During the Last Sixty Years, the Broad Stock Market (Standard

question 201

Multiple Choice

During the last sixty years, the broad stock market (Standard and Poor's 500 Index) yielded an average annual nominal rate of return of approximately ____ and real rate of return of approximately ____.

• A) 5 percent; 2 percent
• B) 10 percent; 7 percent
• C) 17 percent; 9 percent
• D) 9 percent; 17 percent

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Definitions:

Unicellular Organisms

Organisms made up of a single cell, capable of performing all necessary life functions independently.

Meiosis I

The first division in meiosis, a type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half and leads to the production of gametes or sexual spores.

Mitosis

A form of cell division in which two new daughter cells are produced, each carrying an identical number and type of chromosomes as found in the original parent nucleus, commonly seen in normal tissue expansion.

Cell-Cycle Checkpoints

See cell-cycle control system.