1703. For increasing sales, decrease in selling price below selling price list is known as

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A. partial discount
B. corporate discount
C. treasury discount
D. price discount
✅ The correct answer is option D.
For increasing sales, decrease in selling price below selling price list is known as price discount. Typically, a store will discount an item by a percent of the original price. The rate of discount is usually given as a percent, but may also be given as a fraction.

Type of instrument whoever holds it gets interest and principal amount is classified as

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A. term instrument
B. interim instrument
C. primary instrument
D. bearer instrument
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Type of instrument whoever holds it gets interest and principal amount is classified as bearer instrument. A bearer instrument, or bearer bond, is a type of fixed-income security in which no ownership information is recorded and the security is issued in physical form to the purchaser. The holder is presumed to be the owner, and whoever is in possession of the physical bond is entitled to the coupon payments.

1697. ______ type of cables need minimum numbers of repeaters

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A. Fibre optic
B. Co-axial
C. Twisted pair
D. Lead wire
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Fibre optic type of cables need minimum numbers of repeaters. A fiber-optic cable, also known as an optical-fiber cable, is an assembly similar to an electrical cable, but containing one or more optical fibers that are used to carry light.

1694. ___________ involves surveillance of a firm’s external environment to predict environmental changes to come and detect changes already under way

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A. Environmental scanning
B. Environmental monitoring
C. Competitive intelligence
D. Environmental forecasting
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Environmental scanning involves surveillance of a firm’s external environment to predict environmental changes to come and detect changes already under way. Environmental scanning is the process of gathering information about events and their relationships within an organization’s internal and external environments. The basic purpose of environmental scanning is to help management determine the future direction of the organization.

145. Which approach that seeks to link strategy, business, performance and HRM policies and practices, assumes that there are a number of HRM practices that are suitable for all Organisations?

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A. Best Practice
B. Best fit
C. Resource-based view
D. Life cycle models
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Best Practice approach that seeks to link strategy, business, performance and HRM policies and practices, assumes that there are a number of HRM practices that are suitable for all Organisations. HR strategies are appropriate to the circumstances of the organization, including the culture, operational processes and external environment. HR strategies have to take account of the particular needs of both the organization and its people.

Duration which is divided by interest rate plus one is classified as

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A. decreased duration
B. increase duration
C. modified duration
D. at par duration
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Duration which is divided by interest rate plus one is classified as modified duration. Modified duration is a formula that expresses the measurable change in the value of a security in response to a change in interest rates. Modified duration follows the concept that interest rates and bond prices move in opposite directions.

144. Why Organisations provide, attractive salaries, fringe benefits, career development opportunities:

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A. To retain valuable human resources
B. To be the market leader in the future
C. To attract more and more people
D. To enforce government regulations
✅ The correct answer is option A.
To retain valuable human resources Organisations provides attractive salaries, fringe benefits and career development opportunities.

1682. An example of a corporate strategy would involve the decision to:

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A. increase the price of the Hummer
B. spin Taco Bell off from Pepsi
C. combine marketing functions in the Northeast and the Southeast
D. increase the advertising budget for Coca-Cola
✅ The correct answer is option B.
An example of a corporate strategy would involve the decision to spin Taco Bell off from Pepsi.

1679. FIFO stands for ______.

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A. First Interactive First Out
B. First In First Out
C. First Invented First Out
D. First Interface First Out
✅ The correct answer is option B.
FIFO stands for First In First Out means that the oldest inventory items r recorded as sold first but do not necessarily mean that the exact oldest physical object has been tracked and sold.

When price of underlying asset increases then good option is

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A. buy call option
B. sell call option
C. buy put option
D. sell put option
✅ The correct answer is option A.
When price of underlying asset increases then good option is buy call option. Buying a call option entitles the buyer of the option the right to purchase the underlying futures contract at the strike price any time before the contract expires.