1. Problem-solving decisions in organizations are typically made under three different conditions or environments. These are __________.

   a. confidence, chance, and doubt

   b. certainty, risk, and uncertainty

   c. conviction, hazard, and concern

   d. certainty, jeopardy, and skepticism

   e. confidence, hazard, and doubt

2. Which one of the following statements accurately describes a key premise of agency theory?

   a. By protecting stockholder interests, all the interests of society are served.

   b. Stockholders do not have a clear interest in greater returns.

   c. Managers are self-interested and willing to sacrifice those self-interests for others (particularly stockholders.

   d. Employees monitor how agents handle company strategies.

   e. Newspapers report how agents manage company strategies.