Which of the Following Is Not True

question 110

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not true?

• A) If the government has a budget deficit, the national debt is increased.
• B) National debt is a marginal value of outstanding Commonwealth Government securities.
• C) National debt represents the extent of previous borrowing by the federal government.
• D) A portion of national debt is held by the central bank.

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Definitions:

Commission

An instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of people.

Fixed-ratio Schedule

This is a schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded only after a specified number of responses.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process where behavior is controlled by consequences, including reinforcements and punishments to increase or decrease the behavior's occurrence.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule where only a portion of responses are reinforced, leading to slower acquisition of a response but greater resistance to extinction.