Which of the Following Events Would Be Considered an Extraordinary

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which of the following events would be considered an extraordinary item?

• A) An airline experienced a significant loss due to a strike by employees of the company who provide its aircraft maintenance.
• B) A food cannery was faced with a large loss of inventory of canned soups due to government condemnation because of possible botulism contamination;the company had never experienced a similar situation in its history.
• C) A company,located on an island which has experienced severe flooding three times in the past 25 years,was subjected to a heavy loss of physical plant due to flooding.
• D) A medical corporation was required to pay damages equal to three times its average net income to a patient.The corporation had experienced suits of this nature in the past,but the amount of the losses had never exceeded 5 percent of the corporation's average net income.

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Definitions:

Uterine Cavity

The interior part of the uterus, where the embryo implants and develops during pregnancy.

Lanugo

The fine, downy hair covering the fetus.

Vernix

The waxy substance that sometimes covers an infant at birth.

Gestation

Pregnancy.