The Direct Pattern, with the Bad News First, Would Be

question 16

Multiple Choice

The direct pattern, with the bad news first, would be appropriate when you are

• A) cancelling your weekly sales meeting.
• B) informing employees of a major increase in their health insurance premiums.
• C) turning down a request for a charitable contribution.
• D) denying a customer's request for a credit increase but want to continue doing business with the customer.

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Definitions:

Output Module Fuse

A safety device in an output module of a PLC or control system designed to protect the module and connected devices from overcurrent by breaking the circuit if the current exceeds a certain threshold.

Output Device

Any connected equipment that will receive information or instructions from the central processing unit, such as control devices (e.g., motors, solenoids, alarms) or peripheral devices (e.g., line printers, disk drives, displays). Each type of output device has a unique interface to the processor.

Output Device

A piece of hardware used to communicate the results of data processing done by an information processing system to the outside world.