What are the current asset financing strategies that firms adopt? Suppose a firm wants to take advantage of an upward-sloping yield curve. If the firm believes that interest rates will stay constant and it wants to use the current yield curve to bolster profits, which approach should the firm follow?

a. Maturity matching approach
b. Conservative approach
c. Aggressive approach

Suppose a firm occasionally faces demand for short-term credit but usually has an excess of short-term capital to finance current assets. Which approach is the firm following?

a. Conservative approach
b. Aggressive approach
c. Maturity matching approach

Which usually costs less—short-term or long-term debt?

a. Long-term debt
b. Short-term debt

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Overfishing occurs when more fish are removed from an ecosystem than can be maintained by the population,

Overfishing can lead to significant population declines in economically important species. The passage describes

additional impacts of overfishing on populations.

pressure affects

salmon fishery of

and 1970s, pink

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approximately

to spawn at the

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lower growth rates

According to the passage, which mechanism explains the observed changes in fish size over time?

A. Smaller fish produce fewer eggs than larger fish do, so they contribute fewer offspring to the next

generation.

B. Fish that are small enough to escape fishing nets are more likely to survive than larger fish.

C. Scientists found that Atlantic silversides exhibited changes in feeding and foraging rates after four

generations of selection,

D. The average size of pink salmon returning to spawn decreased from 6.0 pounds to approximately 4.5

pounds.

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