I'm going to post up 2 questions similar to the UMAT, one question from section 1 and 2 each day. Each time I post up the questions for the day I will also post up the answers of the previous day.
Question 1
An international conference on the development of the world's undersea resources has proposed that all future use of these resources through undersea mining, harvesting of food in international waters, or other forms of development be subject to an international tax, to be set at a fixed percentage of the profits. The revenues from this tax would be used to support industrial development in the poorest nations of the world. This scheme, if adopted, will probably halt all future development of undersea resources. By removing the profit incentive, the proposed tax will discourage industrial nations from making the investments needed to exploit these valuable but remote undersea resources.
Which of the following questions would be most relevant in evaluating the validity of the conclusion reached above?
a) What percentage of the profits from exploitation of undersea resources would be taken by the proposed tax?
b) What position has been taken on the issue of the tax by representatives of nations that would benefit and not benefit from the tax?
c) What definition of international waters will be used for purposes of the tax?
d) What international agency would have the responsibility for assessing the tax and redistributing the revenues?
Question 2
Edward Jones and his wife Sophie go to see a genetic counsellor about their decision to have a baby. Both Edward and Sophie carry a gene that causes haemophilia, a blood disease. If they have the baby, there is a significant chance it will have the disease. They have been told of this, have discussed it with their families and decided they want to try for a baby. They inform the counsellor of their decision. Hospital policy requires the counsellor to once again explain to them the risk that their baby may have haemophilia. When the counsellor does so, Edward gets very angry and tells the counsellor that he has been told numerous times that his baby may have haemophilia. He says it is clear the counsellor does not want them to have the baby.
The counsellor would most likely feel
a) Angry
b) Ashamed
c) Powerless
d) Judged
Question 1
An international conference on the development of the world's undersea resources has proposed that all future use of these resources through undersea mining, harvesting of food in international waters, or other forms of development be subject to an international tax, to be set at a fixed percentage of the profits. The revenues from this tax would be used to support industrial development in the poorest nations of the world. This scheme, if adopted, will probably halt all future development of undersea resources. By removing the profit incentive, the proposed tax will discourage industrial nations from making the investments needed to exploit these valuable but remote undersea resources.
Which of the following questions would be most relevant in evaluating the validity of the conclusion reached above?
a) What percentage of the profits from exploitation of undersea resources would be taken by the proposed tax?
b) What position has been taken on the issue of the tax by representatives of nations that would benefit and not benefit from the tax?
c) What definition of international waters will be used for purposes of the tax?
d) What international agency would have the responsibility for assessing the tax and redistributing the revenues?
Question 2
Edward Jones and his wife Sophie go to see a genetic counsellor about their decision to have a baby. Both Edward and Sophie carry a gene that causes haemophilia, a blood disease. If they have the baby, there is a significant chance it will have the disease. They have been told of this, have discussed it with their families and decided they want to try for a baby. They inform the counsellor of their decision. Hospital policy requires the counsellor to once again explain to them the risk that their baby may have haemophilia. When the counsellor does so, Edward gets very angry and tells the counsellor that he has been told numerous times that his baby may have haemophilia. He says it is clear the counsellor does not want them to have the baby.
The counsellor would most likely feel
a) Angry
b) Ashamed
c) Powerless
d) Judged