A 2011 Survey of Independent Practitioners About Their Use of Technology

question 45

Multiple Choice

A 2011 survey of independent practitioners about their use of technology found that

• A)considerable cost savings result from the use of technology.
• B)they were unsure about what uses of computer technology were ethical and which were unethical.
• C)recent changes in billing regulations forced them to implement technologies they did not understand.
• D)the use of computer technology is widespread and has greatly increased productivity.

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Definitions:

Protostomes

A group of animals characterized by developing the mouth before the anus during embryonic development.

Tapeworms

Parasitic flatworms that live in the digestive tracts of vertebrates, absorbing nutrients from the host's intestine.

Choanoflagellates

A collective of independent, single-celled and colonial flagellated eukaryotic organisms regarded as the nearest living kin to animals.

Segmentation

The division of a body into repetitive sections or segments; a characteristic of many animals, including annelids and arthropods.