Affirmative Action Commitments by Many Organizations Have Led to an Increase

question 18

Multiple Choice

Affirmative action commitments by many organizations have led to an increase in the number of women in executive positions. Satellite Office Systems has vacancies for two executives that it will fill from among four women and six men. What is the probability that no woman is selected?

• A)1/5
• B)1/3
• C)2/15
• D)8/15

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Definitions:

Telegraphic Speech

A developmental stage in language acquisition where children use short, simple combinations of words that convey essential content without grammatical elements.

Semantic Slanting

Semantic slanting involves deliberately choosing words to create a specific emotional response or perception.

Overregularization

A linguistic process in child language development where children apply general grammatical rules too broadly, often leading to grammatical errors.

Underextension

A cognitive error in language acquisition where a child applies a word too narrowly, limiting its use to a single object rather than to all objects of the same category.