A US Timber Products Firm Has a Long-Term Contract to Import

question 21

Multiple Choice

A U.S. timber products firm has a long-term contract to import unprocessed logs from Canada. To avoid occasional and unpredictable changes in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Canadian dollar, the firms agree to split between the two firms the impact of any exchange rate movement. This type of agreement is referred to as:

• A) risk-sharing.
• B) currency-switching.
• C) matching.
• D) a natural hedge.

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Definitions:

Incus

One of the three small bones in the middle ear, known as an auditory ossicle, which helps to transmit sound vibrations to the inner ear.

Malleus

A small bone in the middle ear that transmits sound vibrations from the eardrum to the incus, another middle ear bone.

Congenital Anomalies

Structural or functional abnormalities that are present at birth and can result in mental or physical disabilities or disorders.

Pathogens

Microorganisms or viruses that can cause disease when they infect a host organism.