Isabella Is Scheduled to Spend Two Months in Africa, Beginning

question 64

Multiple Choice

Isabella is scheduled to spend two months in Africa, beginning next week, to assist in a medical clinic as part of a Physicians Without Walls team. She just learned that she is pregnant. The clinic in Africa treats a high incidence of rubella there. What should Isabella do?

• A) Go ahead with her plans because rubella is dangerous to a fetus in the latter half of pregnancy, and Olivia will be back home before then.
• B) Change her plans, because rubella exposure is most dangerous to a fetus in the first three months of pregnancy.
• C) Go ahead with her plans, because Olivia had rubella when she was a child and is therefore immune.
• D) Change her plans, because rubella cases have been nearly wiped out in the United States.

---

Definitions:

NCI Entry

Non-Controlling Interest entry, recorded in consolidated financial statements to represent the equity interest in a subsidiary not attributable, directly or indirectly, to the parent company.

Equity

Represents the owners' interest in the assets of a company after all liabilities have been deducted.

Dividends

The distribution of a portion of a company's earnings, decided by the board of directors, to a class of its shareholders.

NCI Entry

A journal entry that records the non-controlling interest's share of equity in the consolidated financial statements.