An Earnings Test as It Relates to Social Security Implies

question 14

Multiple Choice

An earnings test as it relates to Social Security implies

• A) benefits are reduced by some predetermined amount for those who have not reached normal retirement age.
• B) the amount of money earned during the working life of an individual determines the amount of benefits received.
• C) family earnings determine the amount of benefits received.
• D) all of these answer options are correct.

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Definitions:

Phaneritic Texture

A texture of igneous rocks characterized by large, visible crystals, indicative of slow cooling magma.

Trapped Gas

Trapped gas refers to gas that has been contained within another material, such as within rock formations or ice, which can be released under certain conditions.

Andesite

An intermediate-composition igneous rock that is the fine-grained equivalent of diorite; typically gray or greenish-gray, commonly with phenocrysts of cream-colored feldspar or dark amphibole.

Magma Chamber

A reservoir of molten rock beneath the surface of the Earth or a volcano.