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question 23

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the description below.
Terry catches a ray-finned fish from the ocean and notices that attached to its flank is an equally long, snakelike organism. The attached organism has no external segmentation, no scales, a round mouth surrounded by a sucker, and two small eyes. Terry thinks it might be a marine leech, a hagfish, or a lamprey.
-Having caught and handled a hagfish, what will Terry's shipmates most likely require Terry to do before returning to further fishing?

• A) Wash his hands and then don gloves to prevent the spread of harmful microbes that live only on hagfish skin.
• B) Clean the bucketsful of hagfish slime from the deck of the boat.
• C) Dispose of the fishing tackle that had been poisoned by coming into contact with the hagfish.
• D) Cut up the remaining hagfish and share pieces of this highly sought-after baitfish.

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Definitions:

Capital Budgeting Technique

Methods used to evaluate and select long-term investments based on potential for profit and alignment with strategic goals, such as NPV or IRR.

Time Value

The principle that current money holds greater value than an identical sum in the future because of its earning potential.

Net Present Value Method

A method used in capital budgeting to evaluate the profitability of an investment or project by calculating the present value of expected future cash flows.

Net Present Value

A financial metric used to evaluate the profitability of an investment, calculated by subtracting the present value of cash outflows from the present value of cash inflows over a period of time.