A Counseling Service Records the Number of Calls to Their

question 77

Multiple Choice

A counseling service records the number of calls to their hotline for the last year. use this table to answer the following questions:
$$\begin{array} { | l | c | } \hline { \text { Month } } & \text { Demand } \\\hline \text { Tanuary } & 111 \\\hline \text { February } & 127 \\\hline \text { March } & 146 \\\hline \text { April } & 159 \\\hline \text { May } & 165 \\\hline \text { fune } & 165 \\\hline \text { fuly } & 178 \\\hline \text { August } & 182 \\\hline \text { September } & 191 \\\hline \text { October } & 208 \\\hline \text { November } & 223 \\\hline \text { December } & 228 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-What is the forecast for March if an adjusted exponential smoothing model is used with ?=0.8 and ?=0.7? The unadjusted forecast for January is 123.5.

• A)135.44
• B)138.53
• C)129.76
• D)144.34

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Volatile Storage

Memory that requires power to maintain the stored information; it loses its contents when the system is turned off.

Machine Cycle

A sequence of basic operations performed by a computer's CPU, typically including fetching, decoding, executing, and writing back instructions.

Control Cycle

The control cycle is a management process for monitoring and evaluating performance, implementing corrective actions to align outcomes with goals, typically involving planning, execution, and review stages.

ALU

Arithmetic Logic Unit, the part of a computer processor that performs arithmetic and logic operations on the operands in computer instruction words.