Often Extraneous Noise Interferes with Our Ability to Hear All

question 18

Multiple Choice

Often extraneous noise interferes with our ability to hear all speech sounds. If a brief burst of noise prevents a phoneme from being heard (e.g., "His *ame is Barry") , what is MOST likely to occur?

• A) The listener will not understand the sentence.
• B) The listener will be able to understand the sentence and will not realize that the burst of noise occurred.
• C) The listener will be able to understand the sentence and will realize that a burst of noise occurred but will not know where the burst occurred.
• D) The listener will be able to understand the sentence, will realize that a burst of noise occurred, and will know exactly which phoneme was missing.

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Definitions:

Periodic Inventory System

An inventory accounting system where updates to inventory levels are made periodically at the end of accounting periods, rather than after each sale or purchase.

Average Cost Method

An inventory costing method that assigns the average cost of all similar items in inventory to the cost of goods sold and to ending inventory.

Cost Of Goods Sold

Represents the direct costs attributable to the production of the goods sold in a company, including materials and labor.

Ending Inventory

The total value of goods available for sale at the end of an accounting period.