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The Business Quiz!

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  1. Which CEO was not indicted for a crime in 2002?
    1. Victor Rigas
    2. Kenneth Lay
    3. Dennis Kozlowski
    4. Samuel Waskal

  2. Name the new Chairman of AOL Time Warner:
    1. Wolf Blitzer
    2. Ted Turner
    3. Walter Isaacson
    4. Reese Schonfeld
    5. Steve Case
    6. None of the Above

  3. What does EBITDA mean?
    1. Eating Better Indicates Total Diet Awareness
    2. Everyone Believes Internet Taxes Divert Auditors
    3. Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization
    4. Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Debt, and Amortization

  4. What are Pro Forma Earnings?
    1. Earnings in the process of being formed
    2. Earnings formed by tax professionals
    3. Earnings reported after a tax deadline but before penalties are assessed
    4. Earnings calculated without reflecting a proposed merger or acquisition
    5. None of the Above

  5. Which of the following corporations filed for bankruptcy in 2001?
    1. GE
    2. Chevrolet
    3. Halliburton
    4. Enron
    5. United Airlines

  6. What industry is Worldcom involved in?
    1. Telephone
    2. Cable TV
    3. Internet
    4. Wireless Services
    5. All of the Above

  7. "Footsie" is often used to refer to which stock market?
    1. Nike Stock Exchange
    2. Foreign Stock Exchange
    3. New York Stock Exchange
    4. Financial Times Stock Exchange
    5. London Stock Exchange

  8. Which of the following financial instruments is not known as a money market instrument:
    1. U.S. Treasury Bond
    2. certificate of deposit
    3. bankers acceptance
    4. commercial paper

  9. The Renminbi is the currency of which country:
    1. Japan
    2. Burma
    3. China
    4. Denmark

  10. The Dollar is the national currency of all the following, except:
    1. New Zealand
    2. Australia
    3. Singapore
    4. Philippines

  11. Tony Mottola was recently replaced by Andy Lack as the head of which major international company?
    1. GE
    2. MSNBC
    3. Sony
    4. Intel

  12. The current FCC Chairman is:
    1. Colin Powell
    2. John Malone
    3. Michael Powell
    4. Bob Wright

  13. Which of the following companies is engaged primarily in mortgage finance?
    1. Bank of America
    2. Sallie Mae
    3. Fannie Mae
    4. Merrill Lynch & Company

  14. All the following are best known as investment banks, except:
    1. Bear Stearns
    2. Salomon Smith Barney
    3. Goldman Sachs
    4. Bank of America

  15. Which of the following has over 150,000 leased desktop terminals dispensing realtime financial data to clients worldwide?
    1. Reuters
    2. CNBC
    3. AOL
    4. Bloomberg

  16. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act passed this year deals with:
    1. security regulation
    2. pharmaceutical industry control
    3. corporate governance
    4. income tax treaty revisions

  17. The equivalent of the New York Stock Exchange in Germany is:
    1. Frankfurt Index
    2. Deutsche Borse
    3. European Trading Exchange
    4. Deutsche Gesellschaft

  18. The world's largest retailer is:
    1. Target
    2. Seibu
    3. Marks & Spence
    4. Wal-Mart

  19. The company Pemex is engaged in what industry:
    1. Telecommunications
    2. Banking
    3. Wireless Communications
    4. Oil Exploration
    5. Textile Production

  20. In the United Kingdom, sterling-denominated bonds are known as:
    1. Bunds
    2. Corporates
    3. Gilts
    4. Notes

  21. The owner of QVC, the shopping channel, is:
    1. Viacom
    2. Disney
    3. Cox Cable
    4. Comcast

  22. The abbreviation "EPS" is used in conjunction with which of the following:
    1. stock volatility
    2. energy stock prices
    3. stock trading volume
    4. corporate earnings

  23. Which of the following is not a major stock exchange?
    1. NYSE
    2. Nasdaq
    3. DAX
    4. AMEX

  24. Which of the following pairings of country and currency is incorrect?
    1. Israel/Shekel
    2. Venezuela/Bolivar
    3. Saudi Arabia/Riyal
    4. South Korea/Won
    5. Kuwait/Dollar

  25. The company SAP, AG, is in the same business as:
    1. IBM
    2. GM
    3. Dell Computer
    4. Microsoft

  26. What is the world's largest bank, ranked by assets?
    1. Bank of America
    2. Citicorp
    3. Mizuho
    4. Barclays
    5. None of the Above

  27. Hank "Ace" Greenberg is the Chairman of which of the following insurance companies?
    1. Prudential
    2. American International Group
    3. Chubb
    4. Metlife

  28. Lipitor and Viagra are two best selling drugs of which of the following drug companies?
    1. Bristol-Myers Squibb
    2. Eli Lilly
    3. Bayer
    4. Pfizer

  29. William Esrey and Ron LeMay, are Chairman and President, respectively, of which telecommunications company (and currently having tax problems with the IRS)?
    1. Worldcom
    2. Verizon
    3. MCI
    4. Sprint

  30. A leading food-service distribution company recently in the news is:
    1. Cisco
    2. Safeway
    3. Sysco
    4. Stryker


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