Ann is writing a report for her manager. Her report is to help her manager decide on which inventory software system will be purchased in the next quarter. Which strategy will help her manager the most?

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Looking up the top-used software companies and only researching those, then preparing an analytical report for her manager.

Spending a month researching each software company, what the software does, and the cost of each, then preparing an analytical report for her manager.

Looking briefly at each software option and getting her manager a recommendation as quickly as possible.

Spending as much time as is needed researching each software, even if the research process runs into the next quarter, then preparing an analytical report for her manager.

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Question 2

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If Jenny creates a report on her company's quarterly sales, it would be a ________ report.

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external quantitative

internal qualitative

external qualitative

internal quantitative

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Question 3

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Kimberly has been instructed to prepare an annual fiscal report for her company. Her primary data should be from what source?

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financial information

employee information

competitors

hiring practices

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Question 4

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Lauren's manager has requested that she research sales strategies for the company's new market launch. How can Lauren make sure that the data she finds is useful to her manager?

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She can prepare a multi-page report detailing each of their competitors' sales strategies.

She can prepare a factual report sharing all the data she has found.

She can prepare a factual, concise report that addresses the best sales strategies

She can prepare a concise report of her opinion of the data she has collected about sales strategies.

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Question 5

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Josh needs to gather information about the best software companies for managing medical data. Where should he go to find information?

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Google or other generic general internet search engines

the local library

to outside sources, conducting interviews with other medical companies and providers.

specific internet searchers, journals, business periodicals, and newspaper articles.

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Question 6

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Max has a limited research budget for his research to prepare a report for his manager on restructuring the company. He wants to save his budget to put together a survey and interviews for current employees, but he also wants to look at how companies in the same industry have restructured their businesses. He can find reliable information by focusing his research on

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materials from his local library

a general internet search.

primary data.

journals, business periodicals, and newspaper articles.

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Question 7

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When using a quote or paraphrased text from another source, it's best to

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provide multiple quotes that can reiterate the same point.

make a claim and then support your claim with evidence.

summarize because then a citation is not required.

avoid using direct quotations.

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Question 8

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David wants to make his data from Excelt look more visually pleasing for a presentation. What would be an easy to read format he could utilize?

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Conditional Formatting

Flash Fill

Worksheet

Clustered Column Charts

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Question 9

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Dameon has been tasked with finding out consumer trends for his new job at a textile company. What is a good first-step to his research strategy?

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Have well-defined research question.

Consult the right sources.

Know where to find primary source material.

Create a good research strategy.

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Question 10

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Lei is following the several pillars of information literacy to work on the report her manager has asked her to prepare. She has no idea where to start. What should she do first?

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Evaluate her information.

Present data on her topic.

Identify what she needs to find out.

Assess what she already knows.

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Question 11

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Bronson is collecting data about the growth of competitor firms over the last quarter and is interested in both the factual data as well as few stories and news reports about how this growth has been perceived and experienced. The type of data he needs to gather would be

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internal and external

external and quantitative

qualitative and quantitative

internal and qualitative

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Question 12

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To add functionality and different looks to a Google sheet, use ________.

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add-ons

the project management gallery

extra worksheets

automatic formatting