Missing Teeth Increase the Potential for Food Obstruction in the Airway

question 23

Multiple Choice

Missing teeth increase the potential for food obstruction in the airway because an inability to masticate food can result in larger chunks of food being swallowed.

• A) Both the statement and the reason are correct and related.
• B) Both the statement and the reason are correct but are not related.
• C) The statement is correct, but the reason is not correct.
• D) The statement is not correct, but the reason is correct.
• E) Neither the statement nor the reason is correct.

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Definitions:

Accrual Basis

A bookkeeping approach that recognizes income and expenses at the time they are accrued, rather than when the actual cash transaction occurs.

Adjustments

Modifications made to accounting entries to correct errors or allocate revenues and expenses to the appropriate accounting period.

Match Expenses

The accounting principle that requires expenses to be recorded in the same accounting period as the revenues that are earned as a result of those expenses.

Adjusting Entry

Journal entries made at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenses to the period in which they actually occurred.