A S.W.O.T. Analysis

question 169

Multiple Choice

A S.W.O.T. analysis

• A) seeks to reduce the risk of competitive surprises by scanning the market for "signals, warnings, omens, and tips."
• B) focuses on what a firm plans to do to "satisfy wishes of a target" customer.
• C) summarizes a firm's "strategy, wishes (of its customers), outlook, and tactics."
• D) helps defend against potential competitors by developing a set of competitive "safeguards, weapons, offensives, and tactics."
• E) identifies a firm's "strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats."

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Definitions:

Variable

A characteristic or quantity that can vary or change within a study, research, or mathematical model.

Conditions

General states or situations in which something occurs or has an effect.

Independent Variable

In studies involving experimentation and statistics, it's the variable that is altered or controlled to see its impact on a dependent variable.

Dependent Variable

In an experimental setting, the variable that is tested and measured, often considered the outcome or effect that is influenced by another variable.