The Wall Street Journal Weekly Quiz s4

The Wall Street Journal Education Program Weekly Review & Quiz Covering front-page articles from July 21-27 , 2007 Quiz Summer 2007 Developed by: Scott R. Homan Ph.D., Purdue University

1. Technology demand is showing ______. a. a surprise in a quarter that is typically among the strongest b. an expected decline c. an unexpected decline d. an unexpected surge

2. Total information-technology spending should grow at _____ about the same as last year, estimates Stephen Minton, an analyst at market-researcher IDC who follows the tech economy. a. 2% b. 4% c. 5% d. 7%

3. The ______policy has its roots in the 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act, the legislation underpinning Cubans' right to remain in the US after defecting. a. sea to land b. swim away c. wet-foot, dry-foot d. high-foot, low-foot

4. In 1994 President Fidel Castro opened his island to mass emigration and some ___ persons took to rafts and headed to Florida, leading to howls of outrage from US politicians. a. 300 b. 3300 c. 33,000 d. 330,000

5. The official US presidential helicopter is called ____. a. Andrews One b. Andrews Eleven c. Lockheed One d. Marine One

6. Recently ______landed the prestigious $6.1 billion contract to produce a new US presidential helicopter fleet. a. Sikorsky b. Lockheed Martin c. United Technologies d. AgustaWestland

© Copyright 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. WSJ Quiz: Page 1 of 4 7. From coast to coast, plans for a new generation of ____ power plants are falling by the wayside as states consider the issues. a. photocell b. wind c. nuclear d. coal-fired

8. The nation's electricity demand, is expected to grow ______this year. a. 1.8% b. 2.8% c. 4.8% d. 8.8%

9. US intelligence reports state that _____, while mostly doing ordinary business, also are institutions that extremism relies upon in its global spread. a. Western banks b. internet auctions c. charities d. Islamic banks

10. The Saudi Arabia kingdom's largest bank is ______. a. Citi Bank b. Qaeda Bank c. Saudi Bank d. Al Rajhi Bank

11. Blackstone Group bought Travelport Ltd last August. Under Blackstone's ownership, the travel- reservations conglomerate has laid off about _____ of its work force a. 2% b. 5% c. 10% d. 25%

12. ______firms, say they bring sorely needed financial discipline to poorly run companies. a. Stock-equity b. Public-equity c. Private-equity d. New-equity

13. Just last month, avvo.com launched a service ranking thousands of ____ by a score of 1 to 10. It covers only a handful of big states so far, but plans to expand. a. accountants b. attorneys c. dentist d. medical doctors

© Copyright 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. WSJ Quiz: Page 2 of 4 14. The latest trend in business methodology is called: a. harrah b. total quality management c. management by objective d. management by data

15. During the pre-holiday crush last December, a computer maker asked staffing company Adecco SA for 300 additional factory workers -- immediately. What did Senior Vice President Steve Baruch use to tap managers in three states to line up the workers within hours. a. blogs b. phone calls c. email d. instant-messaging

16. Last month, an estimated 30,000 ______held a "day of silence." They were protesting new royalty rates proposed by the Copyright Review Board, a panel of three judges charged by Congress with settling on rates that would be fair. a. ring tone down loaders b. Internet radio stations c. TV stations d. AM radio stations

17. Now, developers are churning out Web-based applications that are so fast, rich and smooth they can hardly be distinguished from standard programs. One of the best examples of these slick new Web-based application is ______, a sophisticated, photo-editing application offered free of charge. a. Pictic b. WebPic c. Picnik d. WebPicture

18. Many skate boarders think it's fine to buy _____. a. blank decks b. specialty decks c. ebank decks d. fiber decks

19. The mess in the ______market is shaping up as an important test of the globe's new financial architecture. a. automobile mortgage b. prime mortgage c. subprime mortgage d. fixed mortgage

20. Wall Street firms postponed a sale of $3.1 billion in loans that would pay for the leveraged buyout of _____ by private-equity firms, said a person familiar with the matter.

21. Chrysler is attempting to tap debt markets for ____ to fund Chrysler's auto operation and its finance unit after it is separated from Daimler in the coming days. a. $3 billion b. $3.1 billion c. $20 billion d. $200 billion

22. Some of the prime loans that are starting to go bad should have been made only if the lenders could guarantee ___. a. that housing sales would keep going up b. that housing sales would go down c. that housing prices would keep going up d. that housing prices would go down

23. Although there were few havens during yesterday's stock-market rout, investors voiced optimism that strength in ______would cushion any challenges in the US. a. the bonds market b. the international blue chip sector c. the technology sector d. the global economy

24. Under current airline rules -- which were set in 1978 -- consumers can get ____ if the passenger gets re-accommodated on a flight that is scheduled to arrive within two hours of the original arrival time for domestic trips or four hours for international flights. a. minimum compensation of $200 b. maximum compensation of $200 c. minimum compensation of $400 d. maximum compensation of $400

25. More people are purchasing new personal computers ___. a. at the airport b. via PDAs c. via online retailers d. in stores

26. Some _____ of sole proprietors are engaging in e-commerce, up from 2005, says a survey of 1,235 businesses this year by IDC. a. 2.1% b. 5.1% c. 12.1% d. 21.1%