Marcus Is the Director of a Small Company in Boston

question 14

Multiple Choice

Marcus is the director of a small company in Boston. He is trying to obtain parts from a manufacturer in Taiwan but that company is unwilling to send them because of government regulations limiting exports on small orders. Marcus calls the head of the manufacturing company and says he will pay him an extra $5,000 if he ships them anyway. What practice is Marcus using to obtain the parts?

• A) extortion
• B) slander
• C) barter
• D) libel
• E) bribery

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Definitions:

Dizygotic Twins

Twins that develop from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm cells, making them genetically unique from one another, similar to typical siblings.

Heterozygous

A genetic condition where an individual has two different alleles of a gene.

Dominant–Recessive Pattern

The interaction of a heterozygous pair of alleles in such a way that the phenotype reflects one allele (the dominant gene) more than the other (the recessive gene).

Additive Pattern

A situation or process where the effects of separate factors combine in a straightforward, cumulative manner.