Which of the following is the best example of a “regressive"
tax?
Group of answer choices
A.High marginal tax rates
B.Sales tax levied on the sale of retail goods
C.US Federal income tax
D.New York State income tax
Which of the following is an example of firm-specific risk?
Group of answer choices
A.) An auto company recalls its vehicles due to the fuel
emission problem.
B.) The financial crisis in U.S. causes security prices around
the globe to fall.
C.) Federal Reserve increases the short-term interest rate by
0.25%.
The corporate tax rate is lowered from 35% to 20% by the
government’s new tax bill. D.)
2.)
he weighted average cost of capital for a firm:
Group of...
Which of the following is an example of transmembrane
transport?
Group of answer choices
Transport of a protein from the cytosol to the nucleus
Transport of a protein from the cytosol to the ER
Transport of a protein from the Golgi apparatus to the
endosomes
Transport of a protein from the ER to the Golgi apparatus
All of the above
Which of the following is the best example of a substitute:
Group of answer choices
Apple iPhone vs. Samsung Galaxy
Porsche vs. Ferrari
Coke vs. Pepsi
Amtrak vs. Southwest Airlines
DirecTV spent millions of dollars to establish their satellite
network. This was a significant investment that will take time for
them to get a return but it also protects them from competition
because of this barrier to entry:
Group of answer choices
Incumbency advantage
Capital requirements
Supply-side economies of scale...
Which of the following represents an example of coevolution?
Group of answer choices
Over time, peppered moths shift from having mostly light-colored
wings to mostly dark-colored wings.
The majority of human babies are born weighing between 5.5 and
10 lbs.
The flower of the plant species, Centropogon nigricans, is
exclusively pollinated by the tube-lipped nectar bat, Anoura
fistulata. The bat has the longest tongue relative to its body
length of any mammal and it uses its long tongue to reach...
Which of the following is not a limitation of the
proprietorship:
Group of answer choices
unlimited personal liability
limited life
difficult ownership transfer
difficult to obtain large sums of capital
subject to few government regulations
Which of the following is NOT true?
Group of answer choices
Compared to this year, a discount bond’s price will increase
next year, everything else equal.
Compared to this year, a premium bond’s price will decrease next
year, everything else equal.
Compared to this year, a par bond’s price will remain constant
next year, everything else equal.
Compared to this year, a premium bond’s price will increase next
year, everything else equal.
Which of the following is not an asset for a bank?
Group of answer choices
Mortgage loans made by the bank.
Excess reserves.
Holding of U.S. government securities.
Checking account balances held by depositors.
In physics, which of the following is true?
Group of answer choices
The
weight of an object depends on where the measurement takes
place.
In
mechanics, weight and mass measure the same property of
matter.
In
mechanics, the kilogram is an acceptable unit of force, as long as
it is used to describe weight.
Mass
and weight are both vector quantities.