The reaction A -->B---> C is called a _______ reaction?

Question

Consecutive
parallel
competing
stepwise

Answer 1

I never knew it had a name but I would guess stepwise.

Answer 2

It does have a name, and according to my online test, stepwise was wrong. It is a consecutive reaction. Thanks again for your help

Answer 3

Before your answer, but after I had posted, I looked it up on Google. Here is the site.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepwise_reaction
It's confusing, to say the least.

Answer 4

I take it that a two-step or three-step reaction is called consecutive, unless the second part (or the third pat) of the reaction is an intermediate, in which it is stepwise. Does that make sense? For example,
A==>B*intermediate==>C is stepwise
A==> B ==> C is consecutive.