1. A speaker's credibility could be tainted if they do not use support to add credibility to their speech. A. True
B. False

2. Visual aids are also referred to as pictographic support. When is it a good time for a speaker to use pictographs?
A. Pictographs for emphasis
B. Pictographs for aesthetics
C. Pictographs for explanation
D. Pictographs for less words
E. All of the above

(This is a Public Speaking Class by the way)

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.

(30 total points) suppose a firm’s production function is given by q = l1/2*k1/2. the marginal product of labor and the marginal product of capital are given by: mpl = 1/ 2 1/ 2 2l k , and mpk = 1/ 2 1/ 2 2k l . a) (12 points) if the price of labor is w = 48, and the price of capital is r = 12, how much labor and capital should the firm hire in order to minimize the cost of production if the firm wants to produce output q = 18?

The research of robert siegler and eric jenkins on the development of the counting-on strategy is an example of design.