Polymer Monomer Example Functional groups A Polysaccharides Monosaccharides Starch Carbonyl B Lipids None Triglyceride Carboxyl C Polypeptide Amino acids Enzymes Amino, carboxyl D Polynucleotides nucleotides DNA, RNA Phosphate Find the mis-fit from the table      

Compared to a hydrocarbon chain where all the carbon atoms are linked by single bonds, a hydrocarbon chain with the same number of carbon atoms, but with one or more double bonds, will _____.

The term fiduciary responsibility refers to a relation between a client and someone (generally called the “agent”) acting on behalf of the client. The term means that…

Economic theory and historical evidence show that one variable is paramount in determining the price level (and hence inflation) in an economy. What is that variable?

Siegel points out that, “It is commonly assumed that a recession occurs when real gross domestic product, the most inclusive measure of economic output, declines for two consecutive quarters. However, the organization that dates business cycles in the U.S. focuses instead on which of the following economic time series? More than one answer may be correct. For full credit, you must select all of the correct answers and none of the incorrect answers.

From 1913 when the Federal Income Tax was created in the U.S. to the present, how has the federal income tax affected the real return on stocks for an investor in the $50,000 tax bracket?

Inflation is bad for consumers, who must pay higher nominal prices for the same goods and services, and bad for lenders, who are repaid in nominal dollars with lower purchasing power. Yet the U.S. and British stock markets reacted very positively when Great Britain abandoned the gold standard in September 1931 and when the U.S. suspended the gold standard in April 1933. Why did investors interpret these actions as good for stocks?

The SEC approves 12b-1 fees added to mutual fund expenses in order to pay for advertising on the theory that this fee allows the fund to build up assets, thereby increasing its economy of scale and then later reducing fees. What evidence does Bernstein present that 12b-1 fees added to mutual fund expenses offer no benefit to investors?

Suppose that you live in Texas, which has no income tax, and thus you only pay the federal income tax. Suppose that your tax rate on cash dividends is as the tax rate on long-term capital gains. Why is the effective tax rate on capital gains lower than on the dividends?

What is the primary tool by which the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) can decrease the money supply in the U.S.?