All Else the Same, as a Premium Bond Approaches Maturity

question 74

Multiple Choice

All else the same, as a premium bond approaches maturity its price ______, and the price of a discount bond ______.

• A) increases; increases
• B) increases; decreases
• C) decreases; decreases
• D) decreases; increases
• E) Insufficient information.

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Definitions:

Mating Rituals

Behaviors or practices undertaken by individuals in some species as part of the courtship process leading to reproduction.

Viability

The ability to work successfully or live and grow under certain conditions.

Stimulus-Response Connections

The association between a specific stimulus and a particular response, fundamental to classical and operant conditioning theories.

Information Processing

The method by which individuals intake, analyze, store, and retrieve information, drawing parallels to computer processing.