The Fact That Someone with a High Risk of Medical

question 437

Multiple Choice

The fact that someone with a high risk of medical problems is likely to buy a large amount of health insurance is an example of

• A) adverse selection.
• B) monitoring.
• C) moral hazard.
• D) screening.

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Definitions:

Inducible Operon

A segment of DNA that includes genes which are transcribed together in response to an environmental signal.

Lactose Operon

A set of genes and their regulatory sequences involved in the metabolism of lactose in bacteria, demonstrating control of gene expression.

Promoter Regions

Specific DNA sequences where RNA polymerase binds to initiate transcription of genes.

Operator

In genetics, a segment of DNA to which a repressor binds, controlling the expression of genes; in mathematics, a function or symbol that represents a function from a set of numbers.