Refer to the Scenario Below to Answer the Questions That

question 161

Multiple Choice

Refer to the Scenario below to answer the questions that follow.
Types of Problems and Decisions (Scenario)
It seems Dave spends most of his day making decisions.Every time he turns around,someone wants him to make a decision about something.This morning,the secretary came in and asked if she could reorder paper for the fax machine.That seemed like a routine decision that he should not have to deal with.If Dave could avoid those types of decisions,then he could focus more time and attention on the more complicated issues--like the one presented to him by the production supervisor this afternoon.According to the supervisor,a major piece of equipment urgently needs repairs,and the repair bill could cost almost as much as a new machine!
-The problem of whether or not to order more fax paper is ________.

• A)programmed
• B)nonprogrammed
• C)structured
• D)unstructured
• E)technical

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Definitions:

\(n !\)

Denotes the factorial of n, which is the product of all positive integers less than or equal to n.

\(- 5^n\)

Represents an exponential expression where \(-5\) is the base and \(n\) is the exponent, indicating \(-5\) raised to the power of \(n\).

\(n ^ { 2 }\)

A notation denoting a number "n" raised to the power of 2, representing the square of n.

\(n ^ { 3 }\)

Refers to cubing a number, which is raising a number to the power of three or multiplying the number by itself twice.