Is this a permutation or combination?

Question

The ski club with ten members is to choose three officers captain, co captain, and secretary. How many ways can these officers be filled?

Answer 1

It's a permutation because the order matters.  Suppose you pick Bob, Fred,and Alice - that's Bob for captain, Fred for co-captain, and Alice for secretary.  I could choose the same three people as Alice, Bob, and Fred; but now Alice would be captain, Bob co-captain, and Fred secretary - a different result for the same 3 people.  So the order people are chosen matters.