1639. _____ is a device that makes pen and ink drawings of lines, curves and shapes.

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A. Light pen
B. Mouse
C. Keyboard
D. Plotters
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Plotters is a device that makes pen and ink drawings of lines, curves and shapes. A plotter is a computer vector graphic printer that gives a hard copy of the output based on instructions from the system. Plotters are widely used to print designs of things such as cars, ships and buildings on a piece of paper using a pen.

143. Under which of the following authority, an HR manager took the decision to provide training to its employees regarding the operations of newly installed machine?

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A. Staff
B. Functional
C. Line
D. Implied
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Under Functional authority, an HR manager took the decision to provide training to its employees regarding the operations of newly installed machine. Functional authority is the right that is delegated to an individual or a department to control specified processes, practices, policies, or other matters in relation to activities undertaken by persons in other departments.

Type of bonds that are swapped to less developed country against an outstanding loan are classified as

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A. Brady bonds
B. swapped bonds
C. developed bonds
D. developing bonds
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Type of bonds that are swapped to less developed country against an outstanding loan are classified as Brady bonds. Brady bonds are bonds that are issued by the governments of developing countries. Brady bonds are some of the most liquid emerging market securities.

1667. Expand GDSS.

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A. Group Decision Support
B. Group Discussion Support System
C. Group Decision Service System
D. Group Discussion Support Source
✅ The correct answer is option A.
A group decision support system (GDSS) is an interactive computer based system that facilitates a number of decision-makers (working together in a group) in finding solutions to problems that are unstructured in nature.

1664. Which of the following is not a way in which organizations can behave more ethically and socially responsibly?

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A. By avoiding discrimination and improving working conditions
B. By lowering prices to their targeted market, to stimulate demand and increasing profit by increases in productivity to meet customer demands
C. By ensuring product safety
D. By avoiding pollution and safely disposing of waste
✅ The correct answer is option B.
By lowering prices to their targeted market, to stimulate demand and increasing profit by increases in productivity to meet customer demands is not a way in which organizations can behave more ethically and socially responsibly.

1661. _____________ occurs when a company intentionally uses services as the stage, and goods as the props, to engage individual customers in a way that creates a memorable event.

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A. Hybrid offer
B. Core service
C. Augmented or ancillary product
D. Experience
✅ The correct answer is option D.
An experience occurs when a company intentionally uses services as the stage, and goods as props, to engage individual customers in a way that creates a memorable event. Commodities are fungible, goods tangible, services intangible, and experiences memorable.

1658. ________ is a widely used framework to summarize a company’s situation or current position

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A. SWOT analysis
B. TOWS matrix
C. Ansoff’s matrix
D. BCG matrix
✅ The correct answer is option A.
SWOT analysis is a widely used framework to summarize a company’s situation or current position. SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis is a framework used to evaluate a company’s competitive position and to develop strategic planning. SWOT analysis assesses internal and external factors, as well as current and future potential.

MIS normally found in a manufacturing organization will not be suitable in the __________.

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A. service sector
B. banking sector
C. agriculture sector
D. none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
MIS normally found in a manufacturing organization will not be suitable in the service sector. MIS is short for management information system or management information services.

1622. A constraint in an LP model becomes redundant because.

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A. Two iso-profit line may be parallel to each other
B. The solution is unbounded
C. This constraint is not satisfied by the solution values
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
A redundant constraint is a constraint that can be omitted from the system without changing the set of feasible solutions S. An implicit equality constraint is an inequality constraint that can be replaced by an equality constraint without changing S.