A retail manager who wants to know how his store's sales would be affected if he reduces the number of different national brands the store carries would use what type of information system?
A)transaction processing system
B)decision support system
C)information reporting system
D)expert system
E)office automation system

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A decision support system (DSS) is designed to help managers make decisions by analyzing data from various sources and modeling different scenarios. In this case, the retail manager wants to analyze how changes in the number of national brands carried would affect sales, which is precisely the kind of scenario analysis a DSS is equipped to handle.

A Retail Manager Who Wants to Know How His Store's