Nine months after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, maternity hospitals were filled to capacity as people who had been waiting for the right time to have children decided that there was no time like the present. The maternity hospitals experienced a(n):
A. Random demand fluctuation
B. Relative demand shift
C. Predictable demand cycle
D. Vertical demand configuration
E. Organized demand pattern
Answer: A. Random demand fluctuation