Which lists the business, management, and administration careers in order from highest level of education typically required to lowest?

a. data entry clerk, operations research analyst, accountant, intern
b. operations research analyst, data entry clerk, intern, accountant
c. operations research analyst, accountant, data entry clerk, intern
d. intern, data entry clerk, accountant, operations research analyst

The correct answer is C. Let's clarify this. An intern position doesn't amount to a professional rank, since the intern doesn't hold a permanent position. The intern is therefore the last in the scale. The data entry clerk is a professional who handles low responsibility tasks and works under someone else's supervision. The accountant is the hierarchical of the data entry clerk. Then at the top of the pyramid you have the operations research assistant who has more responsibility than the accountant, hence more than everyone else down the scale.

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