Executive agencies are referred to as which of the following?

A) Judicial-level agencies
B) Adjudicative agencies
C) Cabinet-level agencies
D) Independent agencies
E) Legislative-parity agencies

Efforts to support the emotional life of the team as an ongoing social system are ___.

A) affective behaviours
B) affiliation activities
C) maintenance activities
D) support services
E) cohesion activities

A(n) _____ helps underwrite equity and debt (bond) offerings and helps devise and implement financial strategies.

A) investment banker
B) public accountant
C) auditor
D) management accountant

Bruce A. Kirchhoff tracked over 800,000 businesses for eight years. During this time ____ percent of small businesses tracked by Kirchhoff went out of business with unpaid bills.

A) 52
B) 80
C) 29
D) 74
E) 18; 8

When a party signs a(n) ________, the party may be a drawer, maker, endorser, or acceptor

A) contract
B) non-negotiable instrument
C) negotiable instrument
D) endorsing document
E) application

Besides price determination,there are very few areas in supply management where negotiation is a useful and cost-effective tool.