Organizations that are not currently selling goods in a particular task environment but which
could choose to enter this environment if they wanted to are known as
a. customers.
b. potential competitors.
c. distributors.
d. competitors.
e. suppliers.
Question 2Organizations that produce goods that are similar to another organization's goods are known
as
a. suppliers.
b. distributors.
c. competitors.
d. customers.
e. None of the above.
Question 3All of the following are examples of the task environment of the organization EXCEPT
a. distributors.
b. customers.
c. competitors.
d. suppliers.
e. sociocultural forces.
Question 4Which of the following is an example of the task environment which faces an organization?
a. Distributors
b. Customers
c. Suppliers
d. Competitors
e. All of the above
Question 5When we say that the population of the United States is aging in the sense that the average
age of Americans increases each year, this is an example of which type of force in the
environment?
a. Political
b. Economic
c. Legal
d. Demographic
e. Sociocultural
Question 6All of the following are examples of the general environment of the organization EXCEPT:
a. demographic forces.
b. legal forces.
c. distributors.
d. global forces.
e. technological forces.
Question 7The degree to which forces in the environment change over time is known as
a. technological change.
b. economic change.
c. sociocultural change.
d. environmental change.
e. political change.