If Your Audience Will Be Skeptical of or Resistant to Your

question 100

Multiple Choice

If your audience will be skeptical of or resistant to your message,

• A)state your main idea and then present your evidence.
• B)start with the evidence and build your case before presenting your main idea.
• C)start by asking rhetorical questions to arouse the audience's interest in your message.
• D)open your message with a humorous anecdote to establish rapport with the audience.
• E)present your conclusions first to arouse the audience's interest in your message.

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Definitions:

Predetermined Overhead Rate

An estimated rate used to allocate manufacturing overhead costs to individual units of production, based on a particular activity base.

Machine-hours

A measure of the time that machines are operating, often used as a basis for allocating manufacturing overhead costs.

Direct Materials Cost

The cost of raw materials and components that are directly used in the production of a product.

Direct Labor-hours

Direct labor-hours are the total time workers spend on producing a particular unit of goods or services.