Scenario 17-3

question 23

Multiple Choice

Scenario 17-3.Consider two countries,Muria and Zenya,that are engaged in an arms race.Each country must decide whether to build new weapons or to disarm existing weapons.Each country prefers to have more arms than the other because a large arsenal gives it more influence in world affairs.But each country also prefers to live in a world safe from the other country's weapons.The following table shows the possible outcomes for each decision combination.The numbers in each cell represent the country's ranking of the outcome (4 = best outcome,1 = worst outcome) .

-Refer to Scenario 17-3.Suppose the two countries agreed to disarm existing weapons.In reality these two countries may have a hard time keeping this agreement due to which of the following reasons?

• A) (i)and (ii)
• B) (ii)and (iii)
• C) (i)and (iii)
• D) (i),(ii),and (iii)

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