Liz Edwards Is a Sales Associate for a Major Retailer

question 161

Multiple Choice

Liz Edwards is a sales associate for a major retailer of high-quality cooking supplies, housewares, and furniture. She is paid an hourly wage, plus she gets an additional sum of money that is a percentage of the dollar sales of all the sales associates combined during the hours that she works. Liz is working under a(n) ________________________ compensation plan.

• A) Straight salary
• B) Combination
• C) Straight commission
• D) Incentive
• E) None of these is a good answer

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