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Answer: 2, 4, 5. Measuring how much the economy produces, studying the economy of another country, and tracking the unemployment rate. Economists use the above to measure how an economy grows and to examine the viability of making investments in…
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Answer: A. Growth hormone The growth hormone is directly responsible for regulating the growth and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. The growth hormone is a non-tropic hormone, in that it directly stimulates target cells to produce an effect. In…
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Answer: 2. An appellate court. The Supreme Court is best characterized as an appellate court. An appellate court is a legislative court that has been empowered to act as a means to ensure the proper application of the law whenever…
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Answer: 1. Maintain tariffs. International trade organizations promote free trade by encouraging countries to maintain or reduce tariffs. Free trade encourages the exchange of goods across borders of nations around the world. By lowering tariffs on these goods at the…
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Answer: D. P(z≤-a)+P(-a≤z≤a)+P(Z≥a) Explanation: or a standard normal distribution, the expression must always equal 1. This is because P(z≤-a)+P(-a≤z≤a)+P(Z≥a) represents all the possible values in the total area of any given curve. In agreement with the formula for expressing standard…
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Answer: 1. Economic shrinkage. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of a country refers to the monetary estimation of goods and services produced in a country within a fiscal year. A negative GDP value indicates a shrinkage in the economy. A…
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Answer: By increasing unemployment benefits. When a country is going through a recession, the government utilizes the "fiscal policy" which dictates that when a country is in recession, more money should be spent. The best option is to introduce or…
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Answer: A. Primary level. The primary level is bonded by peptide bonds, which form polypeptide chains. The primary level of the protein shows the specific sequence followed by amino acids in both polypeptide and disulfide bonding location. The primary level…
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Answer: 2. Dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is connected with bodily functions like movement, learning, attention, and mood and is the major substance that facilitates the feeling of pleasure and the thrill that comes with receiving rewards. The distribution…
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Answer: Depressant. Alcohol is considered a depressant because it suppresses the functions of the central nervous system. Generally, depressants are pharmacological substances that aim at significantly decreasing neural or physiological activity. When it is first consumed, alcohol acts as a…
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Answer: 3. An example of a counterculture is the hippie movement of the 1960s. A counterculture refers to a type of culture that has its own set of rules and tenets that deliberately seek to oppose certain specific aspects propagated…
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Answer: A. Governments collect taxes to ensure that citizens contribute to meeting society's needs. Naturally, some services will not evolve on their own, so there needs to be a way to fund said services. The government imposes taxes on citizens…
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Answer: B. Preparatory stage, play stage, game stage, generalized other stage In development, Mead believed that everyone goes through the preparatory stage (where children develop intuition by copying the actions of those around them), the play stage (where the children…
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Answer: B. Tragicomedy. Satire is a literary device that is employed to portray a character or trait in an exaggerated manner in order to provoke a change. Some examples of satires include political cartoons and caricatures drawn in newspapers. Informational…
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Answer: A. Elizabethan literature. Elizabethan literature refers to literary works produced during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the 1st (1558 to 1603). William Shakespeare was perhaps the most popular playwright during the second half or the reign of Queen Elizabeth…
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Answer: D. Human psychology. Humanism as a school of thought sought to bring to the spotlight the system of thought that supported a person's ability to make decisions based on their own freewill, and not as a result of predestination.…
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Answer: C. It bases its overall plot on actual historical events. Nonfiction refers to any literature or media content that seeks to describe or make known factual and accurate information about people, places, events, history, etc. Literary nonfiction uses similar…
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Answer: D. Writers usually wrote prose that was precise, effortless, and witty. Neoclassical literature was a style of literature that existed between 1660 and 1800. This literature type was composed mostly between the 17th century and the 18th century. The…
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Answer: God, Religious persecution and Interaction with American Indians. During the colonial era, writing literature about any of the nobility could result in serious consequences, so not many people were bold enough to write about them. At that time, literature…
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In literature, the word "parallax" is used to describe a situation where the writer narrates a series of events while using the points of view of different characters. "Parallactic narration" refers to the situation where a story or situation is…
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In Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Ned's plan of escape once the Nautilus had entered the Mediterranean sea was to use the lifeboat to facilitate his escape with Conseil and Aronnax. They planned to escape while the captain was…
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In medieval literature, the word “romance” is most closely associated with stories of the great King Arthur and his legendary knights of the round table. In medieval literature, romance and romantic themes were used when members of the lower nobility…
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Answer: A. Neglect to initialize the loop control variable prior to entering the loop body Failing to assign initial values (initialization) to the loop control variables (as well as other variables) is a common problem most programmers often make. It…
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Answer: C. Not having real substance. George Bernard Shaw, a critic of many literary works in the early 19th century, described The Importance of Being Earnest as not having real substance. By this, he meant that although Wilde sought to…
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Both "centre" and "centre" mean the same thing. Like with countless other English words, their usage and meaning depend on whether you're British or American. Both can be used to denote the point of focus or convergence of something. In…
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"PS" is an initialism that is commonly written at the end of documents and emails. It is an initialism of the Latin word "Postscriptum", which literally translates to "written after" or "after text". It is used when something is being…
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To "accept" is used to connote agreement with, or acceptance of something. For example: "Mildred has finally chosen to accept the truth." The word "except" is used when excluding something or a group from the rest. For example: "Share the…
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"Whilst" is the British form of the American "while". Either forms can be used to function as a conjunction describing events occurring at the same time. E.g. Do not talk whilst eating (British) Do not talk while eating (American) For…
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Both "dreamed" and "dreamt" are correct past terms of the word "dream", and are often used interchangeably. However, "dreamed" is commonly used in Anglophone countries, except Britain. In Britain, "dreamt" is more commonly used. Both can be used to refer…
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"Not only... but also" can serve as a connection between clauses that make sense as sentences individually, or when the second clause is an independent clause. In such cases, it is appropriate to use a comma. For example, "When cooking,…
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