Question 6

The packaged food manufacturers start manufacturing gluten-free packaged food to meet the needs of American consumers that are concerned about the harmful effects of gluten. The strategic decision to a "gluten-free" version of packaged food is made based on __________ factors in their ___________ analysis.

Question options:

A)Internal; EFE

B)Macro environment; PESTLE

C)Microeconomic; Porter's Five Forces

D)External: IFE

Question 7

The ___________ in the __________ analysis are computed for multiplying the _______ of each company to the common set of _________ that add up to _________.

Question options:

A)Total factor weights; IE; assigned weights; scores; 2

B)Total weighted scores; CPM; assigned scores; weights; 1

C)Total weights; EFE; weights; scores; 1

D)Total scores; IFE; assigned weights; scores; 1

Question 8

Company CDE has the current liabilities of $54,000 and the long-term liabilities of $160,000. That company has the current assets of $70,000 and owns plants and equipment that are worth$1,270,000. What is the debt ratio of Company CDE? Round off (up) to 2 decimal points.

Question options:

A)0.37

B)0.26

C) 0.16

D) 0.11

Question 9

______________ is used in the _____________ analysis, whereas _________ is used in the _____________ analysis.

Question options:

A)

Porter's Five Forces analysis, competitive, CPM matrix, internal environment

B)

CPM matrix, industry, EFE matrix,internal environment

C)

IFE matrix, internal environment, EFE matrix, external environment

D)

PESTLE analysis, industry, IFE matrix, external environment

Question 10

_____________ are classified as ________________ analytic tools that are usedin the strategic planning process.

A) IFE and EFE matrices, quantitative

B) EFE matrix and Porter's Five Forces analysis, qualitative

C)IFE matrix and PESTLE analysis, statistical process

D)EFE matrix and PESTLE analysis, quantitative

Question 11

The sequence of strategic analysis is: The SWOT analysis ___________ the IFE matrix analysis.

A) Has no sequential role in providing its outputs to be used inand succeeds

B) Neither precedes nor succeeds

C) Is completed simultaneously together with

D) Has a sequential role in providing its outputs as inputs for and precedes