Means the extent to which the idea is viable and realistic, and the extent to which you are aware of internal and external forces that could affect your business. flexibility consistency feasibility innovation

answer; i believe the correct answer is (a) purchase of treasury stock;

the assumption the narrator makes in this excerpt is that the messages he heards were going to hurt the narrator's mom; the narrator just springs in to action. the narrator doesn't specify in this excerpt why he believes that the messages present a problem that requires protection.