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AOnly when a manager requests it
BOnce at the close of every week
CWhenever a standard is breached
DAutomatically at the end of a year
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Only when a manager requests it
1. Special reports are generated only when a manager requests them.
2. An example is a report showing sales by region and type of customer to highlight reasons for a sales decline.
3. Scheduled output is the job of regularly scheduled reports.
4. Reports triggered by a breached standard are exception reports.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 13 "Using Technology to Manage Information", section 13.3 Decisions, Decisions: Management Support Systems_
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