BQ Practice Qs - 5 Flashcards
Who is Apple’s newly hired retail Chief?
Angela Ahrendts
What is Apple Inc. Taking from BurBerry Group PLC. And what role will it fill?
Angela (or Ms.) Ahrendts, to fill the role of retail chief.
Which industry did Apple look to when looking for someone to fill its position of retail chief?
Fashion
What are the emerging errors of the federal health marketplace dealing with website traffic and software issues?
duplicate enrollments, spouse reported as children, missing data fields, suspect eligibility determinations
What penalty did SAC aggree to pay in a civil insider-trading settlement with the SEC?
$616 million
Why are sugar prices still lower in foreign countries than the US, despite a 50% drop in US prices over two years?
They have fewer government price restrictions
How much has JP Morgan spent on Washington lobbying?
$8 million
With the federal government on shutdown for a few days, the U.S. Department of Agriculture could not carry-out their multiyear battle against what pest that feasts on 300 different plants surrounding the nation’s capital?
Stink bugs
Brazil is seeking deeper military defense ties with Russia. What specifically are they trying to address?
Cyberwarfare or cybersecurity
The SEC sought $1.8 billion to settle in criminal court alone in a case against SAC CEO Steven Cohen regarding what offense?
Insider trading
(the French Utility) Electricite de France SA said that it reached an agreement with the U.K. government to build a nuclear - power plant, the first in the country for how long?
30 years
What French utility company agreed to build a nuclear power plant with the UK government?
Electricite de France
The alliance between Pakistan and China is compared to the United States’ alliance with what other country, described as being in a nuclear arms race with Pakistan?
India
A microphone exploded killing Governor Arsala Jamal, and injuring at least 15 other people in what Afghanistan province?
Logar province
Despite rumors of territorial ambitions in Southeast Asia, China is funding Cambodia’s first oil refinery. How much is China lending to Cambodia (in US dollars)?
$1.6 Billion
What demands are German Social Democrats making in coalition talks with Merkel?
Minimum wage, more flexible retirement age, and equal pay for men and women
Prince Bandar, who is leading Saudi Arabia’s efforts to fund, train, and arm rebels fighting the Syrian president, is quoted about a recent unexpected action saying, “This was a message for the U.S., not the U.N.” What was the action?
Renouncing a seat on the United Nations Security Council
What is the death toll of the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that rocked the Phillipines on October 15th?
90 (now 171)
According to Jod Goodwin, an immigration lawyer in Hawaii “It’s like a magic word, say it and the government has to giive you a hearing.” What is the magic word about which the artice speaks in depth?
credible-fear
Drones used to take out terrorists in Pakistan and Yemen have underestimated other effects such as what when drones hit?
Civilian deaths
Two human rights groups are critisizing the Obama administration for violating standards set by the president. What human rights violations are they pointing to?
Civilian caasualities from frone strikes
A cat has served as mayor in a smal ltown in the United States for the past 16 years. What state is this town in?
Alaska
Rome officials have refused to do what to a deceased Nazi official, Erich Priebke, who died at the age of 100?
Allow his burial
Crowds in Rome are protesting efforts to bury Erich Priebke. Who was Mr. Priebke?
A Nazi war criminal
What symbolic gift did Pope Francis deliver to palestinian President Abbas after their discussion of politics and peace with Israel?
A pen (with hopes to be used to sign the peace treaty with Israel)
There has been a marked increase in candy pproduction abroad. What is driving this move abroad?
Lower sugar prices abroad
What unexpected problem affected the capitol building during the government shutdown?
Stinkbugs flourished
Washington’s State Liquor Control Board me Wednesdayt, and unanimously approved regulations concerning what?
Pot production, processing, and retailing
The Bay Area Rapid Transit employee’s announced the return of a strike in the past few months after what tragedy that took place in the Bay Area?
The death of two people, one a BART employee, while the other was a contractor who were both working on the tracks
The Marine Corps plans to improve discipline and reinforce standards within its ranks by announcing what initiative?
“Reawakening” initiative
A former San Diego Mayor, Bob Filner, plead guilty in federal court receiving one felony, and two misdemeanors over what allegations?
Sexual harassment
Gerogia became the first state to incorporate a $5-a-month charge to people who receive free cellphone service through what federal program?
Lifeline program
The discovery of a 1.8 million year-old skull found in Africa offered evidence that ancestors emerged from a single adventurous species called what?
Homo erectus
How many members are within the OECD?
34
What is the cell that sits at the base of a follicle and provides instructions to other cells to make hair, and ultimately treat baldness?
Dermal Papilla
27 chemical weapons inspectors in Syria say they are on track to complete their current objective by their Nov. 1st deadline. What is that objective?
Disabling (chemical/biological weapon) production equipment
Who is named the interim CEO of the Bank of Israel?
Karnit Flug
Who was recently named as the chief of the Bank of Israel?
Karnit Flug
Which country is joining the major oil producers of the worked as it moves to develop a major oil field?
Brazil
Which area is seeing a spike in the industry of discount air travel?
Latin America
How many states have passed laws that limit property owners’ ability to ban firearms in vehicles in parking areas?
22
What city is Twitter headquartered in?
San Fancisco
What is the name of the mobile-games company that has gone from being worth nothing to being worth $3 billion in just 3 years?
Supercell
The missed expectations of the iPhone 5C signals what about Apple?
Apple misjudged their stratgy to introduce for the first time two new phone models simutanelously.
Which company may have misjudged its strategy as it now is changing orders to produce more of one product and far less of another expected to do well?
Apple
Which country is home to Europe’s biggest economy?
Germany
Why is GE struggling to start extracting oil from oil sands in Canada?
Its equipment is stuck on a truck in Washington.
Which flower has gone down in price from $100,000 each to as little as $5.48?
The orchid
A rare, but wildly popular bourbon called Pappy Van Winkle had 200 bottles stolen from a distillery located where?
Frankfort, Kentucky distillery
Canada requires any foreign bid of over $344 to pass a government review to determine what?
If it will be a “net economic benefit” or a security risk.
Who is the world’s largest maker of PCs?
Lenovo
Which company is trying to shed the image of being an “old man’s car”?
Mercedes-Benz
Which drug company is continuing to pour money into R&D as others in the industry scale back, citing expectations of a pay off soon as the reason to do so?
Eli Lilly
Which recent Google acquisition has yet to see much return, losing $248 million in the third quarter?
Motorola
How many new products will Stephen Elop, former CEO of Nokia, introduce in Abu Dhabi for Microsoft?
6 new products
Which company is releasing their first ever tablet computer?
Nokia
Which company is intending to offer high-altitude balloon rides into space?
Paragon Space Development
What is the challenge for Netflix about profit-growth potential?
to keep up enough growth in $7.99-per month subscriptions to balance out its significant investments in library programming and original TV shows
Which company is the top provider of streaming entertainment?
Netflix
What company is becoming known for producing finance chiefs for other companies?
ebay
Who will become the new CEO of Burberry succeeding Anela Ahrendts position?
Chistopher Bailey
Quest Diagnostics has begun selling a genetic screening test used to predict the risk of what diseases?
Breast and ovarian cancer
U.S. defense executives is faced with a temporary budget fix that will serve to focus more on trimming Pentagon procurement spending on big weapons programs such as what?
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the new Ford-class aircraft carriers
The editors behind Wikipedia are accusing a set of contributors of manipulating the content uploaded on this webpage; who did the Daily Dot report to be behind this suspicious activity?
Wiki-PR, a public relations firm
Which company has sold an entire unit and hired a new CEO in an effort to streamline operations and boost earnings?
Siemens
About half of Yahoo’s evaluation is in holdings in who/what?
Alibaba Holding Group Ltd.
What allegations is Mattel facing in China?
Violations of labor laws.
Ormet Corp., an aluminum maker based in Ohio, shut down a 272,000-ton-a-year smelter after failing to persuade Ohio regulators to increase subsidies on what purchases?
Electricity purchaces
Which metal industry is facing the shut down of multiple facilities?
Aluminum
What portion of the world-wide online advertising does Google represent?
one third
Which company is seeing increased share prices because of a soar in mobile Ad clicks?
What did IBM of CEO criticize the company for failing?
executing sales of computer hardware as well as in the growth market units
What is the world’s best selling tablet computer?
iPad mini
Microsoft is unveiling their second generation tablets with office and exchange pre-installed. What are they hoping to accomplish with that move?
Target corporate / business customers
Which operating system is expected to have the largest market sale of tablets by 2014?
Android
Which company is loaning about $835 million to RadioShack to refinance bank debt?
General Electric
In which country are IBM central processing units manufactured?
Taiwan
Who is the CEO of AMR, the parent company of American Airlines?
Tom Horton
How did an Internet-service outage, faced by Level 3 Communications, start that left people in the Brooklyn and Philadelphia area with slow to nonexistent service for nearly 25 hourse?
The outage started after a heavily trafficked fiber-optic switch failed
Who are the two largest toy making corporations?
Hasbro and Mattel
Which industry is seeing growth internationally, despite falling sales in the US?
Toy Manufacturers
PepsiCo Inc.’s snacks business continued to increase its profit which was driven by the growth of what PepsiCo line?
Frito-Lay
Caesars Entertainment disclosed that federal regulators are investigating the unit that operates the casino and hotel for what alleged violatioons?
Money laundering
Asius Technologies has developed two types of earpieces to help people safely, and effectively listen to sounds; the earpiece for hearing-impaired people is designed like what?
Balloons
New pipelines are envisioned to move Pennsylvania ethane to Texas and Louisiana, which could alter Royal Dutch Shell’s plan to build a plant in Pennsylvania that turns ethane into what chemical?
Ethylene
The increase in the performance of Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceuticals business was driven by new prescription drugs such as what?
Zytiga, used for prostate-cancer therapy
Vornado Realty Trust grew into a real estate giant by buying big stakes, but a recent failed investment to what two companies show Vornado may be losing its touch?
J.C. Penny and Toys ‘R’ Us
After being accused of insider trading, the jury sided with Mark Cuban given that the star witness in the trial did not do what?
Testify in person
The SEC has been trying to project a tougher image after critics charged what?
That the SEC was caught off-guard during the financial crisis
What two money manging corporations are raking in the dough from collecting fees as their customers’ assets swell?
BlackRock and Charles Schwab
What is Bank of America considering to introduce that could eat into billions of dollars in revenue?
a checking account that wouldn’t permit customers to overdraw
Which bank is considering becoming the first big bank to prohibit overdraws on checking accounts?
Bank of America
What is causing gas prices to fall for US drivers?
Booming diesel fuel use in Europe and Latin America
What is the causing gasoline prices to decrease to a nine-month low even though refiners are operating at high speed still?
Booming diesel-fuel use in Europe and Latin America
Who is the presiden of European Central Bank?
Mario Draghi
What European mobile company is AT&T CEO, Randall Stephenson, intending to buy?
Vodafone
How many dollars is 80 billion yuan?
$13.1 billion
What suggested industries and governments could do more to harden the financial system against external threats?
A hacker test proved they could force a shutdown of US equity markets
What university’s endowment is lowering the percentage of assets dedicatted to private-equity investments?
Yale
Yale University announced a target to cut the endowment of their largest asset class in their portfolio dedicated to what type of investments?
Private-equity investments
Yale Investment Office has cut it’s target exposure to what two areas?
Private equity & real estate
What has hindered Argentina from being Brazil’s biggest source of crop imports?
cold weather and dry conditions
Which US crop is in high demand due to bad seasons in other countries?
Wheat
Investors are buying catastrophe bonds at the fastest pace in six years that bet against what?
Natural disasters
Which country is facing a potential housing bubble as developers continue to invest in new projects and adding to the number of vacant apartments and homes?
Dubai
Energy stocks contribute what percent of incremental net income for the US?
12%
What Does “Square Cash” form Square Inc. allow you do ?
E-mail money / or / costless transfer money to another individual, like a friend
Marriott’s SpringHill Suites is sponsoring calm and comfortable colors and furniture before and after TSA screening checkpoints. What’s in it for them?
Advertising. / name & logo all over.
How many dishes do IKEA stores offer in their cafeteria?
five
What was one theory to the trend of increased cosmetic procedures done to men, such as botox?
The pressure to look young to find employment
What 8-second exercise does luke snyder compare to yoga?
Bull riding
Bull riders must stay on the bull 8 seconds to get a score, but the must not do what thing?
Touch his body or the bull with his free hand
The only passenger car in the U.S. that runs on compressed natural gas?
Honda Civic GX
T. Boone Pickens, a lifelong oil man, plans on getting his Pickens Plan Car sto run off what, instead of OPEC oil?
Compressed natural gas
Australian officials are heading towards putting a ban on what device in response to the country having some of the highest skin-cancer rates in the world?
Tanning Beds
