The American Society for Quality defines quality as A. the totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bears on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs. B. even though it cannot be defined, you know what it is. C. the degree of excellence at an acceptable price and the control of variability at an acceptable cost. D. how well a product fits patterns of consumer preferences.

The correct answer is A "the totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bears on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs."

Explanation:

The American Society for Quality (ASQ) characterizes quality as:

An emotional term for which every individual or area has its own definition. In specialized use, quality can have two implications:

1. the qualities of an item or administration that bear on its capacity to fulfill expressed or suggested needs;

2. an item or administration liberated from inadequacies.

From the client perspective: quality methods qualification for use and meeting consumer loyalty.

From the procedure perspective: quality methods conformance with the procedure structure, gauges, and particulars.

From the item perspective: quality methods the level of greatness at an adequate cost.

From the cost perspective: quality methods the best blend of expenses and highlights.

this is an outline for the decisions that frankie is going to make

opportunity cost

willingness to buy

price or quality

of course, there could be many economic strategies that should be considered important while making decision. opportunity cost is the foremost significant factor while considering any economic option. when you buy something, you should know how much you are forgoing for this product. indeed, you could buy something different with this measure if you changed your mind. willingness to buy shows how much surplus you are earning while making a decision. it is important because it shows you buy what you want or you buy because you have only limited amount of money. the price or quality can be considered as a general economic option that we are applying while buying something. when you buy something, price or quality could be one of the options. indeed, they define the characteristics of the product.    

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there are no options provided but you can choose among the following gender-neutral pronouns: zir, hir, eir, vis, tem, eir.

in the normal course of maintaining a pronoun-antecedent agreement, we could have used the words his or her but since we are also required to use gender-neutral language, we need to replace it with its equivalent gender-neutral pronoun.