The Wall Street Journal Weekly QuizCovering front-page articles from

August 22 – 26, 2005

Developed by: Scott R. Homan Ph.D., Purdue UniversityIssue #1 Fall 2005

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

August 22 – 26, 2005 a. Georgiab. Indianac. Coloradod. New Hampshire

1. __________ has spent more than $500 million in the past 10 years to expand it’s port's docks and rail yards, while luring importers such as Home Depot Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. with economic incentives.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. Atlanticb. Pacificc. Africand. Antarctic

2. Growth in trans-__________ trade of about 10% a year has triggered a building boom at ports throughout North America.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. shopkeepersb. downtown

marches c. bake salesd. violent protests

3. Mr. López Obrador, the son of a shopkeeper, rose to political prominence by organizing __________ in the 1980s protesting Mexico's lack of democracy.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. new highwayb. bullet trainc. monoraild. canal

4. Mr. López Obrador as presidential candidate for the Mexican PRD, promises to build a _________ to the U.S. border from Mexico City among other spending projects.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. Californiab. Nevadac. Idahod. Hawaii

5. The state of ________ prepared to impose a cap on rising gasoline prices -- the first such move in the U.S. since the early 1970s.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. China and Mexico

b. China and Indiac. China and

Franced. China and

Sweden

6. Both oil and natural gas are in heavy demand by the fast-growing economies of _____________, and both have supply bottlenecks.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. he owns the company

b. he was luckyc. he has a law

degree and experience

d. he was hand picked by the previous leader

7. Charles O. Prince is the leader of Citigroup because _____________.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

August 22 – 26, 2005

a. major acquisitions

b. profitsc. loansd. government

backed loans

8. The Federal Reserve in March barred Citigroup from making ____________ until it gets its regulatory and ethical house in order.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. 2b. 5c. 18d. 1800

9. JetBlue has been a profitable airline for _____ consecutive quarters.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. Delta Airlinesb. United Airlinesc. Southwest

Airlinesd. Northwest

Airlines

10. JetBlue has modeled closely the strategy of __________ which is to stay simple.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. long work hoursb. povertyc. prosperityd. corruption

11. Western aesthetics have, for many Chinese, become synonymous with ____________.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

August 22 – 26, 2005

a. amusement parks

b. textile factoriesc. computer

factoriesd. Beijing residents

12. The Yuanmingyuan ecosystem was disrupted in recent years as ____________ tapped into the underground water at a faster rate than rain could replenish it.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. e-musicb. e-commercec. corporate

networkingd. social

networking

13. MySpace is a ___________ site.

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August 22 – 26, 2005 a. are generally easy

goingb. are rudec. can be very easy to

deal withd. can be hard to deal

with

14. Dave House, former head of Bay Networks, now a unit of Nortel, and a former Intel executive, says that "hugely talented people often feel, and have been treated, as special all their lives and so they _______________."

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

August 22 – 26, 2005

a. busing communities

b. college student communities

c. apartment communities

d. manufactured-home communities

15. Affordable Residential Communities, develops and owns 315 so-called ___________ around the country.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. Fashion Weeklyb. GQc. New Yorkerd. Vogue

16. Wal-Mart bought an eight-page advertising spread in the September issue of the fashion magazine _________.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. 6.53b. 6.35c. 26.53d. 80.53

17. During the strike of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association union Northwest is paying the mechanic replacements $_______ an hour.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. located in Europe only

b. hard to come byc. located in Africa

onlyd. located in South

America only

18. Countries whose stock markets have been faring worse than the U.S. market are _________.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. increased 23 percent

b. increased 3 percent

c. stoppedd. slowed down

19. Market indicators reveal that America's housing boom __________.

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WSJ Weekly Quiz

August 22 – 26, 2005

a. robust global demand

b. minimal global demand

c. no global demand

d. robust global supply

20. The high price of crude oil is an indication of ______________.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. 300 billionb. 30 billionc. 3 billiond. 300 million

21. Currency strategists expect about $_______ or more of overseas profits to return to the United States during 2005.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. stopb. slowc. increased. increase greatly

22. According to Northern Trust economist Paul Kasriel, growth in consumer spending should _______ this year, adjusted for inflation.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. are always in agreement

b. selected the same 10 cities

c. selected the same 30 cities

d. differ markedly

23. The PMI, National City and CSFB ranking lists that indicate the metropolitan areas most likely to experience a sharp drop in housing prices ______________.

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August 22 – 26, 2005 a. 9b. 11c. 13d. 16

24. Many health care providers are leaving adolescents out of new electronic medical-records systems -- and revoking parental access to children's records as soon as the child turns ________.

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August 22 – 26, 2005

a. Byzantine parents

b. helicopter parents

c. perfectionist parents

d. beam me up Scotty parents

25. The term given to describe parents that continue to closely monitor and attempt to control the lives of their college age children is___________.