The System That Provides Common Industry Definitions for Canada, Mexico

question 50

Multiple Choice

The system that provides common industry definitions for Canada, Mexico, and the United States, which makes it easier to measure economic activity in the three member countries of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is referred to as

• A)Strategic International Classification (SIC).
• B)Federated Domestic and International Classification (FDIC).
• C)Federated Trade Codification (FTC).
• D)the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
• E)Federated System of Listing International Corporations (FSLIC).

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Definitions:

Ionic

Pertaining to ions or the chemical bonds formed through the electrical attraction between positively and negatively charged ions.

Amino

Refers to amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, characterized by the presence of both an amino group and a carboxyl group.

Carboxyl

A carboxyl group is a functional group consisting of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom and also bonded to a hydroxyl group, symbolized as -COOH.

Sulfhydryl

A functional group consisting of a sulfur atom bonded to a hydrogen atom (-SH), important in the structure and function of proteins.