient allocation of resources for survival and reproduction.

Fitness Payoff

The benefit gained in terms of reproductive success and survival by adopting a particular behavior or strategy.

Thief Phenotype

A behavioral characteristic exhibited by some individuals, where they steal resources (such as food or nesting materials) from other members of the same or different species.