A Newly Discovered Unicellular Organism Isolated from Acidic Mine Drainage

question 22

Multiple Choice

A newly discovered unicellular organism isolated from acidic mine drainage is found to contain a cell wall, a plasma membrane, two flagella, and peroxisomes. Based just on this information, the organism is most likely ________.

• A) a nonmotile prokaryote
• B) a motile bacterium
• C) a motile archaea
• D) a nonmotile eukaryote
• E) a motile eukaryote

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Definitions:

Accounts Receivable Turnover

A financial ratio that measures how efficiently a company collects cash from its credit sales by dividing net credit sales by the average accounts receivable.

Inventory Turnover

A ratio showing how many times a company has sold and replaced inventory over a period.

Allowance For Doubtful Accounts

A contra-asset account that reduces the total receivables on the balance sheet by the amount expected not to be collected.

ROCE

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