Diane buys most of her day-to-day household provisions from a local supermarket. During one of her visits to the store, she found it unusually crowded. She did not want to wait in the long checkout queue, so she decided to go to another store. Diane's decision is a result of a(n) .A) cultural influence
B) situational influence
C) ecological influence
D) physiological influence

B) situational influence

Explanation:

Situational influence is one of the most significant factors that affect the behavior or consumer buying choice. These situational influences are temporary conditions borders around factors such as time factor, location, etc, which in turn influences the buying decision of the consumer.

Diane who normally would patronize her usual local supermarket, as a result of time factor, could not wait but decided to patronize another store. Her buying decision is influence by the situation on ground and nothing else. This could only be temporal, as she might patronize her usual local supermarket next time .

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

answer; ///(d); determining who competes most closely   with whom evaluating whether industry driving forces and competitive pressure favor some strategic groups and hurt others, and ascertaining whether the profit potential of different strategic groups varies due to the strengths and weaknesses in each groups respective market positions;