You Are Supposed to Teach 15 Credit Hours Per

question 117

Multiple Choice

You are supposed to teach 15 credit hours per week per term for a tri-mester school year. Anything above is considered to be overtime and is compensated at time and one-half you regular rate of $27.13 per hour. You work the following credit hours. How much total overtime, for the entire term, does your employer owe you at the end of the third term (assume that you were not paid any overtime in terms one and two and that the term is 15 weeks long) ?

• A) $9987.50
• B) $10 987.50
• C) $8987.5
• D) $11 987.50
• E) $11 187.50

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Nonsteroidal

Referring to drugs or substances that do not contain steroids, commonly mentioned in the context of anti-inflammatory medications.

Gonadal

Relating to the gonads, the organs that produce gametes (sperm in males and ova in females) for reproduction.

Calcitonin

A hormone produced by the thyroid gland that lowers blood calcium levels by activating osteoblasts.

Thyroid Gland

An endocrine gland, consisting of irregularly spheroid follicles, lying in front and to the sides of the upper part of the trachea, in a horseshoe shape, with two lateral lobes connected by a narrow central portion, the isthmus; occasionally an elongated offshoot, the pyramidal lobe, passes upward from the isthmus in front of the trachea. It is supplied by branches from the external carotid and subclavian arteries, and its nerves are derived from the middle cervical and cervicothoracic ganglia of the sympathetic system. It secretes thyroid hormone and calcitonin.