The motives behind mergers and acquisitions can fall into a basic category called synchronicity

To reduce the risks associated with accepting fax responses to requests for confirmations of accounts receivable, an auditor most likely would

a. Examine the shipping documents that provide evidence for the existence assertion b. Verify the sources and contents of the faxes in telephone calls to the senders c. Consider the faxes to be nonresponses and evaluate them as unadjusted differences d. Inspect the faxes for forgeries or alterations and consider them to be acceptable if none are noted

_______, managers need to understand where the market is going and how their products and services will fit into the market and meet customer needs. ________, they need to ensure that the right product reaches the right customer at the right time and at the right place for the right price.

A. Tactically; tactically B. Strategically; strategically C. Strategically; Tactically D. Decisively; tactically E. defensively; tactically