Charles and Irene Are Editors at a Content Development Firm

question 13

Multiple Choice

Charles and Irene are editors at a content development firm. Both of them, unknowingly, are working on the same copy of the annual report. Irene finishes editing the report and saves her copy; Charles saves his report an hour after Irene. Charles's report overwrites Irene's, and her changes are lost. This scenario is an example of the ________.

• A)lost-update problem
• B)crow's-foot paradigm
• C)bullwhip effect
• D)update query problem

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Definitions:

Lifetime Employees

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Working Individuals

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Ribosomes

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