Miranda Listens to an Announcement Given by Her Boss, Emil

question 75

Multiple Choice

Miranda listens to an announcement given by her boss, Emil. Emil says that the company is in financial trouble, so everyone needs to be especially careful about their expenditures. However, he expects that "everything will be okay." This is the same thing Miranda's parents said right before they went through a rough divorce, so Miranda's experience tells her that everything will not be okay and that she should start looking for a new job. They way Miranda assigns meaning to this message is an example of

• A) filtering.
• B) sensing.
• C) remembering.
• D) receiving.
• E) acknowledging.

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Definitions:

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a form of RNA that carries genetic information from the DNA to the ribosome, where it can be translated into a protein.

Nucleotides

Organic molecules that serve as the building blocks of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA.

Introns

Non-coding sections of an RNA transcript, or the DNA encoding it, that are spliced out before the mRNA molecule is translated into protein.

Pre-mRNA

is the initial form of mRNA produced by transcription in eukaryotic cells before undergoing modification to become mature mRNA.