<p>The Wall Street Journal Education Program Weekly Review & Quiz Covering front-page articles from September 24 – 30, 2005 Quiz Fall 2005 Issue #6 Developed by: Scott R. Homan Ph.D., Purdue University</p><p>1. The “cushion” needed to protect consumers from sudden price increases for gasoline is approximately: a. 10% or about 8.5 million barrels b. 25% or about 30 million barrels c. 4% or 3.5 million barrels d. 1% or 500,000 barrels</p><p>2. Globally investments in oil projects are ______. a. increasing b. decreasing c. staying the same d. stalled</p><p>3. For decades the auto industry has equated weight of a vehicle with which quality? a. height b. safety c. wheel size d. speed</p><p>4. A paper looking at car-crash fatality rates from 1966 to 2002, found ______between fuel economy and increased traffic fatalities. M a. a small statistically significant relationship b. a large statistically significant relationship c. a medium statistically significant relationship d. no statistically significant relationship</p><p>5. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, drawing on new research he has personally supervised, said American consumers have become enormously dependent on borrowing against their ______to fuel their spending. a. homes b. cars c. boats d. credit cards </p><p>© Copyright 2005 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. WSJ Quiz: Page 1 of 4 6. Mr. Greenspan's new data show that borrowing against home values added a stunning ______to consumers' spending power last year. a. $600 billion b. $600 million c. $6000 d. $600 </p><p>7. High-speed Internet access, or broadband, has attained critical mass, reaching ______households this year, says eMarketer Inc. a. 42 thousand U.S. households b. 42 Billion U.S. households c. 420,000 U.S. households d. 42 million U.S. households</p><p>8. Viacom's Mr. Kramer says the traditional media companies are waking up to the fact that Internet advertising is ______. a. expensive b. over c. not working d. real</p><p>9. Ford Motor Co. plans to offer ______contracts to a smaller group of suppliers on future models, a switch that could save billions of dollars a year. a. smaller, short-term b. smaller, long-term c. larger, long-term d. larger, short-term </p><p>10. Ultimately, Ford aims to shrink from about 2,500 suppliers world-wide to ___. a. less than 2,000 b. less than 200 c. less than 1,000 d. less than 100 </p><p>11. Traditional colleges receive stamps of approval from ______, whose charters typically date to the 19th century. a. eight national accrediting commissions b. eight global accrediting commissions c. eight regional accrediting commissions d. two European accrediting commissions </p><p>12. While 3,000 traditional colleges have standard accreditation, only about ______for-profit colleges do. a. 9 b. 90 c. 900 d. 1 </p><p>© Copyright 2005 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. WSJ Quiz: Page 2 of 4 13. “Dashboard” computer software is useful for a. making sure long –term goals are changed with every slight change in bottom line numbers b. quickly and easily accessing a large amount of “real time” data c. making sure employees don’t take too many restroom breaks d. making managers too paranoid to get any real work done</p><p>14. Many of the fastest growing unions in the U.S. represent ______. a. undocumented workers b. college students c. factory workers d. white-collar professionals</p><p>15. India is now handling outsourcing in what profession? a. Cosmetology b. Legal Services c. Obstetrics d. Personal Trainers</p><p>16. An SC-tracker is designed to help reduce ______. a. shipping time b. cargo theft c. animal injury d. traffic accidents </p><p>17. To ensure that they get their share of internet sales taxes, ______states have banded together to simplify their myriad tax rules, regulations and quirks. a. 28 states b. 18 states c. 10 states d. 8 states </p><p>18. Wall Street brokers are in a different line of work these days. Their firms are pushing them to be ______managers. a. wealth b. real estate c. cash d. Human Resource </p><p>19. This year's devastating hurricane season has breathed new life into a push by some in the insurance industry to enlist ____ for insuring against natural disasters. a. government help b. red cross help c. church help d. volunteer help </p><p>© Copyright 2005 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. WSJ Quiz: Page 3 of 4 20. Expensive energy is having a greater effect on ______. a. rich consumers b. middle income consumers c. poorer consumers d. Northern consumers </p><p>21. AmEx shareholders are to receive ______Ameriprise share for every five American Express shares they hold, and the shares will begin trading Monday on the New York Stock Exchange, using the stock symbol AMP. a. 1 b. 3 c. 5 d. 10 </p><p>22. This month, ______of the companies represented in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index have said their results will come in below expectations. a. 2 b. 22 c. 200 d. 220 </p><p>23. GM showed a ______in its North American operations for the first six months. a. $2.5 billion loss b. $2.5 billion profit c. $25 billion loss d. $25 billion profit </p><p>24. World-wide sales of music CDs have ______in the past six years. a. fallen 13% b. risen 13% c. fallen 53% d. risen 53% </p><p>25. A recent survey concerning the National Do Not Call Registry found: a. the program is a complete success b. the program is not working at all c. 51% of participants are still receiving calls that should be blocked d. the telephone survey could not be conducted because the calls were blocked </p><p>26. When Jeanne Robinson brought her 1999 Volkswagen Passat to a local repair shop last month she was told to ______. a. take the car to the dealer b. wait for an immediate repair c. get an oil change first d. go to the auto parts store first </p><p>© Copyright 2005 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. WSJ Quiz: Page 4 of 4</p>