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Managing direct and online marketing :

What is direct marketing? Give some examples.

Answer

In direct marketing, there is a direct interaction of the customers with the seller without any intermediaries. Here, the role of the intermediaries is nil. The medium used is more direct using telephone, mail, internet where the seller can directly reach out to the consumer. Examples of such marketing include telemarketing, email, voicemail marketing, door-to-door selling etc. This kind of marketing is more time saving as the problem of distance which may otherwise exist between the buyer and seller is eliminated and is also cost effective as it minimizes commuting costs.

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What is accounts receivable aging?

Answer

An accounts receivable aging is a report that lists unpaid customer invoices and unused credit memos by date ranges. A typical aging report lists invoices in 30-day "buckets," where the left-most column contains all invoices that are 30 days old or less, the next column contains invoices that are 31-60 days old, the next column contains invoices that are 61-90 days old, and the final column contains all older invoices. The report is sorted by customer name, with all invoices for each customer itemized directly below the customer name, usually sorted by either invoice number or invoice date. A sample report follows, though without the individual invoice detail that is usually found in such a report:


Customer Name 


Total A/R 0-30


Days 31-60


Days 61-90


Days 90+


Days


Abercrombie $15,000 $10,000 $5,000 


Bufford Inc. 29,000 20,000 9,000 


Chesterton Co. 83,000 47,000 21,000 12,000 3,000


Denver Brothers 8,000 8,000


Totals $135,000 $57,000 $46,000 $21,000 $11,000


If the report is generated by an accounting software system (which is usually the case), then you can usually reconfigure the report for different date ranges. For example, if your payment terms are net 15 days, then the date range in the left-most column should only be for the first 15 days. This drops 16-day old invoices into the second column, which highlights that they are now overdue for payment.


The report primarily contains invoices, but it may also contain credit memos that have not been used by customers, or which have not yet been matched against an unpaid invoice.


The aging report is the primary tool used by collections personnel to determine which invoices are overdue for payment, and which therefore require them to contact customers. Given its use as a collection tool, the report may be configured to also contain contact information for each customer.


The aging report is also used as a tool for estimating potential bad debts, which are then used to revise the allowance for doubtful accounts. The usual method for doing so is to derive the historical percentage of invoice dollar amounts in each date range that usually become a bad debt, and apply these percentages to the column totals in the most recent aging report.


An additional use of the aging report is by the credit department, which can view the current payment status of any outstanding invoices to see if customer credit limits should be changed. This is not an ideal use of the report, since the credit department should also review invoices that have already been paid in the recent past. Nonetheless, the report does give a good indication of the near-term financial situation of customers.

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What is the difference between Property Get, Set and Let?

Answer

Set - Value is assigned to ActiveX Object from the form.


Let - Value is retried to ActiveX Object from the form.


Get - Assigns the value of an expression to a variable or property.

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What is the difference in responsibilities of Programmers and QA analyst?

Answer

The differences in responsibilities are listed below:


 


- QA is concern for Process Quality and Programmers are concern for Product Quality.


- QA ensure that the processes used for developing the product of high quality where as programmers used these processes so that end product is of good quality.


- Processes are decided by QA. Programmers are supposed to follow the processes so that they can produce a good quality product.


- Any issue found during execution of process by the programmers is communicated to the QA so that they can improve the process.

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Q:

What determines the value of an item?

A) the capital required to build the factory B) the unlimited wants of the consumers
C) the resources consumed in production D) the amount of goods that are produced
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the capital required to build the factory

Explanation:

Value is the monetary worth of something, in this case, it is an item.

In option A, since it is talking about capital which is measured in monetary terms.

The value of an item is determined by its quality and its age. Often antiques with good quality are sold in the market with a high value and are sometimes auctioned.

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Q:

What is a linked server in SQL server?

Answer

It enables SQL server to address diverse data sources like OLE DB similarly. It allows Remote server access and has the ability to issue distributed queries, updates, commands and transactions.

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Q:

How to upload struts file in DHTML?

Answer

The interface org.apache.struts.upload.FormFile is used for the struts file upload application. This interface represents a file that has been uploaded by a client. It is the only interface or class in upload package which is typically referenced directly by a Struts application.


This is not specific to Struts in case of DHTML but the two things that are needed in DHTML page is: first, the form needs to specify an enctype of multipart/form-data and second an <input> form control of type file.


Following are the steps to load file in DHTML:


- Creating a bean


- Writing the ActionClass.


- Mapping the bean in struts-config.xml


- Defining actionmapping


- Developing the DHTML page.

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Q:

Which of the following investment choices is least risky?

A) Renting B) Bonds
C) Flipping D) CD's
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) CD's

Explanation:

CDs are the least risky investment choice when compared to flipping, renting and bonds.

A certificate of deposit (CD) is a savings certificate with a fixed maturity date, specified fixed interest rate and can be issued in any denomination aside from minimum investment requirements. A CD restricts access to the funds until the maturity date of the investment. CDs are generally issued by commercial banks.

CDs are issued by the bank and are guaranteed by the government. So even if the bank goes bankrupt the investor's money is guaranteed to a certain extent.

Flipping and renting are subjected to market fluctuations while bonds are not insured.

 

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