Which Is the Most Accurate Statement About the Underground Economy

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Multiple Choice

Which is the most accurate statement about the underground economy?

• A)The underground economy includes not only street peddlers and low-life entrepreneurs,but also accountants and doctors.
• B)Pirated CD's and videos are part of the underground economy.
• C)The underground economy adds hundreds of billions of dollars of goods and services to our economy.
• D)The underground economy provides employment to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.
• E)All of the statements are true.

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Definitions:

Nonsense Mutation

A base-pair substitution mutation that results in an amino acid–specifying codon being changed to a termination (stop) codon; when the abnormal mRNA is translated, the resulting protein is usually shortened and nonfunctional. Compare with missense mutation.

Codon

A sequence of three nucleotides that together form a unit of genetic code in a DNA or RNA molecule, representing a specific amino acid.

Termination Codon

A nucleotide triplet within messenger RNA that signals the end of translation, resulting in the release of the newly synthesized protein.

Anticodon

Three nucleotides in a row create a genetic code unit within a transfer RNA molecule, matching a corresponding codon in messenger RNA.