BQ Practice Qs - 4 Flashcards
Advancements in the understanding of genetics and biology have increasingly fueled drug development in recent decades, and many of the most promising new drugs have been aimed at what?
niche disease populations
Citigroup Inc. agreed to pay one of the biggest fines for improper research practices in a decade after investigators said an analyst leaked negative information about Apple Inc. and a supplier to four big investment firms before it was released to the public. What was the analyst’s name?
Kevin Chang
Why did Mayor Andreas Lieb and the locals of Irsee, Germany go through the effort of draining a local pond, relocating the fish, putting up an electric fence, and bringing in search dogs?
To find a Snapping turtle / Alligator Snapping turtle
What is the age of Janet Yellen
67
What is driving officials to rethink how the government releases sensitive econmic data?
Growing concern about leaks and their unease that high-speed trading firms can trade on maket-moving numbers before other investors
Where have marketers more than doubled their spending in the U.S.?
Mobile Ads
What has China overtaken the US in, adding to the tension between the two nations over security?
Buying Middle Eastern oil.
What percent of fees are banks set to collect for selling the shares of Twitter?
3.25%
What is Hollywood stepping up security on in order to be much more secretive?
Movie Screenplays
Which industry, touted as a bright future for the US, has faced steep expenses in eastern Mississippi?
Clean Coal
Which company is setting up shop within its suppliers warehouses in order to achieve more efficient logistics?
Amazon
Amazon is able to reduce its own costs of moving and storing goods by sharing warehouse space with what other warehouse giant?
Procter & Gamble
Afghan presidential candidate Gul Agha Shirzai is defending himself against corruption allegations. What is he alleged of doing (as reported by The Wall Street Jornnal in November 2012)?
raising miliions of dollars through an unauthorized revenue scheme (trying to smuggle suitcases of “ill-gotten” cash also acceptable)
The April collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex killed more than how many people?
1100
Which countries exports are soaring because of clothing manufacturing?
Bangladesh
Gunmen in what country abducted six Red Cross workers and one volunteer?
Syria
Riots in Russia have been sparked by a stabbing death. What group are the riots targeted toward?
People from the Caucasus
Methods for guarding unreleased movie screen-plays have recently intensified. A representative of Los Angeles courier service noted that his company “once delivered 300 scripts a weekﾅnow it only handles about 20” What is the stated reason for this?
It’s easier and more secure to use digital tools
A trial in Cambodia began in 2006 and is slowly coming to a conclusion. Who is on trial and why?
Khmer Rouge; for responsibility of directing genocide
One of a series of unexplained blasts in Southeast Asia damaged the Traders Hotel and wounded one American in which country?
Myanmar
As the United States completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the amount of war refugees emigrating is rising drastically. According to the graph accompanying the article, in what year was the number of refugees the lowest?
2005
How were students in the Boston area getting to school after school-bus drivers went on strike?
Boston’s transit system fered free rides with a student ID and some were even taken by police.
West Fertilizer was cited for exposing their workers to fire and what chemical substance, which killed 15 people in April?
Ammonium Nitrate
What did Robert Shiller, Lars Peter Hansen and Eugene Fama win the Nobel Prize for?
work in financial markets that has transformed portfolio management and asset pricing and for a study of how emotions affect investment decisions
A federal judge in Baltimore was enraged with the state of Maryland and its educational system for what reason?
Racial inequality within its educational system towards funding.
The future of primate research in the U.S. is up in the air to some extent due to what?
Less-cotly technologies are used to test effects and procedures in place of primates.
Why do home builders have to offer cash incentives and upgrades to lure buyers?
higher prices and rising mortgage rates
Shoppers in how many states were unable to use food stamps throughout the US due to Xerox’s system outage?
17 states
An issue at which company caused many to not be able to use food stamps or other government aid for more than 10 hours?
Xerox
Millions of people in different states went without food stamps access after what happened to Xerox Corp.?
A systems outage of software.
An alleged al Qaeda operative was captured from what country, and transferred to New York City to face trial?
Libya
The requirement for users to set up what before shopping insurance on the Health-insurance marketplace of commonly called Obama care?
Create accounts
BP sold the refinery which has caused many problems in the Houston area after allowing toxic gas to seap from it, to what other petroleum powerhouse?
Marathon Petroleum
An American prisoner who was being held in Egypt was found dead by ruling of suicide. What was this prisoner imprisoned for?
Violating a 9 p.m. curfew
How many members belong to the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons?
41
Two members of what political officers’ family were denied entry to the historic dining establishment, the Cliff House, due to the government being shutdown?
President Barack Obama
Sotheby’s Chief Executive Bill Ruprecht learned how to make art long before he learned how to sell it. Now, his knowledge of art and business are both being challenged by an attack from the auction house’s largest shareholder, Daniel Loeb. What is Mr. Loeb’s most recent critic of Mr. Ruprecht?
He isnt moving fast enough
What’s the name of the technology outsourcing company Xerox bought in 2010 for $6.5 billion?
Affiliated Computer Services (ACS)
What two profitable locations did Sears agree to sell to CBL & Associates Properties?
Fayette Mall in Lexington, KY and CoolSprings Galleria in Nashville, TN
How many stores does Wal-Mart operate outside of the US?
6100
Which company, owned by Xerox, is being investigated by the SEC about potentially inflated sales figures?
Affiliated Computer Services
Which company is selling come of its most profitable stores in order to have more cash?
Sears
What product did Nest put out that redefined what the product did even though there were product’s similar to it in the past?
Internet-connected thermostats
How many barrels of crude oil did Tesoro Logistics leak into a wheat field in North Dakota?
20000
Where were the founders of Nest Labs former engineers and designers?
Apple
