A Change in the Social Security System Which Required Employers

question 20

Multiple Choice

A change in the social security system which required employers to pay the full amount of the social security tax rather than the 50 percent they now pay would:

• A)force the employers to bear the entire tax burden.
• B)reduce the burden of the tax on the employees but not eliminate the burden completely.
• C)have no effect on the portion of the tax borne by the employees and the portion borne by the employers.
• D)increase the burden of the tax on the employees.

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Definitions:

Circular DNA Molecule

DNA that forms a closed loop, found in prokaryotes and in the mitochondria and chloroplasts of eukaryotic cells.

Bidirectionally

In a manner that allows movement or communication in two opposite directions.

Okazaki Fragments

Short sequences of DNA nucleotides which are synthesized discontinuously and later linked together by the enzyme DNA ligase to create the lagging strand during DNA replication.

Lagging Strand

The strand of DNA that is synthesized discontinuously in small fragments, known as Okazaki fragments, during DNA replication.