Select the Term from the List Provided That Best Matches

question 71

Essay

Select the term from the list provided that best matches each of the following descriptions. Put the number of the term in the column for Your Answer. $\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Your } \\\text { Answer }\end{array} & \text { Description or Definition } & \text { Term } \\\hline & \begin{array}{l}\text { A. Efforts to open a bott kneck in order to allow more } \\\text { products or services to be produced or sold }\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}1 . \text { Albocation of scarce } \\\text { resources }\end{array} \\\hline &\text { B. Costs incurred on belalf of the whole company } & \text { 2. Bottleneck } \\\hline &\begin{array}{l}\text { C. Decisions which consider linited resources in } \\\text { determining which products to produce and sell }\end{array} & \text { 3. Certified suppliers } \\\hline & \begin{array}{l}\text { D. The numbers in decision making that are subject to } \\\text { mathematical manipulation }\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { 4. Equipment rephcement } \\\text { decisions }\end{array} \\\hline & \begin{array}{l}\text { E. Evahuating whether an existing machine should be } \\\text { traded in for a newer machine }\end{array} & 5 . \text { Facility-level costs } \\\hline & \begin{array}{l}\text { F. An offer from someone other than a regular custoer } \\\text { to buy goods or services at bebw-normal selling prices }\end{array} & \text { 6. Quantitative characteristics } \\\hline& \begin{array}{l}\text { G. The attainment of control over the entire spectrum of } \\\text { business activity from production to sales }\end{array} & \text { 7. Relaxing the constraints } \\\hline & \begin{array}{l}\text { H. Constraint liming the capacity of the company to } \\\text { produce or sell its products }\end{array} & \text { 8. Special order decision } \\\hline &\begin{array}{l}\text { I. Companies that provide buyers with preferred } \\\text { customer status in exchange for guaranteed purchase }\end{array} & \text { 9. Theory of constraints } \\\hline &\begin{array}{l}\text { J. A practice used by many business to increase } \\\text { profitability through the management of bottlenecks }\end{array} & 10 . \text { Vertical integration } \\\hline\end{array}$

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Definitions:

Secondary Reinforcer

A stimulus that becomes reinforcing through its association with a primary reinforcer, not inherently rewarding but has learned value.

Operant Conditioning

A pedagogical process that modifies the intensity of behavior with either encouragement or discipline.

Primary Reinforcer

A fundamental stimulus that satisfies basic survival needs and is naturally reinforcing, such as food or water.

Secondary Reinforcer

Also known as a conditioned reinforcer, it is a stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through association with a primary reinforcer.