Which of the Following Is Not True About the Guidelines

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not true about the guidelines for sentencing environmental wrongdoers set by the U.S.Sentencing Commission in the event of a violation?

• A) The penalties reflect the severity of the offense and the company's demonstrated environmental commitment.
• B) Businesses having an active compliance program would receive lighter sentences.
• C) Businesses having no active compliance program would be granted an extension to develop a program.
• D) Businesses that promptly assisted any victims would receive lighter sentences.

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Definitions:

Extraembryonic Membrane

Membranes surrounding the embryo that provide protection, nutrition, waste removal, and gas exchange during the development of amniotic eggs.

Urinary Bladder

A muscular sac in the pelvis that stores urine from the kidneys before disposal by urination.

Allantois

An embryonic membrane involved in gas exchange and waste elimination in many vertebrates.

Yolk Sac

An extra-embryonic membrane that provides nutrition to the developing embryo in eggs and early mammalian embryos.