A police officer uses an upright hand with a flat palm to indicate "stop" to oncoming traffic in the middle of a busy city intersection. This action demonstrates that a substituting signal is often used in place of an oral message because __________.
A. verbal messages are too long
B. verbal messages can be impossible, undesirable, or inappropriate
C. nonverbal messages are ambiguous
D. nonverbal messages are universal
Answer: B
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