After Grading an Examination, an Instructor Realizes the Exam Was

question 117

Multiple Choice

After grading an examination, an instructor realizes the exam was much harder than he planned. He realizes this because the shape of the distribution of exam scores is ______.

• A) positively skewed
• B) negatively skewed
• C) symmetrical
• D) flat

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Definitions:

Tax Structure

Specifies how a tax depends on the tax base; usually expressed in percentage terms.

Tax Base

The measure or value, such as income or property value, that determines how much tax an individual pays.

Taxation

The process whereby authorities impose financial charges on citizens or corporations to fund government spending and public expenditures.

Progressive

In the context of tax policy, a tax system where the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases, leading to a more significant tax burden on higher-income individuals.