Current Costs of a Pension Plan That Occur Each Year

question 34

Multiple Choice

Current costs of a pension plan that occur each year due to service credits earned after the inception of the plan are called:

• A) Interest costs.
• B) actuarial losses.
• C) Past service costs.
• D) service costs.

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Definitions:

Very Elastic

A description of a demand or supply curve which shows that the quantity demanded or supplied changes significantly as price changes.

Unit Elastic

A situation in which a one percent change in price causes an equal percentage change in quantity demanded or supplied.

Very Inelastic

Describes a situation where the demand or supply for a product is barely affected by changes in the price.

Calculate Elasticity

entails determining the degree to which the quantity demanded or supplied of a good changes in response to a change in its price.