Luis Is CEO of a New Company That Makes Hand-Held

question 52

Multiple Choice

Luis is CEO of a new company that makes hand-held computers. He is trying to decide between using the Windows Mobile operating system and the Palm operating system. Luis is ______.

• A) creating a vision
• B) developing a mission statement
• C) making a nonprogrammed decision
• D) making a programmed decision

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Definitions:

Sympathetic Nervous System

Part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for the body's 'fight or flight' response during stressful situations.

Polygraph

An instrument that measures and records several physiological indicators such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity while the subject is asked and answers a series of questions, purported to indicate truthfulness.

Action Potentials

Electrical impulses that travel along the axon of a neuron, allowing it to communicate with other neurons or muscles.

Set Point Theory

The hypothesis that the body regulates its weight and metabolism around a genetically predetermined 'set point.'