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TEST THREE WRITING Sample answer to question 1: The sales figures of fiction books, non-fiction books and magazines are further divided into several categories: sales to book club members and ton on-book club members, the latter of which are subdivided into sales to college staff, college students, and members of public. Over 3000 publications were sold. To be specific, about 150 fiction books were sold, with the majority purchased by book club members and none by members of public. The sales of. non-fiction books reaches over 1300, most of which were bought by book club members again. And college students purchase the second largest number of nonfiction books. Over 1500 magazines were purchased, most bought by college students and college staff. To conclude, magazines are the category of publications with the largest sale and that college students made the largest purchase in comparison with the other three types of customers. Sample answer to question 4 Polygraphic testing records a subjects physiological responses to a series of questions asked by an examiner. The examiner then evaluates the subjects truthfulness or deceptiveness based on the subjects responses to certain questions. Although some studies support polygraph validity, others identify weaknesses in the underlying theory. A serious problem is the heavy dependence of the results on the skills of examiners, who are often poorly trained. Those who favor polygraph testing point to its popularity among American companies as a way .to protect the rights of the employer to hire honest, competent employees and to identify employees who steal company property. Polygraph testing, they say, is more cost effective than other methods of achieving these goals. Opponents of testing see it as an abdication of managers responsibility to make the kind of judgments that are involved. They also view testing as potential morale problem and an invasion of employees rights, creating the risk of expensive laws