Which Scenario Best Exemplifies the Weapons Effect

question 180

Multiple Choice

Which scenario best exemplifies the weapons effect?

• A) A reporter goes to a gun show to cover a story for the local paper. On the way home he stops for lunch, and he finds himself acting aggressively and rudely to the waiter.
• B) A gun owner finds that she acts tougher and colder now that she owns a gun.
• C) A hardened criminal notices that a man has his hand in his pocket, and immediately assumes that the man is concealing a gun.
• D) A country learns that another country is experimenting with nuclear technology, and immediately assumes that the other country is planning an attack.

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Definitions:

Double-Declining-Balance Method

A method of accelerated depreciation that doubles the rate at which an asset's book value depreciates.

Salvage Value

The projected amount an asset is expected to yield when it is sold after its period of usability has ended.

Book Value

The value of an asset according to its balance sheet account balance, which accounts for the cost of the asset minus any depreciation, amortization, or impairment costs.

Straight-Line Depreciation

A method of allocating the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life in equal installments.