If This Year the CPI Is 110 and Last Year

question 10

Multiple Choice

If this year the CPI is 110 and last year it was 100, then

• A) the cost of the CPI basket of goods and services has increased this year by 110 percent.
• B) the price level as measured by the CPI has increased by 10 percent.
• C) the inflation rate for this year has increased by 10 percent over last year's inflation rate.
• D) All of the above are correct.

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Definitions:

Hearsay

Testimony that is given in court by a witness who relates not what he or she knows personally, but what others have said, and that is therefore generally not admissible as evidence.

Irrelevant Evidence

Evidence in a legal proceeding that is not directly related to the case at hand, making it inappropriate for consideration during the decision-making process.

Circumstantial Evidence

Evidence that indirectly proves a fact through an inference, as opposed to direct observation or testimony.

Direct Evidence

Evidence that directly proves a fact without needing any inference or presumption, such as eyewitness testimony.