The Three Major Types of Forecasts Used by Organizations in Planning

question 67

Multiple Choice

The three major types of forecasts used by organizations in planning future operations are:

• A) strategic, tactical, and operational.
• B) economic, technological, and demand.
• C) exponential smoothing, Delphi, and regression.
• D) causal, time-series, and seasonal.
• E) departmental, organizational, and territorial.

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Definitions:

Sticky Ends

Overhanging, single-stranded ends of DNA that are produced by the action of certain restriction enzymes, useful in molecular cloning to join DNA fragments together.

Introns

Non-coding sequences of DNA within a gene that are removed via RNA splicing during mRNA processing, leaving only exons to be translated into protein.

Human Genes

Specific sequences of DNA within the human genome that determine individual hereditary characteristics.

cDNA

Complementary DNA (cDNA) is synthesized from a messenger RNA (mRNA) template in a process called reverse transcription, used in genetic engineering and gene expression studies.