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What is the term for the decrease in the value of an asset over time?

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Depreciation

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What is the term for a loss incurred when an asset is sold for less than its purchase price?

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Capital Loss

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What is the term for the profit from the sale of an asset?

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Capital Gain

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What is the term for the overall increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money?

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Inflation

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What is the term for the total amount of goods and services a company has on hand?

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Inventory

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What is the process of examining a company’s financial records called?

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Audit

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What is the physical count of inventory items referred to as?

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Physical Inventory

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What is the act of counting items in stock called?

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Counting

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What is the highest-ranking executive in a company called?

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CEO

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What is the term for a member of a board of directors?

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Board Member

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What is the title of the executive responsible for day-to-day operations?

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COO

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What is the title for the head of the board of directors?

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Chairman of the Boards

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What type of company is owned by private individuals?

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Private

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What type of company is owned by shareholders and traded publicly?

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Public

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Fill in the blank: A _______ is a type of financial agreement that typically involves a payment plan.

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PPT

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What is the term for a financial obligation for support often between separated couples?

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Alimony

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What is the term used to describe a relationship that is neither fully committed nor casual?

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Situationship

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What is the term for a formal connection between two people, often recognized legally?

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Relationship

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What is the term for a legal agreement between two or more parties?

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Partnership

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What is the term for the weight of a substance per unit volume?

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Specific Weight

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What is the ratio of the volume of voids to the total volume of a material called?

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Void Ratio

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What is the term that describes the mass per unit volume of a substance?

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Density

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What is the term for the degree of saturation of a material with water?

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Saturation

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What term refers to the possibility of loss or injury?

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What is the term for the money invested in a business?
Investment
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What is the term for the amount of capital that has been subscribed by shareholders?
Subscribed Capital
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What is the maximum amount of capital that a company is authorized to issue?
Authorized Capital
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What is the current worth of an asset in the marketplace called?
Market Value
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What is the estimated residual value of an asset at the end of its useful life called?
Salvage Value
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What is the recorded value of an asset in the company's books?
Book Value
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What is the amount deducted from the original price of an asset called?
Discount
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What is the term for a curve that represents the set of all points equidistant from a point?
Ellipse
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What is the term for a curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to its side?
Parabola
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What is the angle that measures exactly 90 degrees called?
Right Angle
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What is the term for an angle greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees?
Obtuse Angle
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What is a triangle with all sides of different lengths called?
Scalene Triangle
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What is the term for a triangle that has one angle greater than 90 degrees?
Obtuse Triangle
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What is the term for a market structure characterized by a small number of firms?
Oligopoly
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What is the term for a market structure where a single buyer controls the market?
Monopsony
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What is the term for a market structure in which a single seller controls the entire market?
Monopoly
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What is the process by which an object acquires energy due to its motion?
Kinetic Energy
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What is the term for the energy stored in an object due to its position?
Potential Energy
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What is the term for a bond that pays a fixed interest rate?
Coupon Bond
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What is the term for the distance from the vertex of a parabola to its focus?
Latus Rectum
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What is the straight line segment that passes through the center of a circle called?
Diameter
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What is the term for the distance from the center of a circle to its edge?
Radius
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What is the ratio of gross margin to operating, sales, and administrative expenses?
Profit Margin Ratio
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What phenomenon describes the movement of liquid ink in a porous medium?
Capillary action phenomenon
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What term refers to the arrangement of atoms in a solid?
Atomic Packing
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What is the term for the axis that runs perpendicular to the transverse axis of a hyperbola?
Conjugate Axis
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What is the term for a line that intersects a plane at a right angle?
Perpendicular to the Plane
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What is the name of the law that relates the voltage, current, and resistance in an electrical circuit?
Ohm's Law
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What is the term for the energy required to move a charge through an electrical circuit?
Voltage
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What is the term for the flow of electric charge?
Current
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What is the term for the opposition to the flow of electric current?
Resistance
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What is the term for the total number of elements in a sequence or set?
Cardinal Number
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What is the term for the law that states the total current entering a junction equals the total current leaving?
Kirchhoff’s current law
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What is the term for the law that states the sum of the voltages around a closed loop in a circuit equals zero?
Kirchhoff’s voltage law

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