Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. There are two types of pension plan. In a defined contribution plan, a company contributes a specific amount of

money, often based on profits, to a fund owned by its employees. In a defined benefit plan, the company promises to make specific lifetime payments to its employees when they retire. The payments depend on each employee's pay at retirement, years of service, and expected lifespan. Eugene F. Brigham, Financial Management: Theory and Practice

A) Nonargument.

B) Argument; conclusion: In a defined benefit plan ... when they retire.

C) Argument; conclusion: In a defined contribution plan ... owned by its employees.

D) Argument; conclusion: The payments depend ... expected lifespan.

E) Argument; conclusion: There are two types of pension plan.


A

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a. Metropolitan Community Church b. Moravian Church c. Roman Catholic Church d. Society of Friends (Quakers) e. Southern Baptist Church

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A. Josephus. B. Eleazar. C. Simon of Cyrene. D. Papias.

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A more caring demeanor cannot be developed.

a. true b. false

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